The Friends of Portswood Rec play area was opened on Friday 9th May!
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Not far from us and quietly hidden away at Unity 12, 9-19 Rose Road, Southampton SO14 6TE, is ‘The Sewing Hub’!
Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on May 12, 2025 in News | 0 comments The Sewing Hub is a fully accessible community space offering sewing classes for beginners, refreshers and, for the more advanced, they have overlocker courses and a regular ‘Sewing Circle’. They also provide local people with an alterations and bespoke design/make service. The workshop is very well equipped. The Sewing Hub have the following Workshop coming up: Free-Motion Embroidery Workshop...read more
This is a very interesting historical account by Matt Davey from The Echo of The Phoenix Film Society, “Southampton’s Oldest Film Society” which was founded in 1931
Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on May 12, 2025 in News | 0 comments The Phoenix is run as a charity by volunteers and showcases the best of world cinema with 26 films screened each year. It has more than 150 members that meet weekly on Wednesdays at 7.30pm during University term time, at the University of Southampton Students’ Union cinema. The cinema has 225 “comfy, fully raked” seats and “cinema-standard digital projection with surround...read more
Agenda: HRA Committee Meeting – 7pm, Tuesday 13 May 2025
Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on May 12, 2025 in Meeting Agenda, News | 0 comments Agenda HRA Committee Meeting Tuesday 13 May 2025 Supporting paper: Piri Piri APPEAL DECISION Dismissed – 3347923read more
More delightful pictures of the ‘Wildlife Garden’ in the court yard of Highfield Church
Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on May 10, 2025 in News | 0 comments All photos by Moira Heather, HRA Member (early May 2025)read more
HRA’s Chair – Professor Roger Brown – is gving a talk on ‘What future for our Universities’ at 7pm on Sunday 18 May 2025 at The Pavilion, Portswood Residents’ Gardens, Abbotts Way, Highfield SO17 1QU
Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on May 10, 2025 in News | 0 comments Following a career in education and politics at the cutting edge (Downing Street!), Roger became Vice Chancellor of Solent University, a position he held until retirement. It promises to be an interesting and stimulating talk! All welcome, free entry, donations to Speaker’s chosen charity. Courtesy of South Hants Humanistsread more
The Dementia Action programme for week beginning Monday 12 May 2025 for across Southampton, courtesy of Caraway
Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on May 10, 2025 in News | 0 comments All info courtesy of Caraway Dementia News Southampton – May 2025 MEMORY CAFÉS • WELLBEING ACTIVITIES • OTHER CAFÉS Hi All We hope you’re able to join us at our Memory Cafés this week. A reminder to check it with event holders in case details have changed since we received the information, especially with lots of Bank Holidays this month! If you know of anything happening in the city...read more
Burglary of house – Welbeck Avenue/Upper Shaftesbury Avenue
Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on May 10, 2025 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments The burglary took place during the early hours of Saturday 10 May 2025, between 3 am to 7am. Laptop stolen and strimmer from car (unlocked). I reminder to lock all windows and doors and cars.read more
