May 2020 Planning Report

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on May 27, 2020 in HRA Planning Reports | 0 comments Here below, the Planning Report for May 2020. There was no HRA Committee Meeting in April or May due to the coronavirus lockdown. This Report was produced together with Committee Notes of HRA’s activities for April and May. See ‘Our Documents’ for latter. May 2020 HRA Planning Report
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St Edmunds on the Avenue – just the people have changed!

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on May 22, 2020 in Local History | 0 comments Just the people have changed…. Bevois Mount History Southampton 4 hrs · St Edmunds on the Avenue and members of the congregation.
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The time 1000 horses caused chaos in a stampede at Southampton Common

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on May 22, 2020 in Local History | 0 comments The time 1,000 horses caused chaos in a stampede at Southampton Common    ON SATURDAY, September 3, 1904, the 8th and 14th Hussars arrived in Southampton in readiness for a large scale military exercise which involved the mock invasion of Essex from the sea. Their arrival caused quite a stir as they set up camp on the common with almost 2,000 horses. The docks too were busy with the arrival of...
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The ornate truncated tree, a life cut too short. See this beautiful memorial in Southampton Old Cemetery

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on May 22, 2020 in Local History | 0 comments The ornate truncated tree, a life cut too short. See this beautiful memorial in Southampton Old Cemetery. Bevois Mount History Southampton 17 May at 11:50 · One of the most engaging and poignant memorials in Southampton Old Cemetery is the one dedicated to Edith Operti. The truncated tree is, as always, a symbol of a life cut short too soon and Edith, only 41, left her grieving husband,...
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Brampton Towers on the upper Avenue. The top was said to be the highest point above sea level in Southampton

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on May 22, 2020 in Local History | 0 comments Certainly did not know that! SEE Southampton 19 May at 09:54 · Brampton Towers on the upper Avenue. The top was said to be the highest point above sea level in #Southampton.
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1910 – A pond at the intersection of the Avenue and Winchester Road

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on May 22, 2020 in Local History | 0 comments 1910 – Can’t place this now? SEE Southampton 19 May at 10:14 · A pond at the intersection of the Avenue and Winchester Road in 1910. Southampton City Council
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Bevois Town clearance in 1959

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on May 22, 2020 in Local History | 0 comments Looks pretty grim. SEE Southampton 18 hrs · Two more pictures of the Bevois Town clearances in 1959. They both show the backs of St James’ Street houses, the first 11-16, and the second 4-10. I picked them out because they show an Andersen shelter. The Anderson shelter was named after Sir John Anderson, then Lord Privy Seal with special responsibility for preparing air-raid precautions,...
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1936 The Spitfire Society at what was once Eastleigh Aerodrome after the first flight of the Spitfire

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on May 21, 2020 in Local History | 0 comments The Spitfire Society at what was once Eastleigh Aerodrome in 1936 after the first flight of the Spitfire. SEE Southampton 7 hrs · Instagram · Photograph taken 5 March 1936 at Eastleigh Aerodrome, just after the first flight of the #Spitfire. From left are “Mutt” Summers, Squadron Leader “Agony” Payn of Supermarine; Reginald Mitchell, sitting on the running board; S....
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