Burgess Road Library, opened in May 1935
Burgess Road Library was opened in May 1935. It was the first library in Southampton to feature a specially designed and equipped children’s department (picture 1980). SEE Southampton tSp1hottnsoread · Burgess Road Library 1980. Burgess Road...
read moreWW1 and Avenue St Andrews United Reformed Church
Avenue St Andrews United Reformed Church’s role in helping WW1 soldiers camping on The Common. SEE Southampton tSp5hottnsoread · Avenue St Andrews Congregational Church with hall next door where soldiers were camping on the Common in WW1...
read moreAn old print of Portswood House
The old Portswood House. SEE Southampton 17 oFhebaatafrulrSfuaocruy apotsn 1se6oimS:rore4rd1t · An old print of Portswood House and a map showing its location.
read moreCllr Ransom, of one Southampton’s biggest ship builders, living in Hawthorn Cottage on The Common
Councillor John Ransom was one of the biggest ship builders in the town. He lived with his wife in Hawthorn Cottage (now the Urban Wildlife Centre) on the Common. Bevois Mount History Southampton o1t5 FSmebrcuptsaolirednaasy oat ronuiniege1dg0:s47 ...
read moreAn interesting landmark in Burgess Road marking the location of the former Crown and Sceptre Hotel
An interesting landmark! SEE Southampton YetoaShpstehrrdamrody at omnrtdsso0hrtuoe6:de39 · I am always fascinated as to why it was necessary to have a stone plaque to remember a pub which has been demolished. This stone marks the location of the...
read moreSt Denys station once had a bookstall!
St Denys Station once had a bookstall! Bevois Mount History Southampton tSponS5soroerhd · Slightly off our patch, but who would have thought that St Denys Station once had a bookstall?
read moreThe Avenue in the snow a long time ago
Indeed, one person on horseback in the snow..! Bevois Mount History Southampton YfesimttesrSsdapsdyodn atshSol e1curi2e:5ddm3do · An Avenue picture in keeping with the temperature if not the precipitation.
read moreSnow along The Avenue -1952
Snow along The Avenue – 1952 Bevois Mount History Southampton YetsStueproday nscctfraaShutnce mno0r9a:e3de5fn · The Avenue in 1952.
read moreClose up view of a tram at the top of The Avenue
Good close up view! Bevois Mount History Southampton 31tmtm nSJctaphnouaroiynscore afnht d1rs0oh:1o8eie · A tram at the top of the Avenue.
read moreCemetery Road – so different today
So true… Bevois Mount History Southampton lt5Spoounsorehd · Although that must be Cemetery Road to the left and we can see the public conveniences through the trees (no longer there), the scene looks so different...
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