Bordon, The Village c.1905
Photo ref:
46600C
Photo ref:
46600C
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The War Office purchased over 1,600 acres of land here in 1863, and by 1903 camps had been constructed for troops returning from the Boer War. Over the years Bordon expanded as a civilian community and developed as a training ground used by military units and other branches of the Armed Forces.
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A Selection of Memories from Bordon
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 Bordon
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I lived at the address which was the house on the corner of hogmoor Road and Station Road. The house was wood not tin as stated and was painted cream. Corrals coal were the owners and a coal yard was at the rear of the house,. . adjacent on hogmoor Road were sheds which were used for the garage of the 2 lorries of corrals. In the corner of the house was a cafe referred to as dirty mags. In about 1948 a tank of the ...see more
On this corner, where there’s now a pair of detached bungalows built, there used to be in the 1960s/70s a purple/red tin building which was called The Penny Cafe. Further down Hogmoor Road was a coach firm run by Mr Brown. He operated the school buses around the villages to take children to Mill Chase, Bordon Junior School in Budds Lane and Bordon Infants School ...see more
Teachers in the 1970s
Mr Pearson - an elderly man whose dentures moved around in his mouth when he spoke. He was great fun and shared his family cinefilms with us during the lessons. It was great fun when he played them backwards.
Miss Davies(later Mrs Paskell). I think she married a soldier as she moved away to Shipton Bellinger. She had 1960s/70s hairstyle - blonde hair with back combing ...see more
Teachers. - Mrs Boyle, Mrs Clover, Mrs Parrott.
Head teacher - Mrs Bingham - she had the library books, stamp and cards in her office upstairs.
Playground surrounded the building and constructed of tarmac. That’s where we had outside PE and sure hurt when you fell over on it whilst running. The theatre area now, was where we had indoor gym - climbing bars, ropes and balancing beams. It also doubled up as the dinner hall.
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