Fareham history walk
Nov. 6th, 2023 11:02 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
torkellSo, yesterday afternoon I ended up going on a history walk in Fareham. The organiser expected maybe 15 people to turn up... they got upwards of 50!
It was a fascinating tour of the high street - we were joined by someone who used to live along there who regaled us with plenty of tidbits of historical trivia. There's a surprising amount of history in plain sight for those who know where to look - some of the houses still have the original fire insurance marks on them, for example.
Also tucked away in a small court off the high street is a battered old BT phone box (complete with equally old phone), which led to one of the more random moments of the tour. We'd been joined by a group of teens, and one of them spotted the phone box and asked "what's that, is it some sort of tardis?" as they'd never seen or heard of a BT phone box before. So the talk organiser gave a bonus modern history explanation on how people made phone calls before mobile phones!
It was a fascinating tour of the high street - we were joined by someone who used to live along there who regaled us with plenty of tidbits of historical trivia. There's a surprising amount of history in plain sight for those who know where to look - some of the houses still have the original fire insurance marks on them, for example.
Also tucked away in a small court off the high street is a battered old BT phone box (complete with equally old phone), which led to one of the more random moments of the tour. We'd been joined by a group of teens, and one of them spotted the phone box and asked "what's that, is it some sort of tardis?" as they'd never seen or heard of a BT phone box before. So the talk organiser gave a bonus modern history explanation on how people made phone calls before mobile phones!
