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Headliners take to the stage

11:32am Monday 21st July 2008

YOUNGSTERS taking part in a show to celebrate the 120-year history of the Daily Echo are now rehearsing in their spectacular new costumes.

Ringing the changes at Plummers’ store

CITY INSTITUTION: Plummer Roddis as it was before the Second World War.

12:31pm Thursday 3rd April 2008

It was a name many Southampton people will remember with affection as over the years the departmental store of Plummer Roddis became not only a popular place to shop but also a distinctive local landmark.

Woolworths store means sweet memories for me

CHANGING TIMES: The Woolworths outlet in Above Bar before its closure.

4:47pm Monday 17th March 2008

Is it a trick of the memory or are Wagon Wheels really smaller compared with the ones bought at the old FW Woolworth store that once stood in the Bitterne shopping centre in Southampton?

Highest praise for Echo writer

SENIOR JOURNALIST: Gordon Sewell, the Daily Echo's former leader writer who was praised by Winston Churchill.

9:23am Thursday 24th January 2008

Memories of the Echo columnist and journalist with a passion for Southampton


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