Lovers’ Walk – a picture postcard
Another view of Lovers’ Walk. SEE Southampton 10 hrs · A very good colour postcard of Lovers’ Walk on the Common.
read moreAn early image of St Denys Station
Looks a bit grim. SEE Southampton 10 hrs · An early image of St Denys Station.
read moreA flight over The Common in August 1912!
A flight over The Common in August 1912! Southampton Common Forum 11 June at 21:39 · Found this postcard of the pioneer French aviator Monsieur Henri Salmet flying his Bleriot monoplane over Southampton Common in August 1912. Bleriot himself made...
read moreThe Cowherds through different decades
Going from 1850s to 1950s. SEE Southampton Yesterday at 16:34 · THE COWHERDS IN DIFFERENT DECADES If you lived in The Town and owned a cow you could pay The Cowherd to take her to The Common to graze. He would collect the animals from outside The...
read moreBevois Valley around 1910
The incline is there but the rest is barely recognizable… SEE Southampton 20 hrs · Bevois valley around 1910.
read moreThe original artesian well sign on The Common has been made visible
The original artesian well sign on The Common. SEE Southampton 16 hrs · The original artesian well sign on the Common has been made visible. It is next to the 1992 version.
read moreSlavery and Southampton, with our local area included
This makes for very chilling reading: the slave owners who were resident in Southampton, where they lived in the city and how many slaves they owned. SEE Southampton 18 hrs · SLAVERY AND SOUTHAMPTON As The British Empire expanded and people bought...
read moreWhere The Stile pub used to be, on the corner of University Road and Burgess Road
Where The Stile pub used to be, on the corner of University Road and Burgess Road! SEE Southampton 20 hrs · When they demolished this pub in University Road I wondered what building would be in its place. Walking by yesterday I noticed that it has...
read moreWhy the University of Southampton’s Hartley Library was originally called the Edward Turner Sims Library
Why the University of Southampton’s Hartley Library was originally called the Edward Turner Sims Library. SEE Southampton Yesterday at 07:39 · Did you know that the University library was named the Edward Turner Sims Library when it was...
read moreThe spring in Hill Lane!
The spring in Hill Lane! SEE Southampton 20 hrs · Here we are inside and outside. Two Victorian views of the spring in Hill Lane that supplied water to the medieval town of Southampton.
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