Nostalgia

The Page’s Almshouses

Flashback: A little history behind Basingstoke's almshouses
A recent report in The Gazette about the Deane’s Almshouses, in London Street, Basingstoke, has prompted some research into other almshouses.

3rd Itchen Scouts

17 pictures of local Scouts through the years

John Hunt of Everest School demolition

Pictures: The demolition of a community school which made way for a housing development

Goldings House photographed from the park in the 1950s

Basingstoke Flashback: Tracing the history of London Road buildings

Tommy Steele and Bernie Winters leave the Camrosefootball ground after a charity match

FLASHBACK: Looking back at Basingstoke in the ‘swinging 60s’

John Hunt of Everest School

Pictures: Looking back at the once familiar site of John Hunt of Everest School

Basing under Siege! Photos: Dave Potts

PHOTOS: Basing Under Siege battle reenactment attracts crowds at historic Basing House

Customers outside The Rising Sun pub in Basingstoke in 1935 as part of the silver jubilee of King George V

This Basingstoke pub is inviting everyone to join to recreate a legendary photograph

Church Square in August 1940

Flashback: Scents of history in Basingstoke's Church Square

Peter Horn and Victoria Dennis take a look behind the scenes at preperations for Eastleigh Beer Festival. March 28, 1996..

Pictures capturing Hampshire's love for beer

50 years of Marwell Zoo - 89 pictures to help us celebrate

50 years of Marwell Zoo - 89 pictures to help us celebrate

Battle of Alton by Neil Fishwick

Keen historians recreate battle in exciting living history display in Hampshire town

Cosmo III's, Grand Duke of Tuscany, image of Basingstoke from 1669

Flashback: Basingstoke dates back to Bronze Age

Micheldever Station

Heritage Spy alert sparked by a Hampshire teenage girl

The May Family c1900

FLASHBACK: The story of Basingstoke's May’s Brewery and its owners

Peacock Corner, Old Basing, in the 1950s, before the topiary was damaged by a passing vehicle

FLASHBACK: A look at houses with roofs of straw and their issues

Celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee with limited edition 116-page collectable

Celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee with limited edition 116-page collectable

The Hollins Walk shopping mall in the process of being built

Looking back at a time of great change in Basingstoke

A-Scout AH1 landing on Europic

Falklands War veterans to mark 40th anniversary of the conflict with talk at Test Valley museum

Philippe and Sue Allison will drive their 1939 Citroen Light 15 Roadster in the Cape to Cape Grand Classic Car Rally

Classic car enthusiasts to take part in tough rally in aid of cancer charity to help founder raise £1million

Soldiers boarding the Canberra destined for the Falkland Isles. 8th April 1982. © THE SOUTHERN DAILY ECHO ARCHIVES. Ref - 4986h

Nostalgia Falklands Anniversary: The troops, cargo and ships sent to war from Hampshire

Canberra returning from the Falklands

Nostalgia Falklands: Memories of a bitter-sweet homecoming in Hampshire

Alfie and pony in bar

Basingstoke Flashback: Gypsies Alfie and Jesse who were well known in ‘60s

The war on the Line event in 2019

Hampshire steam railway cancels War on the Line event amid ongoing conflict in Ukraine

Basingstoke Heritage Society with the new trail map

Take a walk down memory lane on town centre heritage trail

Undated handout photo issued by Findmypast of instructions on how to complete the 1921 Census among the pages of one of the 30,000 volumes of the 1921 Census at the Office for National Statistics (ONS) near Southampton.

How do I view the 1921 census? Is it free? Your questions answered

Remembrance Day: the story behind In Flanders Fields and the poem in full

John Challis with fans Tracey Randall, left, and Susan Randall in Basingstoke's Waterstones

Memories of Only Fools and Horses star John Challis visiting Basingstoke

The story of the New York 9/11 terror attacks told in pictures. (Netflix)

The story of the Twin Towers 9/11 terror attacks told in pictures

Pictures of ex-Basingstoke nighclub Martine's in the 90s. Credit: Leroy Wilson

‘Bring back Martine’s!’: Nightclub debate brings back memories of closed Basingstoke clubs

Photographs show how Basingstoke was damaged by bombs during WWII

Exclusive Basingstoke's darkest hour: 81 years since deadly Second World War air raid

May Street residents celebrate the end of the Second World War in 1945

When the bombs stopped: How Basingstoke united after night of horror

Milestones Living History Museum

Win tickets to brand new teddy bear museum at Milestones featuring 260 soft toys

The ‘Nickleson Crew’

‘That Faded Snapshot’: Retired squadron leader Chris Perkins documents 'Operation Leg' 80 years on

Pictures of departing pupils at The Hurst Community College’s leavers’ ball at The Hampshire Court Hotel. All pics by Sarah Gaunt

Nostalgia: Prom photos of Hurst Community College and QMC from 2006

The 1658 Latin commemorate of Samuel Evans

Tiny church with fascinating artefacts that all history buffs should visit

England V Italy at the Winston Pub.
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Do you remember England v Italy in Euro 2012? Photos from that day in the pub

In the archives: How Basingstoke residents celebrated previous football tournaments

NOSTALGIA: Unearthed photos of Basingstoke residents cheering on England

Barry and Brian Jackman in front of the Whitchurch clock they have maintained for almost 20 years

Father and son ring out the changes as town clock upgrade makes them redundant

The Brooking Museum of Architectural Detail hopes to establish an exhibition space in Royston House. Credit: BDBC/Street View

Plans for new museum spanning 500 years of history given approval by council

(Images: Rightmove)

Inside the cheapest property for sale in Hampshire: A derelict chapel in Andover for £110k

The War Memorial outside St Marys Church in Old Basing (Photo: Chris Hawkins)

Unearthed column on Old Basing's charm

Pc Adrian Pinnock at the Winklebury Centre in Winklebury, which is to undergo £80,000 of improvements which will begin with
the securing of access points and the widening of rubbish chutes (published in 2002)

Looking back at Winklebury Centre's £80k makeover in 2002 (as Vivid prepares to evict family businesses)

The has band travelled extensively across Europe and the South of England, performing at the Bayeaux Cemetery and in front of the Queen and President Bush. Pictured: Summer in Winklebury in 1985

A history of Old Basing's proud British Legion marching band

Frozen over: War Memorial Park in 1947, the year of the Great Freeze

The year Basingstoke froze over after being hit by snow storms

An Aerial view of the site in 2000

Fascinating story of how American drugs company set up shop in Basingstoke

The Tudor story behind Sandys Road in South Ham

The fascinating Tudor story behind Sandys Road in South Ham

Basingstoke works on Kingsclere Road in 1952

Story of the Russian businessman behind the 100,000 sq ft factory in Houndmills

Bird Brothers in Church Street 1970s

Flashback: The history of the Basingstoke Gazette and founder John Bird

LADY OF THE NIGHT: The Shrubbery maternity home that used to be in Cliddesden Road was reportedly home to a ghost called the Woman in Grey

The Women in Grey, Oakridge's poltergeist and two haunted pubs - Basingstoke's ghostly goings on

We now believe this is Southampton RFC's 83/4 Hampshire Cup final team G Materna, M Stacey, A Gouge, P Hayward, R Swain, B Elliott, G Olden, P Thompson, N Brown, D Rose, W Davis, G Martin, H Tear, R O'Donnell, K Everett, D Griffiths, S O'Donnell, T Lees.

Do your recognise anyone in our rugby team pictures from 1989?

WW2 Canadian hospital at Hackwood

Exclusive FLASHBACK: History of Camrose's beloved Hackwood estate

PHOTOS: The Great Storm of 1987 that battered Basingstoke

PHOTOS: The Great Storm of 1987 that battered Basingstoke

The village of Aldermaston is overshadowed by the Atomic Weapons Establishment that sits next to it

Fascinating history behind Aldermaston - the village in the shadow of AWE