by Brian Johnston, 15 Ethelburt Avenue Would you be prepared to spare a couple of hours occasionally to help a worthwhile charity, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution? No house to house collections…
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Cool Installations for general building work. We have been pleased with Gary’s work over many years and cannot recommend him highly enough. Most recently, he replaced a concrete gable cornerstone. Tel: 023…
COMMITTEE FOR 2012-2013
Officers Chairman: Ray George 75 Bassett Green Rd Secretary: Debbie Smith 74 Bassett Green Rd Treasurer: Andy Sharvill Street Representatives Bassett Green Rd: Mike Farrelly Bassett Green Rd Ethelburt Ave: Michelle Hickling …
TREES
Radian a.k.a. the Swaythling Housing Society have recently planted a silver birch in the south east corner of the lower green of Ethelburt Avenue to replace the diseased one that was in…
BUS SHELTER ADVERTISING
The planning application for an illuminated advertising sign in a new bus shelter in Bassett Green Road has been withdrawn. This suggests that a nearby resident’s campaign was successful.
THE AGM TALK
This year the AGM was delayed until Tuesday, 4th December, a day suitable for our speaker Harry Willis Fleming. He is a social historian, but the reason for coming to speak to…
A MEMORIAL PLAQUE?
Mr Willis Fleming pointed out that there is nothing to show that the Remount Depot was ever here. It will soon be the centenary of the establishment of the depot and this…
OUR BUZZARD
Photographed in the Monks Brook Greenway near the railway bridge by Janet Ticehurst on 19th November.
LEASEHOLD OR FREEHOLD
by Ray George The majority of the properties in the estate are leasehold for 999 years from 1926. The ground rents vary slightly but are typically £7 per year (about £300 in…