Tuesday, August 19, 2003
I have uploaded the first part of the Peatree History section. This merely covers the pre-Roman to the Anglo-Saxon period and with the medievil period forms an historical backdrop to the history of the Green.
An interesting note: Itchen Ferry Village, which was totally destroyed by German bombs in 1940, was on the southern edge of the Green. On the Green side of Sea Road the ruins were bulldozed after WW11, covered over with soil and grassed. On the south side of the road an area was left and became overgrown, parts of buildings still remain including the glazed front of a pub, the Red Lion. Why this area was left I have no idea but I intend to explore and photograph it, longterm I would like to see this piece of land turned into some kind of memorial to the scores of people who died during the German raids in 1941. If these had not been plain ordainary working folk then I bet there would have been a memorial long ago!
An interesting note: Itchen Ferry Village, which was totally destroyed by German bombs in 1940, was on the southern edge of the Green. On the Green side of Sea Road the ruins were bulldozed after WW11, covered over with soil and grassed. On the south side of the road an area was left and became overgrown, parts of buildings still remain including the glazed front of a pub, the Red Lion. Why this area was left I have no idea but I intend to explore and photograph it, longterm I would like to see this piece of land turned into some kind of memorial to the scores of people who died during the German raids in 1941. If these had not been plain ordainary working folk then I bet there would have been a memorial long ago!
