Month: April 2023
CORONATION TEA PARTY
Gather on the lower green in Ethelburt Avenue on Monday 8th May between 2-5pm and bring a selection of celebratory drinks and nibbles for your own family to enjoy. Everyone is welcome…
OPEN GARDENS DAY AND SCARECROW COMPETITION
Open Gardens Day will be on Sunday 4th June. Now that Spring has arrived, it is time to get your garden ready. Do consider opening your garden so that others have the…
NEW REPAIR CAFÉ
by Angela Cotton Southampton Repair Café has launched a new event at Immaculate Conception Church Hall, Portswood Rd, on the 3rd Saturday of alternate months (next one: April 15, 10.30-13.00). Repair cafés…
WATER TALKS, APRIL AND MAY
by Angela Cotton Those who enjoyed the talks on Energy at Highfield Church Centre last year may be interested in a follow up series on Water at the same venue. Free entry,…
SPRING LITTER-PICKING
There will be a litter-pick over the weekend of 21st-23rd April. The equipment is being borrowed from the Council. This is your opportunity to make the area fit for the King’s coronation,…
A NEW TREE
A tree has been kindly donated for the verge beside 39 Ethelburt Ave. This is a cherry, Prunus “Pandora”. It blooms with large shell pink to white flowers in late March. The…
RAIL CROSSING DIVERSION
by Ray George Some of you will have seen my post on the HCERA Facebook page about the diversion order for the footpath rail crossing from Monks Brook to Wide Lane. The…
PATH FROM GREENWAYS
In the Autumn Newsletter, we anticipated a speedy opening of the gated path between Summerfield Gardens and Greenways. Councillor Fielker assures us that “this has not been forgotten but is not currently…
LAWN TENNIS CLUB
Swaythling Lawn Tennis Club is a small LTA affiliated club with two well maintained grass courts located in the lower green in Ethelburt Avenue. We welcome beginners and juniors as well as…