This is a detailed and fascinating history of the Vine Inn, which once sat at 370 Portswood Road, and its demise after 150 years in 1999

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Apr 30, 2024 in Local History, News | 0 comments Courtesy of: William BurnsSouthampton Sotonians and Friends   “Pubs and Their Landlords Vine Inn – Portswood Road ‘The Yeoman of Portswood’ As a member of the Vine’s darts team for a few years this old pub is one that I remember, it sat at number 370 Portswood Road. It was one of the many old pubs that sat along Portswood Road most of which have now gone. Good...
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The ‘Dutch House’ in Brookvale Road

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Apr 29, 2024 in Local History, News | 0 comments Some interesting background on this Grade II listed house in Brookvale Road. Info courtesy of: SEE Southampton “The Dutch House in Brookvale Road, Portswood is Grade II listed and was built around 1909-10 by R.M. McDonald Lucas in the Domestic Revival/Dutch style. The house was built, along with No.124 Highfield Lane, as the two initial houses on The Portswood Estate, and intended to set...
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Did you know B&Q originated in Portswood?

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Apr 26, 2024 in Local History, News | 0 comments Article courtesy of the Daily Echo, 24 April 2024.   B&Q origins in Portswood
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The Yoda mosaic, by local artist Will Rosie, on Southampton Common

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 18, 2024 in Local History, News | 0 comments Photo by a HRA member – March 2024
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Remembering the University of Southampton’s South Stoneham Tower. Info courtesy of The Daily Echo, Group Heritage Writer Ian Crump, 3.3.24

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 4, 2024 in Local History, News | 0 comments Student accommodation South Stoneham Tower hard to pull down https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/24158655.student-accommodation-south-stoneham-tower-hard-pull/?ref=ebmpn&nid=1094&u=b84eb5b77cb441a6e6ae451222b3d5d7&date=030324&fbclid=IwAR0SdG12tgF1BhIOrFnkOhLp8jZecKwx6ch5DeqnGimHKxP3P_w2BhcC_n4  
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The Friends of Portswood Library Summer Evening Talks 2024 are already lined up! See programme below

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jan 21, 2024 in Local History, News | 0 comments Starting March 13 with Godfrey Collyer – ‘Southampton and the Titanic’. Free and all welcome. Info courtesy of Friends of Portswood Library.
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When Portswood was a village – in 1450

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jan 10, 2024 in Local History, News | 0 comments Courtesy of: SEE Southampton A MAP FROM 1450 The boundary marker stones are shown.
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1900s Fairground family waiting to go on to Southampton Common

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Apr 16, 2022 in Local History | 0 comments With the Southampton Fair on The Common, here is a picture of members of the ‘Matthews’ fairground family, in the early 1900s, waiting to go on to Southampton Common. Picture by Joyce Crutcher, courtesy of William Burns from Southampton Sotonians and Friends. Courtesy of: William BurnsSouthampton Sotonians and Friends As we near the traditional time of a fair on the common we share...
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