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01/09/2024

A Richard Czuprynski photo

01/09/2024

The Itchen Brewery was established in 1765.

01/09/2024

The Avenue, Southampton. Postcard

01/09/2024

High Street, Below Bar, Southampton, late 19th century.
Anyone fancy climbing that ladder?

01/09/2024

There used to be a Green Shield store in East Street.

01/09/2024

Summer sunset in Ocean Village Marina 📍

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31/08/2024

31/08/2024

Only two weeks to wait!..

31/08/2024

Just one week left of Wild In Art's Light the South trail! 💡💙 Have you found all of the sculptures yet? 🔍

At the end of the trail, all the lighthouses will be brought together for a Farewell event at this year's boat show, offering one final chance to see all the designs in one place. 🛥️Following the event, the lighthouses will then be auctioned off on Friday 20th September, to help raise vital funds for Southampton Hospitals Charity UK. 💗 Learn more about the trail at https://buff.ly/3Vv6J89

Southampton Boat Show

31/08/2024

Our September opendays will be on Sunday 1st, Saturday 14th and Saturday 21st.The entrance fee is £2.50 or £3.00 including Gift Aid. Accompanied childern under 16 years are free admission but still get souvenir tickets.
Saturday 14th is part of the Heritage Open Days events with no admission fee charged, but any donations are welcome.
There will be demonstrations of the signalling equipment at half hourly intervals and visitors have the chance to pull levers and work the block instruments
As ever, the cafe will be open for teas, coffees, soft drinks and snacks. There will be cakes from Romsey Market.

The photo this month is Halterworth Crossing just outside Romsey which was demoted to a gate box from a full signal box in April 1972 when the line between Eastleigh and Romsey was converted to single line controlled by tokenless block. ( Early in 1974 it was converted to automatic half barriers.) The disconnected down line is in the foreground. The train is a return "Mystery Excursion" from a south coast resort to some mysterious sounding location like Rhymney, Treherbert, Gilfach Fargoed or Maesteg. One feature of the "Mystex" trains was that staff were not meant to reveal the destination to passengers.

31/08/2024

There are weather warnings - thunderstorms) for tomorrow, 1st September. But they are vague as to when and where.

I shall still attend at the Bargate at 10.30, and decide then whether to go ahead

31/08/2024

The Clock Tower before it was moved to Bitterne Park Triangle. It looks as if it was leaning even then in 1902.

31/08/2024

1A-3A Heath Road 1941
A view of Heath Road, Sholing, showing the extent of bomb damage.
Southampton City Council

31/08/2024

'The Royal Yacht off Southampton’ 1843

31/08/2024

LAAP 10 Portswood, Highfield and northern St Denys
The area includes the valley of an unnamed stream which drains south-eastwards from Common, to the north of Highfield Lane. There are several prehistoric findspots along this valley. There is an important Mesolithic site on the shore of the Itchen at Priory Avenue, St Denys. The area includes part of the Roman settlement at St Denys and a Roman road from Wi******er may run through the area. The area includes Portswood village, St Denys' Priory, and artificial watercourses to the north of the priory, all of which are medieval features. The area includes part of the River Itchen. Deposits in the river preserve the remains of prehistoric landscapes and may contain the remains of maritime vessels of all periods.

31/08/2024

Southampton Railway Station 1841

31/08/2024

Diana, Princess of Wales in on 15 November 1984. She named the new P&O ship Royal Princess.
Diana died on this day in 1997.

31/08/2024

A Mike Kemp photo of Southampton V Norwich speedway match, 1962.
Jimmy Gooch, Ove Fundin and Bjorn Knutson.
Speedway ended at the Banister stadium the following year.

31/08/2024

Beautiful print of the RMS Queen Mary

31/08/2024

This Saturday at 1.30 your guide for our Hidden History walk will be Godfrey. Godfrey is an authority on the Mayflower when it was in Southampton in 1620 and is one of the volunteers who set up the Mayflower Exhibition in the Westgate. The walk costs just £7 which you can pay the guide on the day or book in advance through Eventbrite on our website. Meet by the lions at the Bargate. The walk lasts 90 minutes.

31/08/2024

🤔According to AI, this is what the Mayflower looked like when she departed from Southampton in 1620.

🧭We're not so sure, but somebody who does know is Godfrey Collyer, who will be leading a special walking tour exploring the tale of the Mayflower next month.
🗓️ Thursday 12th September, 11am
📌 St Michael's Square
🎟️ https://southamptonmuseumsandgallery.co.uk/events/mayflower-southampton-guided-walk-sept2024/

30/08/2024

28&29 Sept 2024: Music in the City!

https://musicinthecity.org/

https://musicinthecity.org/full-listings

30/08/2024

Postcards from Southampton The first picture postcard 22 February 2017 The very first picture postcard was posted in Fulham, London to the writer Theodore Hooke in 1840. It’s thought he hand painted the picture of postal workers and posted it to himself as a practical joke on the postal service. I...

30/08/2024

Arthur Sainsbury. You have accidentally attached your query to a post about Southampton's new goalie! Have a look here, searching on Millbank Street and Kent Street

Discover the story of merchant shipping and port life in Southampton. Our archive contains over 10,000 photographs, maps, sound clips and documents.

30/08/2024

Southampton Football Club has completed the signing of goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale from Arsenal.
The sought-after 26-year-old England international has moved to St Mary’s on a four-year contract.

Ramsdale, who has been capped five times at senior international level for England , joins Saints after making 89 appearances for Arsenal over the past three seasons.
During that time, he was named in the PFA Premier League Team of the Year for the 2022/23 campaign, as the division’s outstanding goalkeeper.
Ramsdale has played a total of 153 top-flight matches in his career to date.

30/08/2024

street artist Mr. Mosaic paid a visit to Fratton Park.

30/08/2024

On Sunday at 10.30 the guide for the Hidden History walk will be Jack. Jack is an authority on the liners and the docks as well as the story of the Titanic. He is also See Southampton's most experienced guide. The walk costs just £7 which you can pay the guide on the day or book in advance through Eventbrite on our website. Meet by the lions at the Bargate. The walk lasts 90 minutes.

30/08/2024

Antique Print of 1915 World War German Prisoners Southampton