A Herbie look-alike at Tesco in Bury St Edmunds
Grandmother's Wake, Winkton, Christchurch, Dorset - 18th September 2017
Nosher's grandmother shuffles off this mortal coil at the decent age of nearly 93. There's something of a mini family reunion for the event, held in Bournemouth, with a gathering afterwards at The Lamb in Winkton, up the road from the care home where she spent her last couple of years and near her previous home of Burton. This prompts some "visits of reflection", including going to New Milton to buy a belt from the shop that time forgot - Bradbeer's - and seeing what else is unchanged from the 1980s, followed by a stop off at Christchurch Quay, site of many a childhood holiday visit with the grandparents. There's also a photo of a B-17 which must have been flown by Nosher's Grandad - the identifiable plane in the background is B-17G "BU-U", which was assigned to the 214 Squadron (Federated Malay States).
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The old bypassed A11, just up from Fourwentways
The southbound Fleet Services is demolished
The road towards Holmesley in the New Forest
Martin Hill Lane in Burton
Barney and Binkie on the decking
Michelle throws a tennis ball for the dogs
Binkie looks down from the staircase
New Milton Lighting Centre, unchanged since the 80s
Station Road in New Milton
The end of Bradbeers
The legendary Bradbeers
The Post Office looks like a model railway building
Charles Nobel hasn't changed much
Lloyds Bank and the top end of Station Road
New Milton railway station is almost unchanged
The ancient BR logo on the railway sign
Galleon Taxis' hut in the station car park
The platform shelters at New Milton
The trains are newer, but the station is the same
Looking down the tracks towards Bournemouth
Platform 1
The train from Waterloo arrives on Platform 2
The original Victorian footbridge
Barton cliff top, looking to Bournemouth
The Beachcomber Café and Barton flats
An empty car park on the cliff top
Nosher's motor on the clifftop at Barton on Sea
The Isle of Wight and the Needles
It's convertible day down at Tesco in New Milton
Christchurch Priory
Renovation occurs on an old building near the priory
Another view of Christchurch Priory
Someone reads the newspaper down by the quay
The bandstand in Christchurch Park
Swans on the River Stour
The River Stour, looking towards Tuckton
The swans are out for a bit of preening
A line of motor boats on the river
Swans on the river
A melee of swans
An old man roams around with a carrier bag
The Old Mill tea rooms
Christchurch sailing club
The park and the bandstand
In the gardens near the priory
Judith and the Wye Massive
Mother looks down
Judith talks to the Ross on Wye branch of the family
Grandmother's collection of photos and programmes
Conversation at the wake
Judith - then and now
Grandmother, Nosher and sis, in around 1970 or 71
Josephine, Debbie, Cathy and Mandy
A load of sandwiches
Uncle Neil and Martina
The Lamb's function room
Mother, left, talks
More family chat
Grandad's B-17: BU-E with BU-U in the background
Cousin Alex and Uncle Bruno from Geneva
Bruno looks at photographs
A photo with Alex and Elisa as babies
The Lamb Inn at Winkton
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A Herbie look-alike at Tesco in Bury St Edmunds
A Herbie look-alike at Tesco in Bury St Edmunds
The old bypassed A11, just up from Fourwentways
The southbound Fleet Services is demolished
The road towards Holmesley in the New Forest
Martin Hill Lane in Burton
Barney and Binkie on the decking
Michelle throws a tennis ball for the dogs
Binkie looks down from the staircase
New Milton Lighting Centre, unchanged since the 80s
Station Road in New Milton
The end of Bradbeers
The legendary Bradbeers
The Post Office looks like a model railway building
Charles Nobel hasn't changed much
Lloyds Bank and the top end of Station Road
New Milton railway station is almost unchanged
The ancient BR logo on the railway sign
Galleon Taxis' hut in the station car park
The platform shelters at New Milton
The trains are newer, but the station is the same
Looking down the tracks towards Bournemouth
Platform 1
The train from Waterloo arrives on Platform 2
The original Victorian footbridge
Barton cliff top, looking to Bournemouth
The Beachcomber Café and Barton flats
An empty car park on the cliff top
Nosher's motor on the clifftop at Barton on Sea
The Isle of Wight and the Needles
It's convertible day down at Tesco in New Milton
Christchurch Priory
Renovation occurs on an old building near the priory
Another view of Christchurch Priory
Someone reads the newspaper down by the quay
The bandstand in Christchurch Park
Swans on the River Stour
The River Stour, looking towards Tuckton
The swans are out for a bit of preening
A line of motor boats on the river
Swans on the river
A melee of swans
An old man roams around with a carrier bag
The Old Mill tea rooms
Christchurch sailing club
The park and the bandstand
In the gardens near the priory
Judith and the Wye Massive
Mother looks down
Judith talks to the Ross on Wye branch of the family
Grandmother's collection of photos and programmes
Conversation at the wake
Judith - then and now
Grandmother, Nosher and sis, in around 1970 or 71
Josephine, Debbie, Cathy and Mandy
A load of sandwiches
Uncle Neil and Martina
The Lamb's function room
Mother, left, talks
More family chat
Grandad's B-17: BU-E with BU-U in the background
Cousin Alex and Uncle Bruno from Geneva
Bruno looks at photographs
A photo with Alex and Elisa as babies
The Lamb Inn at Winkton