A lucy box in Westridge Road!
Didn’t realise there was a Lucy box in Westridge Road! SEE Southampton 5ig MtaarcShSfpcon uiaats Safo19rlr:0e3Sufdc · A Lucy box spotted in Westridge Road today. These were part of the distribution system when Southampton Corporation owned...
read moreNew blue plaque at 122 Avenue Road
A new Bevois Mount plaque at 122 Avenue Road for Benjamin James Thomas, 1st class saloon steward on the Titanic, 1881-1937. Bevois Mount History Southampton The latest addition to the Bevois Mount plaques is at 122 Avenue Road. Thanks so much to...
read moreAnyone remember when the boating lake on The Common was used for model boats?
Southampton Commons & Parks Protection Society – Scapps ntSpontso7redfh · Water is always an attraction. People sitting round the Boating Lake on The Common watching it refilling. It’s drained in Winter & refilled for Spring Anyone...
read moreA snippet of background history to Highfield Church
A snippet of background history to Highfield Church. SEE Southampton 9tSponscoremfdh · Highfield Church was originally a Chapel of Ease for St Mary’s South Stoneham.
read morePointout Road, Bassett: then and now….
Then (1930s) and now… SEE Southampton 9tSponscoremfdh · A very muddy Pointout Road in Bassett in the 1930s and today.
read moreThe Belgian War Graves plot in Southampton Old Cemetery
Bevois Mount History Southampton 2t7mdSp ronFnegbrmumdisShanirye oSahhotae 18:rfed12d · The monument at the Belgian War Graves plot in the Old Cemetery was created by Garrett and Haysom. The graves all date from WW1.
read moreChanging locations in Portswood
Changing locations in Portswood! SEE Southampton YeustfteSraday SogadStp om0esr6nlc:sonod2rn6eted · Did you know that the Mitre at Portswood was once known as the Belmont Hotel and that the police station was located on the site where...
read moreWhite & Co the removers, 69, The Avenue!
Once at 69 The Avenue! SEE Southampton YeustfteSraday SogadStp om0esr6nlc:sonod0rn1eted · White & Co. the removers. An early advert.
read moreA collection of historical pictures of the Avenue
A remarkable Avenue collection. SEE Southampton YeSstterodSgpaonrsyf ceidsaglgtd 06or:edeec0rl0h · The Avenue. A selection.
read moreBrickworks of St Sidney Kimber and Highfield Farm
The Brickworks of Sir Sidney Kimber (before 1914) is in the picture below, on the site of what was once part of Highfield Farm, and later became part of the University Site. SEE Southampton 23 h · Would anyone like to have a stab at were these...
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