Author Archives: Bill

I forgot to do a post last night the immediate and most annoying effect is that the day count has gone to zero. Particularly frustrating as I had been trying to keep it going. Oh well, back to the beginning. So I’ve been posting recently about historic locations in the town. I don’t have oneContinue reading “1054 – oh dear!”

There is a bridge crossing the workhouse lake. Standing on the bridge facing south puts you facing a modern house built in a slightly strange style. It turns out that the site of the house used to. Be Gosport’s workhouse, and the new buildings frontage has been built in the style of the gatehouse toContinue reading “1053 – Workhouse Lake”

When we were in Dorchester on Saturday, at a new area Brewery Square, there was a very interesting shop. Called “The Jedi Archives” it had several games laid out on at board. One of the layouts featured spaceships from Star Wars. I asked if it was ok to take pictures and they said definitely, goContinue reading “1052 – Model Photography”

Gosport & Fareham Inshore Rescue Service is a charitable service not directly associated with the RNLI I believe. But it is a very busy and highly respected service for the Solent and surrounding area. Located at the eastern end of Stokes Bay, not that far from Gilkicker, one of the Palmerston forts. All along theContinue reading “1051 – GAFIRS”

This memorial sits near the waters edge in the Elson area of Gosport, and was erected to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of the D-Day, specifically the embarkation of troops from a slipway which is immediately adjacent to this site. It is one of several sites throughout Gosport that either directly commemorate or act as aContinue reading “1050 – D-Day”

The picture is of Tadnoll Heath in Dorset, looking towards the Purbeck Hills. The Heath is a nature reserve, a site of special scientific interest and a Ramsay site (which I had never heard of before today) that is a site of international importance under the Ramsay convention that deals with the conservation of wetlands.Continue reading “1049 – Tadnoll Heath”

I am very sorry, I am completely unprepared for a post tonight, I recognise that this is close to the equivalent of not posting, but I want to keep the count the count running.

I was going to write a piece about a famous musician who was born in Islington, but live a large part of his life in Gosport. Nat Gonella was a Jazz Trumpeter, here’s a video of some of his music; https://bit.ly/Nat_Gonella There is a square in town named after him, and this sculpture is locatedContinue reading “1047 – Nat Gonella”

I have written about Locality and how it came about in earlier posts. This being the 1046th post I’m not going to plough through the posts to identify where I’ve written about it. The point of locality is to learn about the history of the area, and. I haven’t been doing that much recently. I’veContinue reading “1046 – Re-engaging Locality”

Don’t worry, it’s not permanent. It’s just that every so often, my interests rotate. So, once again I find my interest in my Nikon rekindled except I can’t find any of the batteries for it, and my interest in toy photography is back so I am once again watching Sir Dork videos on you tubeContinue reading “1045 – Goals Changing”