Category: 2011 Newsletters

The day of the party started dull and damp, but this cleared and the afternoon was very pleasant. Ian Jarvis and Ken Hickling once again used their culinary skills to serve a…

The AGM of the Association will be on Tuesday 27th September in St George’s School hall. After the AGM, it is hoped to have a public meeting on the proposed new Article…

The Southampton Federation of Residents’ Associations had a public meeting on 29th June. This was an opportunity to raise all the perennial problems such as nightly disturbance when the pubs close at…

by Dan Hopgood, Ethelburt Avenue resident A planning application is in process for the redevelopment of the car park, youth club and housing office opposite Market Buildings. A 15 storey tower with…

With the threat of a travellers’ transit site at Monk’s Brook removed, you might have supposed that the application to register the land as a village green had been quietly dropped. Indeed…

How will you be spending the extra bank holiday when Prince William and Kate get married on Friday 29th April? Why not organise a party with your neighbours? The Committee of HCERA…

The Swaythling Lawn Tennis Club is a small and friendly LTA-affiliated tennis club with two well maintained grass courts, located in the corner of the lower green in Ethelburt Avenue. We welcome…

by Ray George I was motivated to write my article in the previous newsletter, by seeing that a resident had made planning applications for things I thought did not require them: like-for-like…

Open Gardens Day will be on Sunday 15th May. This is three weeks earlier than last year when some flowering shrubs should be at their best. Don’t delay in offering to open…