Hampshire Heritage II
The second exclusive selection of the Daily Echo’s popular Hampshire Heritage pages brought together in a fabulous 132-page book.
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Taking the biscuit 5:10pm Mon 17 Mar 08 For painter Harry Shattower, childhood memories of Southampton are mixed up with the Mystery of the Missing Custard Creams. Seventy years on, KEITH HAMILTON tells the whole story
Woolworths store means sweet memories for me 4:47pm Mon 17 Mar 08
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?Reader comments (2)
The prince who went to war 10:53am Mon 3 Mar 08 The safe return
at the weekend
of Prince
Harry from the war
in Afghanistan is in
contrast to the sad
return from battle of
another Royal prince
who now lies buried
in Hampshire.
In the footsteps of Napoleon's favourite songwriter 3:26pm Sat 23 Feb 08 AS THE chimes of the Civic
Centre clock ring out the tune
of O God Our Help in Ages
Past, local people are daily
reminded of the famous
Southampton hymn writer Isaac
Watts.
Good God, Jane Austen swearing? 11:34am Tue 19 Feb 08
Exhibition of costumes from the TV series of the book that shocked polite society
It's almost unthinkable that Jane Austen, known for her novels of the gentry, good manners and polite society, could ever sit in her Hampshire home and include swearing in her books.
Chantry Hall days look numbered 10:58am Wed 13 Feb 08
After more than 80 years playing a central role in Southampton community life the death knell may soon be finally ringing for the Chantry Hall in the St Mary's area of the city.Reader comment (1)
Preserving the picture palaces 5:40pm Sun 10 Feb 08 EXACTLY just how many couples in Southampton
owe their married life to the old Woolston cinema
will never be known, but there must be quite
a few. It was all down to the double seats that
could be found in the back row of the stalls and
in the balcony and which, for some reason, were
extremely popular with courting couples.
We've put on a great exhibition 7:05am Thu 7 Feb 08 AN UNIQUE exhibition bringing
together the treasures from
the reign of Alfred the Great
has opened in Winchester.
Memories of Minerva 12:16pm Tue 5 Feb 08 A redoubtable group of women kept up our spirits after the dark days of war
ACCORDING to an old Hampshire saying, anyone who was the worse for wear after spending too long in the pub was said to be "So drunk, he must have been to Romsey''.
