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Hampshire Heritage II Hampshire Heritage II The second exclusive selection of the Daily Echo’s popular Hampshire Heritage pages brought together in a fabulous 132-page book. Just £6.23 inc. post and packing in the UK Order your copy online ORDER HERE Historic painting unveiled 11:09am Thu 5 Jun 08 This is the painting that will belong to the people of Southampton as a lasting reminder of perhaps the greatest liner the port has seen in its long history. Letter that could sell for £324 a word 1:49pm Fri 23 May 08 Simple note sent to Southampton solicitor could fetch a huge sum at auction Lasting memorial to SS Persia’s tragic end 3:37pm Tue 20 May 08 Descendents of passengers who died when a German U-boat attacked the P&O liner, SS Persia, more than 90 years ago, have praised the new exhibition at Buckler's Hard as "a permanent memorial'' to those who were lost following the torpedo attack. Tale of treachery, love and treasure 3:34pm Tue 20 May 08 It was a savage act of war from which a legacy of beauty still remains and now this remarkable story of treachery, secret love and lost treasure is being retold in a new Hampshire exhibition from today. Fond 'floatie' memories 10:53am Tue 6 May 08 THERE are some subjects that whenever they appear in Hampshire Heritage are always guaranteed to rekindle nostalgic memories, and the city's old floating bridges are no exception. Recalling seaport's clean and tidy past 4:48pm Fri 2 May 08 Anyone born in the Southampton of the 1920s will have early memories of a home town radically different from today. Darwin's day in Southampton was one of the best 12:05pm Thu 1 May 08 He was one of the most brilliant and, at the same time, controversial scientists of all time, but Charles Darwin had strong connections with Southampton that reveal his more personal, family life. Raising loco from steam grave captured on DVD 8:56am Thu 24 Apr 08 THEY were fire-eating locomotive legends which proudly roared out of the running sheds of Eastleigh's giant railway works.Reader comments (9) Remembering Titanic 12:10pm Thu 10 Apr 08 Southampton will stage a series of events to commemorate the tragedy Exactly 96 years ago, on April 10, 1912, the greatest passenger liner of her time gently eased away from the Southampton dockside, her decks packed with excited passengers all looking forward to the voyage ahead. Eyewitness accounts will go under hammer 12:05pm Thu 10 Apr 08 Two rare and dramatic eyewitness accounts from before and after the sinking of Titanic have been made available for sale. More ... Most read Comments 1 Police hunt park rapist 2 Four rescued from bungalow blaze 3 Investigation launched into house fire 4 The next generation of superliners 5 Walk raises £15,000 for Josh 6 The price of school meals to go up 7 Nadal ends Federer's Wimbledon reign 8 Campaign launched against lorry noise 9 Ex-Southern League cricketer flays West Indies 10 New marina plan for Southampton Water Today | 7 Days 1 Parents’ fears for Swanmore College of Technology 2 Saints contract rebel Dyer banished from training 3 School's out... forever 4 Saints release first teamers 5 Pre-school staff left girl in toilet as classmates go out for a walk 6 Plea for traffic calming after fatal crash 7 Le God to make one last appearance in a Saints' shirt 8 City's road network deteriorates despite extra funding 9 Poortvliet: Sport is all about winning and losing 10 Multi-million pound upgrade on city High Street

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