Nether Wallop in Hampshire

The changed conditions caused by both Wars made the village critical of aspects of its life which previously it had taken for granted. In the 1920s attention was drawn to the amount of rubbish and refuse that was constantly thrown into the river, such as old tins, potato parings, rabbit skins, dead cats, etc.,' which was endangering public health. By 1932 a scheme was started for the collection and disposal of unburnable rubbish once every two months by a private contractor for £ 28 per annum.

After many requests a telephone was installed at the Post Office to connect the village with Grateley Station. Electric light for the village was discussed in 1934.

The Nether Wallop Women's Institute founded in 1919 gave the women a responsible place in the community as well as instruction, entertainment and friendship. It remains a flourishing movement to which some of its founder members still belong.

Bus services provided transport to nearby towns. Better educational facilities than the Endowed School could give were needed, and in 1929 all charities were amalgamated by the United Trustees, the Ministry of Education took over the Douce Foundation and the County Council built a school in Nether Wallop to serve The Wallops, with a representative of each parish on its board of governors. Today in keeping with countrywide reorganisation it has become Wallop County Primary School. Children from the Married Quarters of the Army Air Corps Centre also attend and in 1973 with new buildings and more land acquired it has nearly 400 Pupils.

The housing needs of the village became obvious, and council houses, originally intended for farm workers were built in 1936. But the spirit of its people in one of the darkest years of war is shown when in 1943 the Parish Council discussed the Rural District Council's scheme 'for the general improvement of the village after the War'. This included a piped water supply and a sewerage scheme for the general use of the parish. Mains water was laid in 1965, the sewerage has yet to come (1973).

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