StuRomseySaint Posted 18 January, 2010 Share Posted 18 January, 2010 I think it's about time we had one. Romsey is often known as God's Garden. At one point having more pubs per population than anywhere else in England. Celebrity residents include Charlie Dimmock and Gordon Ramsey, as well as Southampton legend Andy Cook. Romsey was also where Prince Charles and Princess Diana spent the first night of their honeymoon and was the place where classic television such as Worzel Gummidge and The Ruth Rendall Mysteries where filmed. All hail Romsey Does anyone else have any amazing Romsey facts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted 18 January, 2010 Share Posted 18 January, 2010 Is Scatterbrook Farm in Romsey then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rory Posted 18 January, 2010 Share Posted 18 January, 2010 Thought it was filmed in Braishfield? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Bates Posted 18 January, 2010 Share Posted 18 January, 2010 October 16th 1784 Jean Pierre Blanchard, the famous frenchman, floated to the ground in Lord Pamerston's Park in a balloon. Placing Romsey in the early annals of aeronautical history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuRomseySaint Posted 18 January, 2010 Author Share Posted 18 January, 2010 Thought it was filmed in Braishfield? It is filmed in and around Romsey, primariliy in Braishfield which is part of 'Romsey Extra' Famous Braishfield residents include Lawrie Mac, Peter Shilton and David Gower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Bates Posted 18 January, 2010 Share Posted 18 January, 2010 None in Romsey, only near. The main locations for filming Worzel Gummidge were the villages of Stockbridge, King's Somborne and Braishfield; all of which are near Romsey in Hampshire. The 'Scatterbrook Farm' scenes were filmed at Pucknall in Braishfield. In the summer of 1980, filming of the Christmas-special episode "A Cup o' Tea and a Slice o' Cake" in the town of Lymington. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuRomseySaint Posted 18 January, 2010 Author Share Posted 18 January, 2010 Just to repeat, Braishfield, Kings Somborne, Michelmarsh and Timsbury are all classed as 'Romsey' and come within the 'Romsey Extra' area. Within the Romsey Extra areas, we also have Sir David Frost and Roger Waters as famous residents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huffton Posted 18 January, 2010 Share Posted 18 January, 2010 David Gower. Tis true. I used to work in the car shop in Romsey and served him once. Nice bloke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuRomseySaint Posted 18 January, 2010 Author Share Posted 18 January, 2010 Gordon Ramsey called me 'big boy' a couple of months ago in Romsey. True Story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huffton Posted 18 January, 2010 Share Posted 18 January, 2010 Did he slap his hands together at the same time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Bates Posted 18 January, 2010 Share Posted 18 January, 2010 Just to repeat, Braishfield, Kings Somborne, Michelmarsh and Timsbury are all classed as 'Romsey' and come within the 'Romsey Extra' area. Within the Romsey Extra areas, we also have Sir David Frost and Roger Waters as famous residents. Braishfield is a village and civil parish north of Romsey in Hampshire. King's Somborne is a village in Hampshire, England. The village lies on the edge of the valley of the River Test. The 'Sombornes' comprise the scattered village of King's Somborne, together with the hamlets of Little Somborne, Up Somborne, and Ashley. Michelmersh (not Michelmarsh) is a small, scattered village in Hampshire, England some three miles north of Romsey. It forms a civil parish with Timsbury that forms part of the Test Valley district. Romsey Extra A large Parish of 3,306 hectares with a population of 2,792, which surrounds the town of Romsey and includes the villages of Abbotswood, Ashfield, Lee, Moorcourt, Skidmore, Pauncefoot, Halterwood and Stanbridge Earls. Neither Braishfield, King's Somborne or Michelmersh get a mention under 'Romsey Extra'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuRomseySaint Posted 18 January, 2010 Author Share Posted 18 January, 2010 Did he slap his hands together at the same time? Unfortunately not. We walked past each other. I said " Alright Chef " and he said " Big Boy " ... the conversation ended there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimond Geezer Posted 18 January, 2010 Share Posted 18 January, 2010 I believe Inspector Wexford was also filmed in Romsey. About 10 years ago myself and some colleagues saw Jimmy Carter, (former American President) drinking in The Mill at Dunbridge after fishing The Test. He had a few FBI guys with him. Carter was in his fishing gear, the rest in suits & sunnys - they almost blended in Richard Digence & Chris Tarrant also fish locally & I believe Digence lives around here somewhere. I've worked in Michelmersh for 12 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Give it to Ron Posted 18 January, 2010 Share Posted 18 January, 2010 It now also has one of the best Indian restaurants - Natraj great food and when I went the most fantastic looking barmaid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuRomseySaint Posted 18 January, 2010 Author Share Posted 18 January, 2010 Prince Charles also owns a stretch of the River Test in Romsey and is known to fish there often. Nigel Spackman was born in Romsey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bungle Posted 18 January, 2010 Share Posted 18 January, 2010 How can no-one have mentioned the Rapids? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toomer Posted 18 January, 2010 Share Posted 18 January, 2010 I think there was a book about the number of pubs in Romsey called So Drunk He Must Have Been To Romsey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuRomseySaint Posted 18 January, 2010 Author Share Posted 18 January, 2010 The Queen also spent part of her honeymoon in Romsey. Romsey was also home to Lord Mountbatten Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintSi Posted 18 January, 2010 Share Posted 18 January, 2010 About time for this thread Stu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted 18 January, 2010 Share Posted 18 January, 2010 The Game Fair was in Romsey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted 18 January, 2010 Share Posted 18 January, 2010 I went to Romsey once. Was alright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLYMPIC Posted 18 January, 2010 Share Posted 18 January, 2010 Embley Park was the family home of Florence Nightingale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son of Bob Posted 18 January, 2010 Share Posted 18 January, 2010 I am from Romsey and lived there for 23 years. It's OK, it has it's moments (so to speak). Used to have the highest concentration of pubs in the country (due to the Whitbread brewery being based in the town centre) hence the well known expression 'so drunk he must have been to Romsey' which was nationally prevelant in days of old. The Beggars Fayre is quality and should be in everyones annual diary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimond Geezer Posted 18 January, 2010 Share Posted 18 January, 2010 Embley Park was the family home of Florence Nightingale. She is buried in Wellow church yard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecuk268 Posted 18 January, 2010 Share Posted 18 January, 2010 I'm also a Romsonian, although now living in God's chosen city. I can trace my mother's family in Romsey back to the 1850's. I lived there for the first 25 years of my life and, when I was a kid, it was a small market town, with a Thursday livestock market (just behind Bell St). Everyone knew everyone else and most people worked in the town. Now it's mainly a dormitory town and has lost a lot of it's character. Too many newcomers want to change things and the real locals can lose out. This is happening in many "attractive" small towns that are within commuting distance of cities. Demand pushes up property prices forcing local young people to move elsewhere if they want to buy property. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lets B Avenue Posted 18 January, 2010 Share Posted 18 January, 2010 as well as Southampton legend Andy Cook. His sister was fit, I recall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jillyanne Posted 18 January, 2010 Share Posted 18 January, 2010 Gordon RamsAy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special K Posted 18 January, 2010 Share Posted 18 January, 2010 Guy Ritchie went to and was expelled from, Stanbridge Earls school which just outside Romsey. I'm sure he learned all his mockney traits from south central Romsey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedAndWhite91 Posted 18 January, 2010 Share Posted 18 January, 2010 Used to go to Romsey Rapids when I was younger - Who didn't? And played football there a few times. Romsey is alright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuRomseySaint Posted 18 January, 2010 Author Share Posted 18 January, 2010 The Game Fair was in Romsey And the Romsey Show, as well as concerts, with names such as Madness, Westlife and Elton John all recent names to appear in Romsey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambosa75 Posted 18 January, 2010 Share Posted 18 January, 2010 My father owns the Dog and Crook pub in Braishfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuRomseySaint Posted 18 January, 2010 Author Share Posted 18 January, 2010 My father owns the Dog and Crook pub in Braishfield. Good pub, one I frequent sometimes as my current ladyfriend is on Pubwatch ( lol ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jez Posted 18 January, 2010 Share Posted 18 January, 2010 It now also has one of the best Indian restaurants - Natraj great food and when I went the most fantastic looking barmaid! If you went recently, it was probably my ex's sister, who I saw working in there a few months ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambosa75 Posted 18 January, 2010 Share Posted 18 January, 2010 Good pub, one I frequent sometimes as my current ladyfriend is on Pubwatch ( lol ) Tell him you are a friend of Paul Bevan and he said you can have free drinks all night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponty Posted 18 January, 2010 Share Posted 18 January, 2010 Stupid road system, mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuRomseySaint Posted 18 January, 2010 Author Share Posted 18 January, 2010 Also home to the late Reverend Awdry, creator of Thomas the Tank Engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moon monkey Posted 18 January, 2010 Share Posted 18 January, 2010 Romsey must be one of the most traditional towns in the country. The Romsey community hate modernisation and will tolerate tacky fast food corporations. Recently forbided a Dominos pizza starting up and will only allow the recent Subway to open until 8pm. I think the average age of a romsey resident is 85 and the latest the shops open is 4pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dark Sotonic Mills Posted 18 January, 2010 Share Posted 18 January, 2010 Good pub, one I frequent sometimes as my current lady-friend is on Pubwatch ( lol ) I thought she was a nurse Stu. How the hell did she manage to get on Pubwatch? Is her name Beverley Allitt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithd Posted 18 January, 2010 Share Posted 18 January, 2010 i went for a meal there once. it was very nice, on the corner. parked in a supermarket carpark. ate upstairs i think there was a bar downstairs. i got drunk all true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuRomseySaint Posted 18 January, 2010 Author Share Posted 18 January, 2010 I thought she was a nurse Stu. How the hell did she manage to get on Pubwatch? Is her name Beverley Allitt? Haha... that was the old bint... I left her for another woman... ( who dumped me after a month :-( ) ... this one is the latest. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuRomseySaint Posted 18 January, 2010 Author Share Posted 18 January, 2010 Romsey must be one of the most traditional towns in the country. The Romsey community hate modernisation and will tolerate tacky fast food corporations. Recently forbided a Dominos pizza starting up and will only allow the recent Subway to open until 8pm. I think the average age of a romsey resident is 85 and the latest the shops open is 4pm. I disagree to in some ways. It is a market town and opposed to commercialisation The age thing is a myth, infact if anything, Romsey has quite a young population. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevegrant Posted 18 January, 2010 Share Posted 18 January, 2010 Romsey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 18 January, 2010 Share Posted 18 January, 2010 I have no tales of Romsey to pass on. The life paths of Hatch and Romsey Town have never crossed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 18 January, 2010 Share Posted 18 January, 2010 I married the first mrs h in Romsey Abbey. It did not last. What is that tradition you have of 'beating the bounds' all about? Is that not to do with the official boundaries of Romsey? Just discovered that the word 'Romsey' is not recognised on the spellcheck of this PC! Also just see that the word 'spellcheck' is not listed either! Ver strange!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 18 January, 2010 Share Posted 18 January, 2010 Romsey is situated on the ancient road that is now known as the A27. The people of Romsey are officially my next door neighbours (but one) as I too live on the A27. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Bognor Posted 18 January, 2010 Share Posted 18 January, 2010 Romsey is situated on the ancient road that is now known as the A27. The people of Romsey are officially my next door neighbours (but one) as I too live on the A27. I live not far from the A27 in Chichester, so does this connect me to the greatness of Romsey????? Not that it has anything to do with Romsey, but I went to the Earl of March in Lavant (just north of Chicester) on saturday which has recently been turned into a restaurant. I found out that it was here that William Blake penned the words to Jerusalem, which means that downlands north of Chichester are England's green and pleasant land. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jillyanne Posted 18 January, 2010 Share Posted 18 January, 2010 Haha... that was the old bint... I left her for another woman... ( who dumped me after a month :-( ) ... this one is the latest. :-) So the garage didn't stay as a gym very long then - I thought you were getting married as you referred to her kids as your 'step children'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedAndWhite91 Posted 18 January, 2010 Share Posted 18 January, 2010 Romsey is situated on the ancient road that is now known as the A27. The people of Romsey are officially my next door neighbours (but one) as I too live on the A27. That's a bit dangerous isn't it? Surprised you haven't been run over. My mate once went out with a girl from Romsey. And that's a fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Give it to Ron Posted 18 January, 2010 Share Posted 18 January, 2010 My father owns the Dog and Crook pub in Braishfield. I know the cleaner well...a mate of mine through kids footie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Give it to Ron Posted 18 January, 2010 Share Posted 18 January, 2010 And the Romsey Show, as well as concerts, with names such as Madness, Westlife and Elton John all recent names to appear in Romsey. Simply Red this year though ;-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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