Just to be aware if you are heading in the direction of the junction between Burgess Road and Glen Eyre Road:

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Nov 4, 2024 in News | 0 comments There will be emergency water pipe repairs from 9.30am, tomorrow Tuesday November 5th, at the junction between Burgess Road and Glen Eyre Road, where temporary traffic lights will be in place. More information below in the article from the Daily Echo. https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/…/24699654.burgess-road…/?
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How to secure your home this winter (4/11/24)

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Nov 4, 2024 in Crime Prevention Advice, News | 0 comments All information courtesy of the November 2024 edition of Hampshire Alert’s Newsletter for Neighbourhood Watch supporters across England and Wales (4/11/24).  
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Lost dog – Highfield Lane

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Nov 4, 2024 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments Dog wandering alone, taken to Mettricks’ garden! Later on in afternoon on same day, dog and owner reunited! Reported to WhatsApp Group – 4/11/24.
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‘City Green’ – a striking poem written by a HRA Member

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Nov 3, 2024 in News | 0 comments   City Green   Our city has long tamed the natural world with roads and railways, houses, new estates. We’ve squeezed in extra homes, chopped down more trees, expanded both by planning and by accident. Most times the cost exceeds our estimates.   But still the power of nature throbs around us. We grant her gardens, roadside trees and parks the Common stretches wide and...
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Four men trying car door handles – all along Upper Shaftesbury Avenue

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Nov 3, 2024 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments During night of 5 October 2024, a group of four men – two on each side of the road, were trying car door handles of all the cars in the road, even walking up sideways to try the handles of cars parked in sideways. Reported to the police.
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‘A Walk around the City’s Parks’ – This new book is by local authors Ally Hayes and Wendy Stokes, who also wrote: of ‘A walk around the Common’ and ‘A walk up the Avenue’

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Nov 2, 2024 in News | 0 comments The book is mainly about the central parks which developed from the medieval fields of the walled town. However, they have also written about more recent parks like Town Quay and Queen’s Park which are a short walk from the centre. This book is basically all you ever wanted to know about the Southampton City Parks and an ideal Xmas present for a local history buff or someone who just wants to...
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Shoplifting – charity shops, Portswood Road

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Nov 2, 2024 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments Reported to WhatsApp Group on Saturday 2 November 2024. Reports from lots of the charity shops on Portswood Road of a group of girls blatantly shoplifting and denying when challenged. Staff were communicating between the charity shops to warn eachother. One WhatsApp Group representative saw one girl arrested on Friday 1st November.
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The last of the free, self-led ‘Winter Guests Trail’ at The Hawthorns Wildlife Centre on Southampton Common is tomorrow, Sunday 3 November from 10am to 3pm!

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Nov 2, 2024 in News | 0 comments This Trail is suitable for all ages. Further information can be obtained from The Natural Environment Rangers Team on: hawthorns@southampton.go.uk All info courtesy of The Rangers Team, Southampton City Council.
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