Basingstoke Gazette | Memories http://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/memories/ Basingstoke Gazette /memories/ en-gb Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:44:54 +0000 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:44:54 +0000 http://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/memories/rssterms/ M6 nvincent@newsquest.co.uk (Nigel Vincent) webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk (Tim Joy) http://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/resources/images/1001929/?type=rsslogo Basingstoke Gazette | Memories http://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/memories/ Women liberated by the Great War http://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/memories/5063565.Women_liberated_by_the_Great_War/?ref=rss THE timing could not have been better as Hollywood director Kathryn Bigelow made history as the first woman to win a best director Oscar on International Women’s Day. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:41:12 +0000 0cd98e5ca4f9c7a6e8afc16f5d52d2ab Silk perfection is just run of the mill http://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/memories/5051101.Silk_perfection_is_just_run_of_the_mill/?ref=rss EXQUISITE dresses worn by the likes of Dame Judi Dench and Nicole Kidman have been made using material produced at Whitchurch Silk Mill. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:24:44 +0000 a872817ebacdb502eedb4c948f4e7742 Famous names figure in airport’s 100 years http://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/memories/5036271.Famous_names_figure_in_airport___s_100_years/?ref=rss THE GATEWAY to Europe is only 22 minutes away by train from Basingstoke to Southampton International Airport – a place which celebrates its 100th birthday this year. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:58:57 +0000 fa19f54388360c046f88bd7a7bf5fb55 Pageant really thrilled the crowds http://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/memories/5036260.Pageant_really_thrilled_the_crowds/?ref=rss THE roar of Gypsy Moths, Avros, and a De Havilland airliner caused quite a spectacle at an air pageant which thrilled Basingstoke residents back in 1933. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:55:18 +0000 783ff70f8b5684303144d1f8ea8d5842 Canal walk is all the talk http://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/memories/5027420.Canal_walk_is_all_the_talk/?ref=rss THE last five miles of Basingstoke Canal may never be restored, but a footpath marking its route could become a reality . Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:13:27 +0000 48a5e0233e6181e7eef1e0530de9aa5f Relics of Lychpit’s blood-stained past http://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/memories/5012023.Relics_of_Lychpit___s_blood_stained_past/?ref=rss THINK of Lychpit and many people will envisage a large housing area on the edge of Old Basing and Chineham. Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:34:26 +0000 04c249f875ee3b6e1a6aad7d5edf7e9b Bill’s war tales come out of the deep freeze http://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/memories/4998571.Bill___s_war_tales_come_out_of_the_deep_freeze/?ref=rss THE RECENT big freeze meant a lot of people in the Basingstoke area were stuck indoors – but while some were left twiddling their thumbs, the cold snap fired Bill Johnson into action. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:20:43 +0000 40bc72ef70eb8928155ab777e28d3ee3 Mac recalls changing aspects of his village http://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/memories/4889570.Mac_recalls_changing_aspects_of_his_village/?ref=rss OVER the past 40 years, the pace of life and character of many of the villages which are dotted around Basingstoke has changed. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:18:12 +0000 45531bd5e8f0ca62d61113dbe1d13e68 Exhibition to mark centenary journey http://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/memories/4874057.Exhibition_to_mark_centenary_journey/?ref=rss THE last recorded boat to have travelled the entire length of the Basingstoke Canal arrived at Basingstoke Wharf on February 18, 1910. Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:20:47 +0000 f77c283dee47e9e972de9260a2c68d8d Take note as John's art goes on show http://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/memories/4860809.Take_note_as_John_s_art_goes_on_show/?ref=rss AN ARTIST with a keen eye for detail is showing a retrospective exhibition of his work at Fairfields Arts Centre in Basingstoke. Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:00:18 +0000 854fc652361dda194200f78aa10eac55