Did you know B&Q originated in Portswood?
Article courtesy of the Daily Echo, 24 April 2024. B&Q origins in Portswood
read moreThe Yoda mosaic, by local artist Will Rosie, on Southampton Common
Photo by a HRA member – March 2024
read moreRemembering the University of Southampton’s South Stoneham Tower. Info courtesy of The Daily Echo, Group Heritage Writer Ian Crump, 3.3.24
Student accommodation South Stoneham Tower hard to pull down...
read moreAn unrecognisable Winn Road in about 1900
Courtesy of SEE Southampton Winn Road in about 1900. The noticeably short pillar box is still there today. No insights to show Highfield Residents’ Association Published by Nadine Johnson · · A rare Mr Fish (Michael Fish) tie...
read moreThe Friends of Portswood Library Summer Evening Talks 2024 are already lined up! See programme below
Starting March 13 with Godfrey Collyer – ‘Southampton and the Titanic’. Free and all welcome. Info courtesy of Friends of Portswood Library.
read moreWhen Portswood was a village – in 1450
Courtesy of: SEE Southampton A MAP FROM 1450 The boundary marker stones are shown.
read moreArticle courtesy of the Daily Echo, 5th January 2024: The official opening of Glen Eyre School in Bassett, 1962
Remember what stood where Cantell School is now? 5th January Nostalgia Southampton By Ian Crump Group Heritage Writer In the town of Southampton – as it was back then – a school with a unique concept was established more than...
read more1900s Fairground family waiting to go on to Southampton Common
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...
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Courtesy of John Trinder from Southampton Sotonians and Friends: Below is a very interesting historical account of the ancient site of Cutthorn which stands at the northern end of the Southampton Common, just a little to the east of the Avenue at...
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