by Ann Clarke This year Ethelburt Avenue collected £503.25. Many thanks to all who contributed.
MIDSUMMER PARTY
Nearly 100 people came to the party. Perhaps because of the cloudy weather or competition with Wimbledon, less people attended than said they were coming. Once again, we thank Ian Jarvis and…
SWAYTHLING REMOUNT DEPOT
The Swaythling Remount Depot has largely been forgotten, but during the First World War around 380,000 horses were despatched across the English Channel from Swaythling. To commemorate the Swaythling Remount Depot, it…
MEMBERSHIP SUBSCRIPTIONS
If it has not already happened, a street rep will be calling to collect the annual subscription and in Ethelburt Avenue, the contribution to the road repair fund. The annual membership subscription…
APPRAISAL & MANAGEMENT
Kevin White, Historic Environment Team Leader, has obviously decided to bring to an abrupt end the drafting of the Appraisal and Management Plan and have the document he wants. A cynic might…
DAMAGE TO VERGES
Habitual parking on a verge, results in hard, bare earth where there should be lawn. We have been asked to request that people in Leaside Way do not do this, but parking…
WINDOWS APPLICATION
A planning application has been made for an address in Leaside Way to replace the steel windows, so unpopular with owners, with look-alike aluminium double-glazed windows. Manufacturers of windows are good at…
MONKS BROOK
The Summer guided walks will be on 9th and 10th August 2014. All are most welcome. Meet at Swaythling Railway Station Car Park at 11 am. Walk duration is approximately 3 hours…
LOCKED GATE
At a recent HCERA Committee meeting, it was reported that the gate beside St George’s School, leading to the fields, had been found locked. As far as anyone could remember, this was…
PLANNING MEETING
by Ray George There was one of the occasional meetings for residents associations at the Civic Centre on 9th June at which I learnt a few things. Chris Lyons, Planning and Development…