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FEATURE: Barry Shurlock on Colden Common plane crash 80 years ago

writes Barry Shurlock. But a new investigation by a museum curator has come up with a completely different story. It turns out that it was in fact a British training aircraft which crashed near the pond after losing a flap and climbing vertically out of control. The pilot, who died in the crash, was in the process of obtaining his wings two months before the Battle of Britain. The sleuthing has been done by former Observer Lieutenant Neville Cullingford, who served for many years in the Royal Observer Corps and is now Honorary Curator of its Museum. Outlining his discoveries, he said: “I’ve always been fascinated by the story about the crash, which was thought to involve an enemy aircraft, as reported in the Echo in 1972. I started to ask local residents who had lived in the area during WWII if they had any recollections of this fighter crashing into Fisher’s Pond.

Hampshire Archives Trust is celebrating its 35th anniversary

THE advent of the internet has meant that never before has it been so important to choose the name of an organisation with care. Ideally, the obvious search term from a name, as well as its acronym, should lead straight to the organisation itself. Googling ‘Hampshire archives’ does indeed lead to Hampshire Archives Trust, as it should. But ‘HAT’ gives…well, what do you expect? HAT chairman David Livermore said: “This year is our 35th anniversary and the founders of the trust therefore had no inkling of the internet or its consequences. We are very happy that Googling ‘Hampshire archives’ is so successful, as many people think we are the same as the Hampshire Record Office, which is definitely not the case – though we are close ‘friends’.

Hampshire houses made of chalk; Barry Shurlock feature

YOU may pass them on a Covid walk without realising what they are. They look like perfectly normal houses – even fine ones – but they were built with unconventional materials. These are the numerous houses made of chalk. There are many examples in Hampshire, especially in and around the Test Valley and between Andover and the Salisbury Plain. They include Rookwood School in Andover, which was built as a fine gentleman’s residence and Thimble Hall, Quarley, originally a pair of cottages. A fine example once stood where the Royal Hampshire County Hospital was extended in the 1980s. Many existing houses in the Orams Arbour and St Cross areas of Winchester are also made of chalk, excavated from local railway cuttings. And yet from the outside you would never know it.

Letters: Pub support, hidden tunnels and a 2020 look back

Council Leader s good wishes I WOULD like to extend my sincere thanks to Hampshire residents for their fortitude and resilience during what has been an extraordinarily difficult year – on so many levels. We have seen our way of life change in ways that we could not have imagined as the COVID pandemic has taken its toll on the way we live and work – as well as on individual lives and those of families throughout our communities. While we assimilate the difficult news from the weekend – with tighter restrictions and growing viral infection rates - we must also take hope that the advent of the vaccine offers promise for a happier and healthier 2021. For the time being though, it remains critical that we continue to abide by the rules for our respective areas and do all we can to look after ourselves, our loved ones and to keep Hampshire safe.

Historians owe a debt to a regimental sergeant major who fell in love with place-names

EVERY map-maker who ever put Christmas Island in its rightful position in the Indian Ocean must have wondered how it got its name. But at least there is an answer. In contrast, Hampshire is full of names that have no obvious meanings and their origins have to be teased out of old documents and other sources. There are no prizes for places such as Portsmouth, Hedge End, Freshwater, Weston, and Easton – and Christmas Island, by the way, got its name in 1643, when a captain of the East India Company spotted it on Christmas Day with his telescope. Also, there may be rational explanations for the several houses named Christmas Cottage in the county – at Odiham, Bishop s Sutton and Freefolk – as well as Christmas Hill in South Wonston.

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