Old Bursledon
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Old Reading Room, Ploverfield
I think you need to get a bit further back in history to find anything about the Old Reading Room which you describe as "High Trees", Long Lane. In the thirties my parents rented Ploverfield Lodge Cottage which stood at the entrance of the driveway leading to Ploverfield, at that time owned by a family named Oliver. The Reading Room, as I remember it a wooden building with a corrugated roof, was included in the rental and we had it as a playroom. My father who was an expert model maker was repairing a model of an East Indiaman called Rienzi and partitioned off about a third of the hall with a chicken-wire fence for this very large model where he ...read more here
Contributed by Belinda Heathcote
Old reading Room
Does anyone have any info or memories of the Old Reading Room at High Trees Long Lane Bursledon ? I cannot find anything about it.
Contributed by sue lemon
A SPECIAL DAY
I have fond memories of the church as I got married in May 1973. I will never ever forget the beautiful atmosphere inside.
I keep saying I will go back and visit it but I do not know if it still open and being used, can anyone tell me?
Kind regards
PAULEEN
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Old Reading Room, Ploverfield
I think you need to get a bit further back in history to find anything about the Old Reading Room which you describe as "High Trees", Long Lane. In the thirties my parents rented Ploverfield Lodge Cottage which stood at the entrance of the driveway leading to Ploverfield, at that time owned by a family named Oliver. The Reading Room, as I remember it a wooden building with a corrugated roof, was included in the rental and we had it as a playroom. My father who was an expert model maker was repairing a model of an East Indiaman called Rienzi and partitioned off about a third of the hall with a chicken-wire fence for this very large model where he ...read more here
A memory of Old Bursledon contributed by Belinda Heathcote