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I
had at first thought to undertake two quite separate projects, one a
family history concentrating on my great grandfather Horatio Holmes; The second a survey of the transformation of Woolston and Itchen from
the rural village(s) of 1871 to the manufacturing centre of the early 20th century ; however it soon became clear to me that the two stories were in fact closely entangled.
This
is not an in-depth biography of an individual, nor is it a thorough
history of a particular region; but rather an attempt to relate the
social and industrial heritage of a community in terms of the life of
one of its members.
In
just a few short years the great manufacturing centre that was Woolston
has become little more than a dormitory suburb of Southampton; yet in
its heyday it had manufactured world famous aircraft and ships, and the
men of Itchen Ferry were renowned as peerless yachtsmen the world over.
My
story does not confine itself to the shores of the River Itchen , but
ranges as far north as the Wear, from whence many “Woolston”
shipbuilders sprang. OWING TO ILLNESS I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO UP_DATE THIS SITE
WEB PAGES BUILT TO ORDER If you would like a site like this, or need further information:
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