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NETLEY ABBEY MATTERS!
INTRODUCTION
This is simply what the search engines call the "Landing Page" for my website.
It tells you what new articles, photos etc have been added into the website recently.
The content of the Netley Abbey Village and Netley Military Hospital pages is updated
usually around the start of each month, giving you an insight into what's been happening in
these two locations through the years.
Why not check them out?
This website was last updated on 23/03/2025
At one end,
Ruins of a 13th century Cistercian Abbey; at the other, a Military Cemetery
tucked in the middle -
a Victorian Village and the ghosts of its former
Military Hospital!
Welcome to the Past Lives and Times of
NETLEY VILLAGE and HOSPITAL
Let the memories live on!
Following on from a "free access weekend" offer from www.newspapers.com, then a 7-day free
trial, I've recently paid for 6 months' subscription and am finding lots of little nuggets of
new info about the Village and surrounding areas.
I've added one of these for September 1902 in Growth of the Village
- the opening of the first-ever Chemist Shop in Netley Village!
Where do you think it was ...?
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I've also enlarged the information on the building of Netley Infants School. This can be read
by clicking on Growth of the Village.
Still to be added is the new info I've found about the School at Butlock's Heath.
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The latest Oldest News for March through the Years are on both the Village and Hospital
pages to read. If you have any comments on the articles or relevant info, please let me know.
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Just a "head's up", both my computers are due for a major clean up job between
28 March - 5 April so April through the Years won't happen until me and my beloved
machines are reunited. Dear knows what I'm going to do without them!
For this reason too, I have disabled access to the Book Page (see below).
As soon as I have reset the Password, access will return.
Housekeeping/"need-to-know" blurb!
Please note that whilst I am an independent researcher with no direct connection to any
of the Local History Societies. I share research with Julie Green.
The contents and design of this website have been researched and created by me,
including finding the sources stated and as such are subject to copyright.
It's fine to share my research elsewhere but please do the right thing and credit this website
as one of your sources. Thank you.
The majority of the newspaper articles are courtesy of the British Newspaper Archive/FMP.
Sources are in black print, underlined, beneath the relevant article
If a word or phrase is in this colour, you should be able to click on it and it
will open on a new tab and let you return to the previous one when you're ready!
"Unforgotten Lives at Netley Hospital"
Wishing you had bought a copy when it was in print?
I won't be printing any more but what if you could at least read its contents online?
Would you be willing to make a donation to Macmillan Nurses
to gain access to my book for a limited time?
I've loaded my book on to this website, all 136 pages, as a password-protected PDF document,
within in its own web page, see left or click Unforgotten Lives at Netley Hospital.
To access the page the book is on, you first need to donate a minimum of £5.00 to the above Charity and email me (at tudful@icloud.com) a screenshot of their "Thank you" message.
On receipt of this, I will email you the current password to access the web page.
The password will change on a Saturday and stay valid for 7 days so choose carefully when you ask for the password to get the maximum time to browse the book.
***Please note that new access to the Book Page is currently unavailable whilst my laptops
are out of action (see above). The Good News for those with the current password is that you can continue to read my book until I reset it on the return of my laptops on 6 April!
Alternatively, if you live near to Bitterne ... here's a chance to read the actual book!
Peartree Foot Health Clinic, Bitterne
Do your feet need a treat - toenails trimmed, bunions treated etc?
An alternative way for locals to read through my book is to make an appointment with Sharon!
Use the Search box below to check what's on the website! It should open a different tab
From Cistercian Abbey Ruins at one end, through Netley Abbey Village to the Royal Victoria Hospital ...
