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Graham MacLean

Those were the Days: the Potters Heron Hotel in the 50s and 60s

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I thought I would take this opportunity to respond to Chandler’s Ford Today’s informal invitation to provide some input that might catch the eye of a few older folk.

Being an environmentally aware person and property man who cut his teeth in a very beautiful part of England I was at an early age drawn to the Potters Heron for a variety of reasons. It is magnificently located for its purpose on a stretch of highway that sweeps majestically in a gentle curve on its way to my favouritecity.  Strangely enough, and it may seem totally irrelevant but I had the same feeling when I last swept along the Big Sur stretch of the coastal highway in CA. [Read more…] about Those were the Days: the Potters Heron Hotel in the 50s and 60s

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Chandler’s Ford Memories from Hong Kong – Part 4 – Being a Surveyor

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PART 4 SURVEYING

Becoming a Surveyor

Hello, Graham McLean again with the final part of my local history series. I’ve talked so far about my wartime memories, my friends and neighbours from my Chandler’s Ford years and my school days.  Now I share my stories about my time as a surveyor and my time in the Territorial Army. [Read more…] about Chandler’s Ford Memories from Hong Kong – Part 4 – Being a Surveyor

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Chandler’s Ford Memories from Hong Kong Part 2 – Friends and Neighbours

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Hello again. I am Graham McLean, aged 78 years and a long retired former Chartered Surveyor who has spent much of his adult life in the Far East and Canada but I lived in Chandler’s Ford.

My posts are my attempt to share some memories, which I hope trigger other memories in some of you.  My first post last week shared some of my wartime memories.  This week’s post shares some memories of friends and neighbours. [Read more…] about Chandler’s Ford Memories from Hong Kong Part 2 – Friends and Neighbours

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Chandler’s Ford Memories from Hong Kong: Part 1

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Introduction

Hello, I am Graham MacLean. I am 78 years of age and a long retired former Chartered Surveyor who has spent much of his adult life in the Far East and Canada. I am a Canadian subject and currently living in Hong Kong. I think I have visited Chandler’s Ford two or three times in twenty years but I do have Google Earth! [Read more…] about Chandler’s Ford Memories from Hong Kong: Part 1

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