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 Ann MacGillivray has sent us this photo of teaching staff at the old combined schools in Manor Farm Road. But can you guess the year? Read on to find out and see the full sized version, and see if you can help identify some of the faces. Reproduced with kind permission of Cardwell’s Photography, who operated from 59 Foundry Lane, Shirley.
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The theft of a sky blue Dell laptop and pink and silver Raleigh Olympus Saturn bike took place from a flat in Hawkeswood Road, Bitterne Manor when french doors were left unlocked on January 17. |
 Advertising feature: The University of Southampton is looking for participants aged between 25 and 40 for a discussion on modern family life. As a thank-you for taking part we are offering each participant Love2shop gift vouchers worth £20.
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 Advertising feature: The shop known as Portswood Cycles has reopened as Porstwood Cycles/2 Wheel Electric. The new owners are 2 wheel Electric, formerly of Haskins Garden centre in West End, and the shop offers a full range of Freego Electric Bikes, famous names in non-electric bikes such as Raleigh and Falcon, children’s bikes, plus a full range of accessories.
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An elderly brother and sister from Adelaide Road, St Denys have been conned out of £2500.
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 Locals at a meeting on January 16 decided to set up a 'Friends of Deep Dene' group, which will help shape the future management of the local woodland and green space. A further meeting takes place on February 29 –
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Some people seem to have had difficulties posting events on our calendar recently, so here are some new hints that hopefully make the process easier!
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 A residents' association in Highfield has objected to Sainsbury's application to build a petrol station on St Denys Road. More here, including reader comments.
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 "Five cases of Leptospirosis - also known as Weil's Disease - have been reported on the River Itchen in Southampton, close to a water activity centre," reports the BBC. And an Echo report is here.
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 A "fault on the main network" left 2829 Bitterne Park / Townhill Park properties in darkness from 19:37 on Monday evening (Jan 9), according to Southern Electric. By about an hour later power had been restored to all but 254, they said. The problem is not thought to be related to new street lights that have been installed in some areas. |
 Portswood's music venue Talking Heads is calling last orders - at any rate for the time being. Read more here.
See also: How do you do a ‘community buyout’ anyway? |
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Find out more about volunteering at sessions held weekly at the Voluntary Action Centre. They provide information on volunteering, what to expect, practical points to think about and a list of local opportunities available. More info here. |
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A 40-year-old man was attacked and threatened as he walked near ‘The Station’ pub in Bullar Road.
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Police investigating an incident in which a 21-year-old a man was assaulted in Riverside Park at around 10pm on January 2 are appealing for witnesses to come forward.
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We asked you to identify from which signs around the Triangle we'd made up the words 'Merry Christmas'. Congrats to Stuart and Emily Conner for getting all the right answers. The only prize is the opportunity to set our next quiz - perhaps for Easter - should they wish to take this up? 'Read more' for the answers...
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 The old fruit and veg shop at the Triangle, which has been empty since Chapys closed in July 2008, is to become a stationery shop. The owners hope to open by the end of January.
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 If you’re on Facebook, then why not ‘like’ our Facebook page? You’ll then get updates straight to your ‘wall’, as well as background stories. You can also share your fave Bitterne Park pics, too. See you there!
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 A new Portswood cycle shop, which will offer repairs, is to open in January in the premises previously occupied by Portswood Cycles. More here.
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The council’s Communities Team has published some online resources aimed at anyone wanting to start, organise and develop a community group or project. |
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 It's quick and easy to spread the word about your community events using our calendar: just log into the site and click here to add events, classes, gigs and more. Hot tip 1: if you haven't created an account with the site you'll need to register first - and that should only take a moment. Hot tip 2: please keep listings brief and factual - sales puff may well be cut!
Please note that we now request you consider making a very small donation towards site running costs for certain commercial events. More info, and donate, here.
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A visual impairment and sight loss support group which meets near The Avenue could close if volunteers can't be found - more on portswood.info |
 In this extended audio, we find out about the Woodcraft Folk, “a movement for children and young people, open to everyone from birth to adult”. ‘Woodies’ meet locally in Bitterne Park and in central Southampton, and, contrary to popular belief, not that much craft with wood is actually involved! We talk to parents and children to find out what really goes on, and learn a little about the organisation’s history, too.
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The Daily Echo reports that Bitterne Park Secondary School head Susan Trigger is also to manage another secondary school. Their report is here.
See also: Bitterne Park School considers academy status
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 The ramp down to Riverside Park from the Triangle has re-opened, following work to make it easier to use for pedestrians and cyclists.
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 Fancy a visit to Bitterne Park - or thinking about moving to the area? Perhaps you already live here and are interested to find out more. We hope this work in progress offers a few pointers!
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 St Denys Community Association, which runs the community centre, has been awarded £9,957 from Awards for All for a project to survey local needs, publicise itself, and recruit more volunteers and community centre users.
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 Our busy directory section. The 'Noticeboard' is now open again for new entries, following our recent site upgrade. It's free to add basic listings. Click here or contact us to find out more about Standard and Featured listings - both very modestly priced, and offering you more publicity while at the same time supporting the website. Fantastic! |
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The Safe Places scheme – which helps vulnerable people who may become a victim of crime, feel frightened, intimidated or become lost when they are out and about in the community – is now being rolled out in Bitterne, following successful pilots in Portswood and Shirley.
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 Southampton’s residents are being offered the chance to buy bargain price fruit trees to help create a city-wide ‘virtual orchard’.
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 From a book on Southampton Murder Victims to I Love Southampton T-Shirts, we've added loads of local products to our Amazon store. So if you're looking for something unquely local out of interest or as a gift, take a look and see what's new. You can search for all other Amazon products via the store too, and all sales help fund the website, at no extra cost to you.
So if you like the website, why not support us next time you go Amazon shopping...
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 Here are some pics and memories of the recently demolished Old Boat House at the approach to Bitterne Park Triangle.
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We're told that the thing that's appeared in St Denys - that certainly looks a bit like a rice cake - will eventually become a seating area around a tree.
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Here’s an interesting Ordnance Survey map showing Blitz bomb locations around Southampton. |
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 Sainsbury's says its new Portswood store is on track to open in spring 2012. More on our sister site here.Pic Sainsbury's Alcester Road South, Maypole under CC2 by ell brown
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 Christine Beal writes with a question about a possible royal visit to the area in the 60s – and wonders whether anyone else remembers it?
Pic: HRH Duke of Edinburgh from November 2009. © Ann MacGillivray
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