Daily Echo | Heritage | Nostalgia and memories of years gone by in Southampton and Hampshire

Film-makers set off on the history trail

10:32am Tuesday 31st January 2012

Footage from over 100 years ago showing the Bargate in Southampton has been uncovered.

Most striking historic city symbol – Bar none

5:06pm Friday 27th January 2012

EVERY day countless numbers pass by it, and under it, but rarely do they stop and study Southampton’s iconic building, the Bargate.

Guess the year and the location

3:00pm Friday 27th January 2012

In our weekly heritage puzzle, we want to know if you can identify this location.

Matchstick tribute to Titanic

11:40am Friday 20th January 2012

Retired seafarer David Reynolds has once again taken to his matches to create the ultimate tribute to the world’s most famous liner on the centenary of her sinking.

Thieves pick on wrong man in bid to grab garage’s takings

5:09pm Thursday 19th January 2012

HE sat in the back seat and waited.

Plummers – the pioneer of Southampton shopping

3:13pm Monday 16th January 2012

The Southampton department store that rose from the ashes after the Second World War but could not survive in a new trading landscape.

Mystery of room 667

3:56pm Thursday 12th January 2012

They checked in as Mr and Mrs Dawson – but only one of them left alive – in a mystery which was finally solved by a pair of glasses

Life, loves and losses of a retail magnate

3:45pm Tuesday 10th January 2012

BORN in small-town America in 1857, he founded one of Britain’s greatest commercial institutions, bought and sold a renowned local beauty spot, lost millions in love affairs and was finally laid to rest on the south coast.

Daylight robbery - how the window tax left it's mark on Hampshire

10:50am Monday 9th January 2012

IT WAS sheer daylight robbery when Hampshire people were forced to pay a new tax on properties, no matter how big or how small, across the county.

Southampton - Ancient but ever new

2:32pm Friday 6th January 2012

MORE than seven decades ago Southampton was described as being “an ancient town, which is ever new’’.

Do you recognise this location?

9:37am Friday 6th January 2012

In our weekly heritage puzzle, we want to know if you can identify this location.

Above Bar through the ages

2:15pm Friday 30th December 2011

THE main entry from the north into old Southampton gained its name in the early days after the construction in the 12th century of the Bargate.

QE2 to be returned to glory for one night only

1:44pm Thursday 15th December 2011

THE QE2 is set to be returned to her former glory - for one night only.

Weekly heritage photo mystery

11:20am Friday 9th December 2011

In our weekly heritage puzzle, we want to know if you can identify this street.

£2m Spitfire monument is on launch pad

9:11am Thursday 8th December 2011

Southampton's gleaming £2m waterfront tribute to the Spitfire steps closer to becoming a reality after planners gave it the green light.