Market Place, Romsey,
1960's with No. 63 Southampton bus (via
North Badesley and Rownhams)
Salisbury Wilts
and Dorset bus in the Market Place, Romsey.
1960's
The Wilts and Dorset
bus was delivered new in 1954 for crew operation
but was rebuilt
in Salisbury in 1959 for one man operation.
These rebuilt buses
(a batch of 10 or
12) were known to the crews as "conker
boxes"
Congregational Arch,
Time Observatory now Lloyds Bank in the Market
Place, Romsey
Romsey Market Place
about 1900
Romsey on Empire
Day in the Market Place 1905
Romsey Market Place
1965
This No. 63 bus
destination was Southampton via North Baddesley
and Rownhams
The bus is a Bristol
Lodekka based at the Southampton depot of Hants
and Dorset.
Built between 1955
and 1959 some of these vehicles remained in
service until the late 1970's.
Romsey Market Place1950's
Palmerston Bakery
Cafe in the Market Place, Romsey1960's
run for many years
by Flo Thorpe (inset)
Dumpers in the same
premises in the Market Place, Romsey as above
photo at a earlier time
Romsey Market Place
1960's
Market Place in 1920
Romsey Cornmarket
about 1900
Romsey Cornmarket
about 1900
When the Co-op was
in the Cornmarket, Romsey1959
W Stares the butcher
in the Cornmarket, Romsey
Showing newly installed
street lighting in the Cornmarket, Romsey1950
View of the Romsey Comrades Club from the Romsey
By Pass
Two way traffic at Middlebridge St junction
with Romsey By-Pass early 1960's
Heavy traffic at Mainstone, Romsey By-Pass early 1960's
The Jack o' Lantern
Garage on the Ower road from Romsey, Hampshire.
Run by F.G. Wade-Palmer
and Richard (Rick) Ford from 1958 to 1961,
The Hursley Hunt
in Palmerston St, Romsey
Old Manor House,
Palmerston St, Romsey in 1903, now a Prezzo
restaurant
Where Palmerston
St meets the Romsey By-pass. Fox Mill to the
left
Middlebridge Over
The River Test, Romsey
Causeway looking
from Middlebridge Romsey towards Saddlers Mill
Paper Mill chimney
visible behind trees on the right
Romsey artist Sybil
Panton at Saddlers Mill early 1960's
Sounding Arch was
on the Romsey road to Wellow. Ryedown Lane
Dismantled in 1966
Being dismantled 1966, William Angell
centre
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