Gosport, Thorngate Hall 1898
Photo ref:
42720
Photo ref:
42720
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Built in the 1880s as a memorial to William Thorngate, a philanthropic grocer and tea merchant who donated money for local housing, the Thorngate Hall was regularly used for public meetings until it was gutted by an incen- diary bomb in the winter of 1940. It was demolished in the 1950s and replaced with a new building.
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A Selection of Memories from Gosport
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Gosport
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I was stationed at fort Brockhurst For 2 yrs in the R.A . I can remember the ferry to Portsmouth
Also a cafe we used as a meeting place when not on duty. made a lot of friends in Gosport some I'm still in touch with after 60 yrs so yes happy memory's . Nick name (Whip Wilson.)
From the age of about 10, so about 1957, every year for about 5 years I held a season ticket which cost 5 shillings at the Gosport Swimming Bath for the whole summer, and spent hours there every week. I could even be somewhere in this picture! If I was feeling flush I could buy a choc-ice for 5 old pence, and I always had a penny for a squirt of Brylcreem from the dispenser.
Other than as a name on a map, I hadn't a clue about Gosport before joining the Royal Navy in 1949 and becoming a Portsmouth rating. My Visual Signals training had taken place, firstly, at Cookham Camp near Chatham and, latterly, at the Main Signal School at East Meon, Hampshire. On the completion of my training I was drafted to HMS Opportune. Later I served in HMS Rapid and, finally, HMS Rinaldo of the 4th ...see more
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