The Association is 23 years old. In March 1990, a small group of residents were invited to a meeting with Julie Ozwell, Director of Woodhill Properties Ltd in the Methodist Church vestry, Burgess Road. Arising from this, a meeting of all residents was held at the Methodist Church, on 30th April. The meeting warmly supported the idea of a residents’ association and set up a working party to carry the idea forward. The working party, under the chairmanship of Robert Kerr, formerly of 60 Ethelburt Avenue, met several times in the summer. One task was to choose a name: “Herbert Collins Estates Residents’ Association”. This name reflected the intention to include all properties of which Woodhill were the freeholders and initially Bramdean Road and Pine Drive East at Thornhill participated. Today, the area covered is confined to Swaythling. The first annual general meeting was held on 29th October 1990 and formally established the Association.