Do you remember Alec Bennett’s in Portswood?

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 9, 2021 in Local History | 0 comments SEE Southampton t3Spdonsohreemd  · Do you remember Alec Bennett’s in Portswood? Did you know he was a famous and very successful Isle of Man TT racer?
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March 2021 Planning Report

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 7, 2021 in HRA Planning Reports | 0 comments March 2021 HRA Planning Report
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A snippet of background history to Highfield Church

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 3, 2021 in Local History | 0 comments 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.
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Pointout Road, Bassett: then and now….

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 3, 2021 in Local History | 0 comments Then (1930s) and now… SEE Southampton 9tSponscoremfdh  · A very muddy Pointout Road in Bassett in the 1930s and today.
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The Belgian War Graves plot in Southampton Old Cemetery

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 3, 2021 in Local History | 0 comments 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.
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White & Co the removers, 69, The Avenue!

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 1, 2021 in Local History | 0 comments Once at 69 The Avenue! SEE Southampton YeustfteSraday SogadStp om0esr6nlc:sonod0rn1eted  · White & Co. the removers. An early advert.
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A collection of historical pictures of the Avenue

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 1, 2021 in Local History | 0 comments A remarkable Avenue collection. SEE Southampton YeSstterodSgpaonrsyf ceidsaglgtd 06or:edeec0rl0h  · The Avenue. A selection.
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Brickworks of St Sidney Kimber and Highfield Farm

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Feb 24, 2021 in Local History | 0 comments 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 images were taken. I don’t know the date of the horse pulling the plough, but I do know the second is before 1914. Both are the same location. Answer at...
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