Laleham, Abbey c.1955
Photo ref:
L5035
Photo ref:
L5035
Add to Album
You must be signed in to save to an album
Sign inShare This Photo
Buy a Print
Unframed, Mounted, Framed and Canvas prints in a range of sizes and styles.
View Sizes & Prices
A Selection of Memories from Laleham
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 Laleham
Sparked a Memory for you?
If this has sparked a memory, why not share it here?
I don't have a memory of Laleham, but I would like to find out something about two of its nearby residents. Donald Jewson was president of the Laleham Skiff and Rowing club for many years until he died in 1956. Does anyone have any knowledge of him or of the Laleham Skiff and Rowing club, or of someone who might know?
The reason I am interested is that Mr Jewson bought the first MG car in 1923 and as ...see more
I think I was about 4 when I went to the convent school in 1940. We lived in Southampton and the bombing was dangerous. I remember the picnics on the river, the nuns tucking their habits up to milk the cows and give us a ride on the pony. When there was a raid we slept in the crypt and pretended to be ghosts. We were well cared for and much loved..when there was a chicken pox ...see more
I have written a long memory under the title The School of the Holy Child, Laleham Abbey, if anyone is on this page and would like to read it!
heads the label in a dictionary of music that I received as a prize in Upper IA. No date. It must have been 1955. My name was/is Margaret Morley. I joined the school on my return from Malaya in 1951, followed by my sister Tania the following year.
Names I remember: Gillian Yarham (thanks to another post; a dark-haired girl with black eyes), and my classmates: Rhona Gracie, Elizabeth ...see more
Before
After