The Road Improvement Group is continuing to investigate long term solutions to poor road surface, dust nuisance and other problems identified in the residents’ survey. In the meantime we will continue with…
GRAND MIDSUMMER PARTY
Make a note in your diary of this great annual event. Our midsummer party will be held on Saturday 26th June from 3pm onwards on the Lower Green, Ethelburt Avenue. Children’s games,…
FROM THE ARCHIVES
From its formation on 9 October 1949, the Bassett Green Leaseholders and Tenants Association was concerned about the poor state of the unmade roads, which then included Leaside Way. A letter from…
S.F.R.A.
The Southampton Federation of Residents’ Associations meeting in October was devoted to antisocial behaviour. Many residents are feeling helpless to stem the tide of vandalism, muggings, car thefts, damage, noise and threatening…
SHORT WALKS, NUMBER 9
On this walk we look at the sites considered for park-and-ride (p&r) in the report “Strategic Park and Ride Opportunities for the Southampton Area”. It takes about one hour. Go down Bassett…
LOCAL PLAN PUBLIC ENQUIRY
The public enquiry session dealing with the strategic gap, park-and-ride and a bus depot at Stoneham will be on Wednesday, 4th February, commencing at 10 am in Conference Room 3 at the…
NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH COORDINATORS
Since the last Newsletter there has been an upsurge in vandalism and break-ins. This is not confined to the estate but extends to smashed glass in a bus shelter, on an advertisement…
ST GEORGE’S SCHOOL
Mrs Knight, Headteacher of St George’s School came to a HCERA Committee meeting in November to tell us about the bid to become a specialist school in Engineering and Humanities. Part of…
UPVC CONSERVATORIES
In the last newsletter, we said that the question of uPVC plastic conservatories would be raised with Woodhill Properties. The following reply was received: “You said that your AGM voted that uPVC…
ETHELBURT AVENUE IMPROVEMENT
The HCERA Ethelburt Avenue Improvement Group (formerly the Ethelburt Avenue Repair Sub-Committee) will, in the short to medium term, carry out maintenance at two to three month intervals. John Dixon ( Tel:…