tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3713948124674580839.post2370402988978479362..comments2024-03-28T11:06:15.778-07:00Comments on London Calling: Netley Abbey and the GothicTONYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07767998391294014275noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3713948124674580839.post-82673564931963370132018-01-29T12:25:12.207-08:002018-01-29T12:25:12.207-08:00Thanks for your comment. I went to St Mary's C...Thanks for your comment. I went to St Mary's College, Bitterne Park. I started at the,Brother's of Christian Instruction, junior School, Charlton, in Midanbury Lane.TONYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07767998391294014275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3713948124674580839.post-40130471634281518692018-01-28T10:29:34.984-08:002018-01-28T10:29:34.984-08:00As a Boy Scout, I attended services in Netley Abbe...As a Boy Scout, I attended services in Netley Abbey on St George’s Day in the 50s, as the flag carrier on one occasion. We assembled on that large piece of open ground looking onto Southampton Water and paraded along the road to the abbey to the accompaniment of a brass band.<br /><br />I’m from Bitterne, my grandparents lived in Sholing, and I went to Bitterne C of E School and then King Edward’s.<br /><br />I came across your blog in looking up the use of dialect in English novels.<br />baralbionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03976395517109747612noreply@blogger.com