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Wendy Martin

Who is the Real “Father Christmas” in Chandler’s Ford?

December 7, 2015 By Wendy Martin 3 Comments

Perhaps you already know that Peter Green is one of the first ports of call for the ‘real’ Father Christmas during the holiday season, and many eagerly await this first appearance at our store.

No fake beards and Ho ho hos here, we have the real thing! [Read more…] about Who is the Real “Father Christmas” in Chandler’s Ford?

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Memory Of Peter Green – Part 2

July 29, 2014 By Wendy Martin 4 Comments

© Wendy Martin: My mother at the front door.

1958: The Move to Eastleigh

On my mother’s fortieth birthday my father presented her with a box. Inside was the key to their first house on Brookwood Avenue, not far from their new business The Sleep Shop on Leigh Road (now the Kentucky Fried Chicken). My mother said that she was excited to finally move into a house of her own, and out of the rented flat at Stag Gates. [Read more…] about Memory Of Peter Green – Part 2

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Memory of Peter Green – Part 1

June 3, 2014 By Wendy Martin 13 Comments

Wendy Martin feature. Peter Green, Chandler's Ford.

My father’s real name was Alfred Thomas Green. He was born in 1915 in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. The Green side of the family were the undertakers and antique dealers in his home town, and his mother’s side, the Currins, were the confectioners.

The Currin family owned a big piece of land called Pringle Fields, which I now believe is a park. I have a picture of my great grandparents posing, Victorian style, [Read more…] about Memory of Peter Green – Part 1

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