Hot off the Press!

I've refreshed the format and added new info to "Oakhurst" - click Lost but not Forgotten

to take you there.  However, I'm still looking for photos of the house, inside and out, and its gardens! 

If you have any photos or descriptions, please let me know

via Contact Me!

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I've refreshed and added some new articles and/or photos to the first two chapters of the

History of Netley Hospital

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Whilst checking through good, bad and sometimes ugly/messy files from my old laptops

before setting up my new Apple laptop, I've stumbled across family stories for the 

following which will be added to the Shared Stories on this website soon -

Lionel Overington

William John Scully

Septimus Willis Barnes

Osborne Parry

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"Tug" Wilson has just sent me a photo of the Class of 1958 at Netley Infants School.

His youngest sibling Heather was there. 

Check it out by clicking Shared Stories R - W.

Please let me know if you recognise anyone and have a story which you are happy to share with us all. 

Here's the Contact form which can now be found on the Netley Military Hospital page!

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I've re-introduced the "Law and Order" page, either click here or on the Menu to go there

- and taken out Village Life as the latter was hardly viewed. If though you have any questions

about what life was like in Netley Abbey between 1880 - 1950, drop me a line!

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This Homepage will continue to let you know what new articles, photos etc have been added where 

in the last 3 - 4 weeks. Simples.

If you see this image on any of the other website pages, clicking on the symbol should return you to

this Homepage to let you see what else is new so you can go exploring again!

If clicking on the symbol doesn't work, please can you let me know? 

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I've now added all the new bits and bobs on Sergeant John Critchley and his Family.

Click Shared Stories A - D to read their story. 

[This link works now! No more 404s]

Whilst I was updating the above, the link between the Critchley and Hine families

became more apparent so I'm now in the midst of sorting out my data with the aim of

adding Fred Hine's story after John Critchley's on Shared Stories A - D.

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I've made a start on sharing the story of the Summerfield Family in Netley Abbey

although I'm still waiting for more information and hopefully a couple of family photos. 

Click on Shared Stories R - W to read the story so far ...

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Help needed!

One of my website contacts, Colin D is the current owner of the Yacht "Seran". 

He is sure that the "Seran" was berthed in the local Netley/Southampton Water area in the

late 1920s into the 1930s and was involved with the Netley Regattas during that time but

as yet has not found any definite proof of this. 

He is asking if anyone still in the area has perhaps old photos of past sightings of the Yacht in the local area? 

It was built in 1926 for its owner C C Regnart.  Its Skipper was a local Netley man,

Captain Ben Chaplin.  His story can be found in Shared Stories A - D.

If you think you can help Colin, please let me know and I'll forward the details to him. 

Thank you.

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 and/or the

Royal Victoria Chapel Team at RVCP from time to time.

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!