| Hambledon, Hampshire |
| In July 1956 I was in the Royal Navy and stationed at HMS Mercury, which is/was on top of a hill near Petersfield in Hampshire. I was supposed to be doing some sort of training course, but instead played cricket almost every afternoon for the month I was there. The navy used the "Bat and Ball" ground at Hambledon, one of the original English cricket grounds, as their home ground. I bought this postcard in the pub after one of the matches. |
| Postcards of the Past |
| A view of the village. |
| High Street. |
| Hambledon is a small village in Hampshire, England, about 15 miles north of Portsmouth. The village is known as the 'Cradle of Cricket', as the Hambledon Club, one of the oldest cricket clubs known, was formed there about 1750. It was England's leading cricket club from about 1765 until the formation of MCC in 1787. The "Bat and Ball" Inn in Clanfield is next to the historic cricket ground of Broadhalfpenny Down where the Hambledon club originally played. In those days the pub was run by Richard Nyren, who was captain of the club. |
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| The Cricket "Monument" on Broadhalfpenny Down. |
| Another old postcard of the High Street. |
| The Church and War Memorial. |