• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Chandler's Ford Today

  • Home
  • About
    • About Chandler’s Ford
    • Chandler’s Ford War Memorial Research
  • Blog
    • Blogging Tips
  • Event
    • Upcoming Events
  • Community
    • Groups
    • Churches
    • Schools
    • GP Surgeries
    • Leisure
    • Library
    • Charities
    • Eastleigh Basics Bank
    • Community Food Larder at Chandler’s Ford Methodist Church
  • Contact
    • Subscribe
  • Site Policies
You are here: Home / Community / Memories of Station Lane, Chandler’s Ford

Memories of Station Lane, Chandler’s Ford

November 1, 2016 By Roger White 19 Comments

I saw a photo of Station Lane on this website: Chandler’s Ford Memories (Facebook). It is the bottom end of Station Lane before going onto the Railway property and yard and Station beyond.

The year is unknown but very old as the railway line that served the old brickworks at the bottom of School Lane can be seen through the gate this is way before my time.

Station Lane, Chandler's Ford. Image via Stuart Allen.
Station Lane, Chandler’s Ford. Credit: Image via Stuart Allen.

The photo must be late 19th or very early 20th century as both brickworks and the line to it were gone completely I think by the 1920s.

I believe that many of the bricks were made for the building of Eastleigh Railway Works by the brickworks at School Lane, probably most of its entire production. Not sure of the exact date when the works was built, 1880 / 1890 I think, when Southern moved down from Nine Elms in London.

Chandler's Ford Station. Old images of Chandler's Ford. Image credit: Eastleigh and District Local History Society.
Chandler’s Ford Station. Demolition work – presumably when the station closed. Credit: Eastleigh and District Local History Society.

Interesting photo as I think that is a church in the background (St Boniface?) and what looks like the Station Master’s house just beyond the platform. It’s about the right place where I remember it to be when I was friends with Alan, the Station Master’s son.

Station Lane is not even the cobble stone that it was when I lived there but just grass and dirt. The house on the left was still there when I was a boy that was Mr and Mrs Eydeman’s house.

Station Lane, Chandler's Ford old photo. Stories shared by Roger White.

Here are some old photos of Chandler’s Ford. Credit: Eastleigh and District Local History Society

fryern-hill-old-image-eastleigh-history-society-image

Old images of Chandler's Ford. Image credit: Eastleigh and District Local History Society.

Related posts:

  • Roger White: Where is “The Parade” in Chandler’s Ford? Memories from my 1950s Childhood
  • Roger White: Roger White: My Family History in Chandler’s Ford and Hursley

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.


Print Friendly, PDF & Email

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Google
  • Email

Related posts:

Chandler’s Ford Memories: Station Lane; Being a Cadet in the 1950s Roger White: My Family History in Chandler’s Ford and Hursley Where is “The Parade” in Chandler’s Ford? Memories from my 1950s Childhood History of Hiiltonbury Farmhouse, Chandler's Ford, by Andy Vining.History of Hiltonbury Farmhouse A Special Visit to “Hiltonbury Farmhouse”
Tags: Chandler’s Ford community, community, culture, family, history, Hursley, Hursley Road, local businesses, local interest, memory, Station Lane, storytelling, train station, writing

About Roger White

I was born in Chandler’s Ford and went to school at Kings Road, Shakespeare Road school, then North End in Eastleigh. At 15 I joined Royal Navy for 12 years. On leaving RN I worked for British Rail as electrical maintenance technician, then Siemans / South West trains. Now retired and living in Hedge End.

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Janet Williams says

    November 1, 2016 at 7:14 pm

    Beautiful story, Roger. I walk past the station everyday. It’s lovely to know your link with the railway station, and those sweet memories. Keep your stories coming.

    Reply
  2. Stuart says

    December 19, 2016 at 11:54 pm

    St Boniface church was not built until 1904 so this photo is not late 19th century and you are correct that is St Boniface in the background. The footpath from the station through to the industrial estate is the original single track railway line route. The brickworks also supplied bricks (35 million) for the building of the law courts in London and the parliament building in Cape Town, South Africa.

    Reply
    • Matt says

      January 5, 2017 at 6:34 pm

      My top Chandler’s Ford fact is the Royal Albert Hall is also made of Chandler’s Ford bricks! I’m not sure I should be as proud as I am but it’s a fun fact at the least

      Reply
  3. Stuart Allen says

    December 20, 2016 at 1:12 pm

    Janet, you do know that before 1847 this road was in fact Hursley Road?

    If you go up to the top of the road by Selwoods and look down the road you will see it all makes sense that it was originally Hursley road before the railway line went in. It is a dead straight line. The house on the left is still there. No idea how old it is but it’s a nice house. At the top of the road also have a look at the garage on the right hand side. You will notice it has a chimney! Originally it was not a garage. It looks an old building. From what I have been told there was a builder operating from there. Not sure what the garage was used for before.

    Reply
    • Ruby says

      January 5, 2017 at 10:25 pm

      Yes, looking at a map and the straight line between Station Road and Hursley Road is obvious. I can also see the original road on a pre-railway map of about 1815, and clearly truncated by the railway on a map of 1897.

      Reply
  4. Roger White says

    December 20, 2016 at 1:45 pm

    That makes sense , the house on the left (Eydermans) when I lived in Station Lane was old, old. Mr Eyderman used to be a barber and as boys we would be sent round for haircuts.

    Fordington Villas where I was born, and Knightwood View the 2 terraces were also old I think, they certainly were not new houses when my parents moved in.

    The garage at the top on the right does have a chimney and the fire place was still in it. My Father rented that from as long back as I can remember. He garaged his car there and in later years I put my motor bike and a car in the garage. It was rented from the company who owned the advertising boards. There was a small bit of land there as well where he grew vegetables, kept chickens and rabbits. We were lucky we had veg, eggs and meat during the war.

    Reply
  5. Roger White says

    January 6, 2017 at 10:40 am

    Interesting some of the places that were built from Chandler’s Ford bricks. It must have been turning out thousands at some time. Would love to find out more about the place but it seems to have disappeared into history with few records.

    As children we used to play in among the ruins for hours although there was very little left of the buildings and the field was always known to us as the “brickfield”.

    When did it open?

    Who owned it?

    Was my house in Station Lane a workers’ cottage ?

    When did it close?

    So many questions and very little historical information around, where would you start to look?

    Reply
    • cathy says

      September 4, 2017 at 3:11 pm

      I did my uni dissertation about the brickworks. it is true there is very little to find anymore. have a look at old os maps, and also the census’s for that time. the whole set up eventually moved to bursledon and some of the original chand. ford machinery can still be found there.

      Reply
      • Roger White says

        September 22, 2019 at 11:41 am

        Have been to Bursledon some maps and photos there and machinery still steamed up at certain times

        Reply
  6. Margaret Garton says

    September 6, 2019 at 5:31 pm

    I believe my mother was born in the station house in 1911. Family name Mason her father was I believe the station master

    Reply
    • Roger White says

      September 22, 2019 at 11:46 am

      Hello Margaret
      That was probably much earlier I was born 1942 and around the late 1940’s early 50’s the station Master was a Mr Horton and it was his son Alan that I used to play with when I was quite young .

      Reply
  7. Margaret Garton says

    October 14, 2019 at 9:36 pm

    Hi Roger I think my grandfather william mason was station master when my mother was born in 1911. I went through chandlers ford a few weeks ago on the bus to Winchester. If you are able to obtain any information from that time I would be grateful. Regards

    Reply
  8. Michelle Holloway says

    August 10, 2021 at 4:17 pm

    Hi Roger, hope you are well? Love Reading your memories of Chandlers Ford. I noticed in one of your memoirs you mentioned a girl that lived opposite the hut on Bournemouth. I’m wondering whether that was my Grandmother or Great aunt. Their surname was Biddlecombe?

    Reply
    • Doug Clews says

      August 11, 2021 at 2:40 am

      Hi Michelle … I remember Betty Biddlecombe and her dad (I think) Bill Biddlecombe

      Reply
      • Michelle says

        August 12, 2021 at 12:45 pm

        Hi Doug, Yes Betty Biddlecombe is My great Aunt. She lived at 106 Bournemouth Road

        Reply
      • Michelle says

        August 12, 2021 at 3:07 pm

        Hi Doug, My Great aunt was Betty Biddlecombe. She loved at 106 Bournemouth Road. I’ve just spoken to her and she said your surname rings a bell. Bless her.

        Reply
  9. Roger White says

    August 11, 2021 at 12:04 pm

    Hello Michelle , thank you am well , pleased you liked my memories , the family I mentioned were the Websters , all 5 sisters and one who I went to school with ,I do remember the Biddlecombe family who I think lived in the cottages bit further down from the Hut closer to the Off Licence the Wright family also lived there Trevor And Carrie with their parents.

    Reply
  10. Doug Clews says

    August 11, 2021 at 12:09 pm

    Hi Roger … I remember an Yvonne Webster from that block of houses opposite The Hut

    Reply

Trackbacks

  1. Chandler's Ford Memories: Station Lane; Being a Cadet in the 1950s - Chandler's Ford Today says:
    May 19, 2017 at 12:58 am

    […] Memories of Station Lane, Chandler’s Ford […]

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Primary Sidebar

Search

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to Chandler's Ford Today blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Archives

Top Posts & Pages

Why Write Fiction

Categories

Tags

am writing arts and crafts books Chandler's Ford Chandler's Ford Today Chandler’s Ford community charity Christianity Christmas church community creative writing culture Eastleigh Eastleigh Borough Council education entertainment event family fundraising gardening gardening tips good neighbours Hiltingbury Hiltingbury Road history hobby how-to Joan Adamson Joan Adelaide Goater local businesses local interest memory Methodist Church music nature news reading review social storytelling theatre travel Winchester Road writing

Recent Comments

  • C. Klingler on Gladly, the Cross-eyed Bear and Other Mondegreens
  • Robbie Sprague on VE Day – Thursday 8th May 1945
  • Mike Sedgwick on VE Day – Thursday 8th May 1945
  • Chippy on VE Day – Thursday 8th May 1945
  • Allison Symes on Review – The Chameleons – Sudden Death at Thornbury Manor
  • Janet Williams on Review – The Chameleons – Sudden Death at Thornbury Manor

Regular Writers and Contributors

Janet Williams Allison Symes Mike Sedgwick Rick Goater Doug Clews chippy minton Martin Napier Roger White Andy Vining Gopi Chandroth Nicola Slade Wellie Roger Clark Ray Fishman Hazel Bateman SO53 News

Forty Years in Chandler’s Ford – a Journal by Joan Adelaide Goater

Forty Years in Chandler’s Ford – a Journal by Joan Adelaide Goater

Growing up in Chandler’s Ford: 1950s – 1960s by Martin Napier

Growing up in Chandler’s Ford: 1950s – 1960s by Martin Napier

My Memories of the War Years in Chandler’s Ford 1939 – 1945 by Doug Clews

My Memories of the War Years in Chandler’s Ford 1939 – 1945 by Doug Clews

Chandler’s Ford War Memorial Research by Margaret Doores

Chandler’s Ford War Memorial Research by Margaret Doores

History of Hiltonbury Farmhouse by Andy Vining

History of Hiltonbury Farmhouse by Andy Vining

My Family History in Chandler’s Ford and Hursley by Roger White

My Family History in Chandler’s Ford and Hursley by Roger White

Do You Remember The Hutments? By Nick John

Do You Remember The Hutments? By Nick John

Memory of Peter Green by Wendy Green

Memory of Peter Green by Wendy Green

History of Vickers Armstrongs (Supermarine) Hursley Park by Dave Key

History of Vickers Armstrongs (Supermarine) Hursley Park by Dave Key

Reviews of local performances and places

Reviews of local performances and places

Copyright © 2025 Chandler's Ford Today. WordPress. Log in

loading Cancel
Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Email check failed, please try again
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.