An interesting landmark in Burgess Road marking the location of the former Crown and Sceptre Hotel
An interesting landmark! SEE Southampton YetoaShpstehrrdamrody at omnrtdsso0hrtuoe6:de39 · I am always fascinated as to why it was necessary to have a stone plaque to remember a pub which has been demolished. This stone marks the location of the...
read moreSt Denys station once had a bookstall!
St Denys Station once had a bookstall! Bevois Mount History Southampton tSponS5soroerhd · Slightly off our patch, but who would have thought that St Denys Station once had a bookstall?
read moreThe Avenue in the snow a long time ago
Indeed, one person on horseback in the snow..! Bevois Mount History Southampton YfesimttesrSsdapsdyodn atshSol e1curi2e:5ddm3do · An Avenue picture in keeping with the temperature if not the precipitation.
read moreSnow along The Avenue -1952
Snow along The Avenue – 1952 Bevois Mount History Southampton YetsStueproday nscctfraaShutnce mno0r9a:e3de5fn · The Avenue in 1952.
read moreClose up view of a tram at the top of The Avenue
Good close up view! Bevois Mount History Southampton 31tmtm nSJctaphnouaroiynscore afnht d1rs0oh:1o8eie · A tram at the top of the Avenue.
read moreCemetery Road – so different today
So true… Bevois Mount History Southampton lt5Spoounsorehd · Although that must be Cemetery Road to the left and we can see the public conveniences through the trees (no longer there), the scene looks so different...
read moreThis one penny tram ticket took you through Portswood Junction!
This one penny tram ticket took you through Portswood Junction. Bevois Mount History Southampton 1tSphoensSor9hemnd · A one penny tram ticket. Many of the local tram stops are the same as current bus stops e.g. Spring Crescent, Cedar...
read more99-111 Portswood Road; the 9 Myrtle Cottages
99-111 Portswood Road (situated on the west side of Portswood Rd, just to the south of Gordon Avenue). These seven cottages were built between 1845 – 1878, and were known as Myrtle Cottages in the late 19th century. SEE Southampton 21 m · 99...
read morePadwell Cross Pond on the grassed area of the Avenue, known as Asylum Green
SEE Southampton htSpo13nsonhremSd · On the grassed area known as Asylum Green on the Avenue was Padwell Cross Pond used by thirsty animals going to the Common. By 1850 this pond contained dead putrid animals and other unwholesome material....
read moreTram sidlings were built in the woods to the north of The Common to act as a camouflage from bombings
Tram sidings built in the woods to the north of the Common to act as a camouflage from bombings. Bevois Mount History Southampton mtmsm1ShupeS8 oJumtnasniualory sslatro n1r0:1d5ed · Tram sidings were built in the woods to the north of the Common...
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