Save the Venny! Info below courtesy of Southampton National Park City

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jan 17, 2024 in News | 0 comments Info below courtesy of Southampton National Park City:   “Join Newtown residents in their fight to save their last remaining public space from closure. Share your views and oppose the closure before Sunday 21 January. This is an urgent ask to support the residents of Newtown in their efforts to fight a public order proposed by the council for the closure of the ‘Venny’: the last...
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Wonderful dappled light on the door of Highfield Church. Photo by Ken

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jan 16, 2024 in News | 0 comments
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This multigenerational ‘meeting place’ re-starts tomorrow Wednesday 17 January from 2.30pm to 4.30pm at October Books

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jan 16, 2024 in News | 0 comments Courtesy of: October Books Meeting Place returns tomorrow, Wednesday 17th January 2.30pm – 4.30pm. Come along and join in the activities.
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This ‘Warm Welcome’ starts tomorrow morning, Wednesday 17 January 2024, in Portswood Library – a really nice initiative

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jan 16, 2024 in News | 0 comments Info courtesy of Friends of Portswood Library.
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The next Repair Café at the Immaculate Conception Church, Portswood is on Saturday 17 February from 10.30am to 1pm

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jan 15, 2024 in News | 0 comments The Repair Café is in the Immaculate Conception Church hall, Portswood Rd, SO17 3SB (the hall is behind the church and access to parking is off Belgrave Rd near its junction with Kent Rd) . Buses stop outside – Bluestar 2 or U6 Southampton Repair Cafés are places where people can bring broken items to be fixed by repairers at the same time as having a cuppa and some homemade cake! Bring...
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The next Southampton Repair Café in our area is this Saturday 20 January 2024 from 10.30am to 1 pm, in St Denys Community Centre, 2 Priory Road

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jan 15, 2024 in News | 0 comments Info below is courtesy of the Southampton Repair Café and Transition Southampton: The Southampton Repair Cafés are places where people can bring broken items to be fixed by repairers, in exchange for a donation, at the same time as having a cuppa and some homemade cake! Bring your broken objects and the repairers will do their best to help: electrical equipment, clothes, jewellery and bicyles...
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Upcoming Netflix show ‘Dead Boy Detectives’ is based on characters from a major comic series created by University of Southampton academic and author Toby Litt, Associate Professor in Creative Writing

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jan 14, 2024 in News | 0 comments More below. Info courtesy of: University of Southampton  Coming soon! ‘Dead Boy Detectives,’ a new Netflix show, is based on the original DC Comics of the same name, created by our very Toby Litt, Associate Professor in Creative Writing. Check out the trailer https://brnw.ch/21wG1DL Find out more https://brnw.ch/21wG1DN
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In Completely Retail News (10/01/24) “Portswood Shopping Centre has been snapped up for £10m”. In a Daily Echo article (11/01/24): “Iceland set to close Southampton store….”

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jan 14, 2024 in News | 0 comments Portswood Shopping Centre “has been snapped up for £10m” In an article by Jack Oliver on 10th January 2024, in ‘Completely Retail News’, he writes that Portswood Shopping Centre has been acquired by Tri7 from the previous owner Portswood Centre Ltd for £10m. The article by Jack Oliver is below: Portswood Shopping Centre Snapped Up for £10m. Article from Completely Retail...
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