Castle Lodge, 324 Portswood Road. Definitely an unusual sight
Castle Lodge, 324 Portswood Road. Definitely an unusual sight. This post is linked to previous posts of St Mary’s, South Stoneham. SEE Southampton 5 hrs · The Lodge 324 Portswood Road,1940 and recently. Sometimes called Castle Lodge, it was...
read moreLovers’ Walk – a picture postcard
Another view of Lovers’ Walk. SEE Southampton 10 hrs · A very good colour postcard of Lovers’ Walk on the Common.
read moreAn early image of St Denys Station
Looks a bit grim. SEE Southampton 10 hrs · An early image of St Denys Station.
read moreA flight over The Common in August 1912!
A flight over The Common in August 1912! Southampton Common Forum 11 June at 21:39 · Found this postcard of the pioneer French aviator Monsieur Henri Salmet flying his Bleriot monoplane over Southampton Common in August 1912. Bleriot himself made...
read moreThe Cowherds through different decades
Going from 1850s to 1950s. SEE Southampton Yesterday at 16:34 · THE COWHERDS IN DIFFERENT DECADES If you lived in The Town and owned a cow you could pay The Cowherd to take her to The Common to graze. He would collect the animals from outside The...
read moreBevois Valley around 1910
The incline is there but the rest is barely recognizable… SEE Southampton 20 hrs · Bevois valley around 1910.
read moreWhy the University of Southampton’s Hartley Library was originally called the Edward Turner Sims Library
Why the University of Southampton’s Hartley Library was originally called the Edward Turner Sims Library. SEE Southampton Yesterday at 07:39 · Did you know that the University library was named the Edward Turner Sims Library when it was...
read moreThe spring in Hill Lane!
The spring in Hill Lane! SEE Southampton 20 hrs · Here we are inside and outside. Two Victorian views of the spring in Hill Lane that supplied water to the medieval town of Southampton.
read moreThe Avenue in 1896. Note the unmade road surface.
The Avenue in 1896… SEE Southampton 2 June at 09:46 · The Avenue in 1896. Note the unmade road surface.
read moreUniversity of Southampton Special Collections – They came from near and far to do their patriotic duty – staffing the University War Hospital
University of Southampton Special Collections They came from near and far to do their patriotic duty – staffing the University War Hospital Posted on November 9, 2018 by krspecialcollections | 3 Comments Staff at the University War Hospital, 1918...
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