Views of past and present – University of Southampton
Views of past and present of the University College at Highfield, now University of Southampton. SEE Southampton 4 h · The University College at Highfield and the same view today.
read moreDo you know where this is in Highfield?
Can’t picture it in Highfield, can you? SEE Southampton 13 h · This looks like Highfield to me.
read moreA pretty card of The Common from 1911
A pretty card from 1911. Bevois Mount History Southampton 1 d · This charming postcard of children at the entrance (?) of the Common was sent to an address in Belgium in 1911. It is written by Monique, whose handwriting is hard to decipher but she...
read moreMore ‘Streetwatch’ history from The Avenue to Portswood and Westwood Road to Lodge Road
More ‘Streetwatch’ history from SEE Southampton. From The Avenue to Portswood and Westwood Road to Lodge Road. SEE Southampton 10 h · STREETWATCH The Avenue to Portswood Road; Westwood Road to Lodge Road Bevois Mount Estate was created...
read moreSEE Southampton has now reached The Finches, Donnington Grove, Highfield Crescent, Shaftesbury Avenue and a lot more!
Continuing SEE Southampton’s ‘Streetwatch’ – history of Southampton roads, here are The Finches, Donnington Grove, Highfield Crescent, Shaftesbury Avenue and a few more! SEE Southampton 10 h · STREETWATCH East of Church...
read moreThis ‘Streetwatch’ gives some really interesting background to roads in the Highfield area
This ‘Streetwatch’ gives some really interesting background to roads in the Highfield area. SEE Southampton 9 h · STREETWATCH Almost a triangle, with Burgess Road in the north, down the Avenue and then Highfield Avenue / Lane in the...
read moreThe Queen visited the University of Southampton in 1966
Highfield Residents’ Association 7 h · 1966 – certainly another era… SEE Southampton 21 h · The Queen visited the University of Southampton in 1966.
read moreAn early photo of Hampton Park between Portswood and Swaythling
An early photograph of Hampton Park between Portswood and Swaythling, near the bottom of Bowden Lane. SEE Southampton 1 d · An early photograph of Hampton Park between Portswood and Swaythling near the bottom of Bowden Lane. You can see the tin...
read moreAn early photo of Hampton Park
An early photograph of Hampton Park between Portswood and Swaythling, near the bottom of Bowden Lane. SEE Southampton 6 h · An early photograph of Hampton Park between Portswood and Swaythling near the bottom of Bowden Lane. You can see the tin...
read moreMore background and photos of Bealings Nursery in Bassett which supplied the liners sailing from Southampton with potted plants and flowers. The ships had a gardener who was responsible for watering and looking after the plants!
Southampton Stories 4 d · This week we are looking at Bealings nursery in Bassett, which supplied cut flowers and potted plants to several ocean liners every week during the summer from the 1890s till the 1960s. The plants would be packed and...
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