Daily Echo | Hampshire Heritage

Film-makers set off on the history trail

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:32:46 +0000

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

Most striking historic city symbol – Bar none

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:06:49 +0000

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

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:00:35 +0000

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

Matchstick tribute to Titanic

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:40:00 +0000

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

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:09:44 +0000

HE sat in the back seat and waited.

Plummers – the pioneer of Southampton shopping

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:13:28 +0000

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

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:56:49 +0000

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

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:45:52 +0000

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

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:50:54 +0000

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

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:32:50 +0000

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

Do you recognise this location?

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:37:19 +0000

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

Above Bar through the ages

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:15:00 +0000

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

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:44:42 +0000

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

Weekly heritage photo mystery

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 11:20:00 +0000

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

£2m Spitfire monument is on launch pad

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 09:11:38 +0000

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