Remembering Wadham Stringer – now Lidls..
Remembering Wadham Stringer! Thanks to Bevois Mount History. Bevois Mount History Southampton 2toSt8 pMcofdnarcSmruohSh atre n1smhS6o:0r9eed · Now Lidls.
read moreLively picture of trams on Portswood High Street. Thanks SEE Southampton!
SEE Southampton 1fhtSSpons1orehlad · Scrambling to get on the tram in Portswood.
read moreThe Brutalist design University Faraday Tower on a 5p stamp in 1971!
SEE Southampton tSpo2gahnseored · Did you know? In 1971 the University of Southampton was on the 5p stamp. The Brutalist design Faraday Tower is featured.
read moreThe grave, in the Old Cemetery, of Lt. Col. Sir Henry James, Director General of the Ordnance Survey.
Courtesy of Bevois Mount History Bevois Mount History Southampton tSph2onso1harcehd · The grave, in the Old Cemetery, of Lt. Col. Sir Henry James, Director General of the Ordnance Survey. The house where he lived in the Avenue is still referred to...
read more1889. Old Portswood Road courtesy of SEE Southampton.
A far cry from today! SEE Southampton t8nSponsorhamed · 1889. Old Portswood Road. An idyllic scene by J. Arnold. Copyright 2003 Southampton City Art Gallery.
read moreSitting in the middle of the Avenue in 1883!
Published in The Graphic in 1883. Sitting in the middle of The Avenue is certainly in a bygone age! Bevois Mount History Southampton htsYSpeonstermdfayhon fagfSthts o1sreh0ad:35fnt · A romantic and gentrified view of the Avenue published in The...
read moreHow Southampton Old Cemetery came into being…
How Southampton Old Cemetery came into being. Courtesy of SEE Southampton: By 1833, the number of people working in agriculture was falling and numbers moving to towns was increasing, Southampton’s population had reached approximately 29000,...
read moreA interesting piece of social history in photos courtesy of Keith WIllsher
The Dymott family at 13 Osborne Road, Portswood, c1910. Interesting family photo posted by Keith Willsher in Southampton History Photos Keith Willsher Southampton history photos tfS17phmornsoreld · Nice piece of social history, this is the Dymott...
read morePlaque and tree dedicated to Jack Mason at Southampton Municipal Golf Course
Dedicated to Jack Mason, golf professional for 40 years at the Municipal Golf course off the Avenue. Courtesy of SEE Southampton. SEE Southampton 1t7 MaSrsrncaha aelSpontd sg1n5eo:orttgr1u1led · Plaque and tree dedicated to Jack Mason. He was the...
read moreBevois Mount History photo of The Common paddling pool, late 1940s
Once lockdown is lifted……..! Bevois Mount History Southampton YelstreltiridSapey onasft ahic0sc8:trsoi0rS5edo · On the Common, looking towards the paddling pool in the late 1940s
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