by Ray George Ivy is a useful plant for covering a tree stump or disguising an ugly shed or fence. There are several attractive named varieties of the common ivy Hedera helix….
ST GEORGE’S CATHOLIC COLLEGE
by Anne Dempsey At the meeting of the City Council’s Cabinet on 12th March, the proposals for St George’s to become a mixed school were agreed unanimously, after a long period of…
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CITY GATEWAY BUILDING (1)
As mentioned in the Autumn Newsletter, the developers of the City Gateway Building are required to provide explanatory signage for Ethelburt Avenue at their own expense. The HCERA Committee decided that they…
CITY GATEWAY BUILDING (2)
The campaign by Dan Hopgood and Ethelburt Avenue residents secured the best possible deal to stop students living in the City Gateway Building having cars. Under a required clause in the Section…
HOUSES IN MULTIPLE OCCUPATION (HMOs)
by Ray George The City Council’s Article 4 Direction requiring planning consent if a house is going to be occupied by three or more unrelated people, comes into force on 23rd March…
TREES IN ETHELBURT AVENUE
by Robert Williams Arising from the tree survey last year, the following tree work is proposed. On the top green the large, mature Robinia is infected with the Ganoderma bracket fungus, so…
WAR HORSE
During the First World War, the land now occupied by this Conservation Area was part of the Swaythling Remount Depot. Nearly 400,000 horses and mules passed through the depot and were sent…