David Weeks, the self-styled Mr Petersfield himself, talks about growing up in our town.
With Shine Radio’s Dave Williams, he reveals some interesting nuggets about life in Petersfield in “The Old Days”:
- Where children loved to play in the 1940s,
- Why the Kimbers estate is named,
- Monkeys! An animal escape in Tilmore Road,
- What is a ‘Master Speiler’?
- Who were “The Highfield Cobblers”?
- How much did a lad selling newspapers earn?
Get an insight into life in Petersfield in the previous century from the man who actually lived in it …. and still does: our very own Mr Petersfield – David Weeks
In the next conversation David tells Dave about a Petersfield industry that has since passed, and about how much the town has changed during his lifetime. Look out for “More stories of growing up in Petersfield’.
Love the interview with David Weeks, could listen to him talk about old times for hours. He is a friend of ours and has many fond memories of our steam traction engine (Victoria) and the Seward’s family who then owned her back in the town from 1886 to 1970. We enjoy talking to him at all the events in the town that we attended with Victoria, we always find it great to see so many people interested in old Petersfield history. You have probably seen us around the town with our green steam engine which was new to the town in 1886 and lived her till 1970, was then sold on but then returned to Petersfield in 2002 when we purchased her.
We would love to see the carnival return, I can remember it well when I was a child in the 70’s and 80’s, not sure when it stopped.
Anyway, just wanted to drop you a message and thank you for doing the interview with David, it was great.
Thank you Wendy, it was my pleasure to chat with David. I have asked him to have a think about Christmases from the days of his youth, with a view to another podcast in December. Fingers crossed that he will come up with some interesting ‘baubles’ that we can chat some more about!
Best regards, Dave Williams