The Yoda mosaic, by local artist Will Rosie, on Southampton Common
Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 18, 2024 in Local History, News | 0 comments Photo by a HRA member – March 2024read more
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Remembering the University of Southampton’s South Stoneham Tower. Info courtesy of The Daily Echo, Group Heritage Writer Ian Crump, 3.3.24
Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 4, 2024 in Local History, News | 0 comments Student accommodation South Stoneham Tower hard to pull down https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/24158655.student-accommodation-south-stoneham-tower-hard-pull/?ref=ebmpn&nid=1094&u=b84eb5b77cb441a6e6ae451222b3d5d7&date=030324&fbclid=IwAR0SdG12tgF1BhIOrFnkOhLp8jZecKwx6ch5DeqnGimHKxP3P_w2BhcC_n4read more
An unrecognisable Winn Road in about 1900
Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jan 31, 2024 in Local History, News | 0 comments Courtesy of SEE Southampton Winn Road in about 1900. The noticeably short pillar box is still there today. No insights to show Highfield Residents’ Association Published by Nadine Johnson · · A rare Mr Fish (Michael Fish) tie was found in Age UK Portswood. It isread more
The Friends of Portswood Library Summer Evening Talks 2024 are already lined up! See programme below
Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jan 21, 2024 in Local History, News | 0 comments Starting March 13 with Godfrey Collyer – ‘Southampton and the Titanic’. Free and all welcome. Info courtesy of Friends of Portswood Library.read more
When Portswood was a village – in 1450
Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jan 10, 2024 in Local History, News | 0 comments Courtesy of: SEE Southampton A MAP FROM 1450 The boundary marker stones are shown.read more
Article courtesy of the Daily Echo, 5th January 2024: The official opening of Glen Eyre School in Bassett, 1962
Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jan 7, 2024 in Local History, News | 0 comments Remember what stood where Cantell School is now? 5th January Nostalgia Southampton By Ian Crump Group Heritage Writer In the town of Southampton – as it was back then – a school with a unique concept was established more than 60 years ago. Separated by the actual structure of Glen Eyre School itself, the girls embarked on their educational journey on one side, the boys on the...read more
1900s Fairground family waiting to go on to Southampton Common
Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Apr 16, 2022 in Local History | 0 comments With the Southampton Fair on The Common, here is a picture of members of the ‘Matthews’ fairground family, in the early 1900s, waiting to go on to Southampton Common. Picture by Joyce Crutcher, courtesy of William Burns from Southampton Sotonians and Friends. Courtesy of: William BurnsSouthampton Sotonians and Friends As we near the traditional time of a fair on the common we share...read more
