The Spring issue of the Friends of Southampton Old Cemetery Newsletter 2025; forthcoming events included!

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association 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 Highfield Residents' Association 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 Highfield Residents' Association 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 Highfield Residents' Association 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 Highfield Residents' Association 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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The Caraway Dementia Action programme for week beginning Monday 24 March 2025, for across Southampton!

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 21, 2025 in News | 0 comments All info courtesy of Caraway Dementia News Southampton – March 2025 MEMORY CAFÉS   •  WELLBEING ACTIVITIES  •  OTHER CAFÉS Hi All As we enter the last week of the month do check our what’s happening across the city and especially check out the support groups that happen this week, namely the Community Support Hub in Graham Road and the Dementia Support Group that meets each week at the...
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HRA received worrying photos of an articulated lorry travelling along Brookvale Road on Wednesday 12 March at 09:38h (just after school-time), turning right onto Highfield Lane and then left up Church Lane

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 21, 2025 in News | 0 comments   In a totally separate incident from the articulated lorry above, see below – Oops! Vehicle too close (Brookvale Road / Highfield Lane junction)   HRA members can send email comments and photos to HRA.HonSec@gmail.com. It is assumed that any information or image sent will have permission to share (anonymously) on our website. Can you help with the monitoring? Please note: Only...
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A very disturbing incident – on the corner of Portswood Broadway and Westridge Road

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 21, 2025 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments Around 3.45pm on Thursday 20 March 2025, there was a disturbing incident on the corner of Portswood Broadway and Westridge Road. A bare chested man was shouting at people, he was walking out into the road then throwing bricks into the road and hitting his head with a brick. He was extremely disturbed. The person witnessing this called 999 and reported the incident. Later he was asked to make a...
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