Coffee, mince pies and carols with the University of Southampton brass band! A date for your diary – Saturday 7 December from 10.30am to 12.30pm at Portswood Library!

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Nov 16, 2024 in News | 0 comments Free, all welcome. Courtesy of Friends of Portswood Library.
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Herbert Collins, Worker for Peace, 1885 to 1975

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Nov 16, 2024 in Local History, News | 0 comments Herbert Collins was a British architect who designed suburban houses in Southampton from 1922. His housing estates had a distincive style, usually with rows of terraced houses set around wide areas of greenery. He lived at 34 Brookvale Road, Highfield, Southampton from 1930 to 1973, on one of the main Collins Estates in Southampton. The above information was taken from Wikipedia. More below:...
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Dr Sarah Lewis talk on ‘Penal Reform’ Sunday, November 17th at 2pm, The Pavilion, Portswood Residents’ Gardens

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Nov 16, 2024 in News | 0 comments Dr Lewis is currently working for the Council of Europe  developing, training and evaluating rehabilitation programmes in prisons in Eastern Europe. Further to this, she is working closely in English prisons to develop and improve prison environments to achieve greater safety and well-being. At a time when our prisons are overflowing, while those in other European countries are seeing a falling...
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Portswood Wastewater Treatment Plant

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Nov 16, 2024 in News | 0 comments   Website: http://www.highfieldresidents.org.uk/ Facebook: facebook.com/Highfield-Residents-Association Email: highfieldracomms@gmail.com Portswood Wastewater Treatment Plant On Meridian News today, Friday 15th November, at 6pm, local man Gavin Millar will be interviewed about the continuing problems with waste water discharges into the River Itchen from the Portswood Wastewater Treatment...
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It’s the St Denys Repair Café tomorrow, Saturday 16 November 2024 from 10.30am to 1pm at the St Denys Community Centre, Priory Road!

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Nov 15, 2024 in News | 0 comments If you have a portable item that needs repairing – electrical items, computers, bikes, sewing repairs and jewellery – their expert volunteers will see if they can fix it for you in exchange for a donation. Tea, coffee and cake will be available while you wait! Stop your items from going to landfill! Info courtesy of St Denys Community Centre.
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The Dementia programme for week beginning Monday 18 November 2024 from Caraway, for all of Southampton!

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Nov 15, 2024 in News | 0 comments All info courtesy of Caraway Dementia News Southampton – November 2024 MEMORY CAFÉS   •  WELLBEING ACTIVITIES  •  OTHER CAFÉS Hi All Here’s what’s happening in the coming week. Check out the extras coming up, as highlighted after this note. As the days get shorter it’s good to have a plan for where you can go to get a good cuppa and company, this could be your usual Memory Café or maybe...
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November 2024: Planning Objection – 112, Upper Shaftesbury Avenue

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Nov 12, 2024 in HRA Responses to Planning Applications and Appeals Inspectorate | 0 comments See Planning Objection in link below: 1124 112 Upper Shaftesbury Avenue  
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A message from Cllr Savage: Just a reminder, it is Southampton Film Week this week with some brilliant screenings: 8th to17th November 2024

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Nov 12, 2024 in News | 0 comments A message from Cllr Savage: Just a reminder, it is Southampton Film Week this week with some brilliant screenings. The full programme is available here. https://southamptonfilmweek.com/ A highlight for me would be the screening if the 1926 Buster Keaton movie “The General” in the Guildhall, accompanied by Donald Mackenzie who will provide a captivating, authentic soundtrack on the...
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