Local (Ethelburt Avenue) semi-professional Baby & Child portrait photographer, looking to build portfolio and offering free sitting and big discount for HCERA newsletter receivers. Contact Annya on 07846 979336. 2 Georgian paned…
PLANNING APPLICATIONS
Reprinted from the Spring Review, 2007 of the City of Southampton Society. Developments in Conservation Areas should preserve and enhance their character. There are two such areas in Southampton which have both…
UPDATE ON TRANSIT SITE
As Shelley Anderson told us in the last Newsletter, an application was made for Monks Brook to be designated as a village green on the grounds that it has been used by…
EXTENSIONS
Many houses already have extensions and we see much building work currently going on around the Estate. But for any one householder, having an extension is likely to be a novel experience…
FLOODING THE PAVEMENT
When replacing much of your front garden with an impervious hard surface for cars, it is necessary to consider drainage. The rainwater cannot now sink into the ground and may flow out…
NORTH NEIGHBOURHOODS PARTNERSHIP
At the end of October, I was greatly surprised to receive a letter from Dawn Jones, the Coordinator of North Neighbourhoods Partnership saying that the City’s Cabinet, at its meeting on 12…
WOODEN WINDOWS
Most wooden windows are still in good condition even after seventy years. It remains to be seen whether they will last another seventy. Where they have needed replacement, sometimes the result has…
FIRE SAFETY IN THE HOME
It is not too late to return the form which accompanied the previous newsletter to request a home fire safety visit. The visit includes free supply and fitting of a smoke alarm…
OPEN GARDENS
We plan to hold the HCERA Open Gardens Day on Sunday 18th May. Proceeds will go to a local charity which has still to be decided .
UNSIGHTLY ADVERTS
I have noticed with concern the occasional appearance of huge advertisements covering nearly the whole of a building next to the “Clock Garage” by the Chilworth Roundabout (the premises of the advertising…