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Free family event on Sunday 30 March 2025 from 12:00 to 15:00 with Highfield’s own traditional folk group ‘Angling for Farthings!

Posted by on Mar 24, 2025 in News | 0 comments As part of its 20th Anniversary, the Southampton-based radio station Unity 101 is promoting a series of community events (see below), the first of which features Highfield’s own traditional folk group Angling for Farthings! It’s a free event for families, to be held in the Design Chapel in Cemetery Road SO15 7AF, on Sunday 30th March, 1200-1500. Info courtesy of a HRA...
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Daily Echo 24/3/25: Hundreds march to protest Portswood bus gate

Posted by on Mar 24, 2025 in News | 0 comments   To read the article, click on the link below: https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/25029561.southampton-hundreds-march-protest-portswood-bus-gate/
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Man walking up the road (not pavement) shouting and swearing – Portswood?

Posted by on Mar 23, 2025 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments A few weeks ago ((? early March). A PCSO on the other side of the road did not pay him any attention but walked on by.
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The Spring issue of the Friends of Southampton Old Cemetery Newsletter 2025; forthcoming events included!

Posted by on Mar 23, 2025 in News | 0 comments There are lots of FoSOC events over the next few months: Sat 12 April, 11:00h: Titanic (new) 1 hour walk about the survivors; Sun 13 April, 11:00h: An hour talk in the Non-Conformist Chapel then a walk at 14:00h (up to 2 hours); Sun 4 May, 14:00h: Lives lost at sea; Friday 18 July, 14:00h: Jane Austen walk.   Wildlife Walks with Phil Budd: Sat 22 March, 14:00h – Early Spring Flowers...
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Two incidents of anti-social behaviour – bus stop outside Waitrose, Portswood

Posted by on Mar 23, 2025 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments Two incidents took place on two different occasions recently (week beginning 17 March 2025) which prevented the victim from using the bus stop and s/he had to walk to the next stop in Portswood Broadway: Drunks in the bus stop shelter shouting to other drunks who were sitting outside the old Iceland shop; Three men high on something; lots of arm waving. Second incident reported to the police...
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No police presence at Bus-gate protest on 22/3/25 – in Portswood Broadway

Posted by on Mar 22, 2025 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments There was no police presence as before at the Protest March. As a consequence, it made it very difficult for people to cross the road to and from Waitrose with a fairly large crowd of people, push chairs and dogs. The person reporting asked the person in charge why there were no police to assist them as before. Apparently, the police were informed  of the date and time of the march.
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A group of men with open cans/bottles – outside the old Iceland shop in Portswood Broadway

Posted by on Mar 22, 2025 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments Seen on 21/3/25. Reported to the police online. Very intimidating. They appear to have set up ‘home’ there and it is not the first time they have been seen there. They have been spotted on at least 10 occasions. The open cans/bottles are in violation of the Public Spaces Protection Order.        
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Portswood Broadway Bus-gate (extract from E-News March 2025)

Posted by on Mar 22, 2025 in News | 0 comments   HRA E-news March 2025 Live Traffic Data Brookvale Road You may have noticed a huge increase in the number of vehicles using Brookvale Road instead of Portswood Road during Bus-gate hours. HRA members are live-counting vehicles in both directions using a LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) counter. The numbers are staggering. Brookvale live traffic data can be found here:...
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