Newsletter - Spring 2010www.highfieldresidents.org.uk

CONTENTS

• Chairman’s Report

• Local Property

• Return of the BankManager

• No 5 Chambers

• The Phoenix

• Frontline View ofHelmand

• The Pavilion

• Children’s party

• Highfield School andChurch Graveyard History

• Gone Forever!

• Street Reps

• Coffee Morning

This edition is sponsored by Southampton City Council

Committee 10/11

Chair. Jerry GillenVice Chair Sue Hartley*Secretary Caroline KnightTreasurer Headley RossellMembership Nicolla MartinPlanning Adrian VinsonWeb Site Steve Connolly

PeggyAugierJosie BrownBryanWakelyJulia BrookingAlison ShelleyRafael Persaud**Roret Blue**

*standing for re-election

**ratification

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CHAIRMAN’S REPORT SPRING 2010 Members, Friends and Residents,another busy and eventful twelvemonths are once again coming to aclose...and one of such contrast if onethinks of how lucky we are to live insuch a wonderful part of Southamptonand compare that with the conditionsendured and danger faced of one ofour members fighting in Helmand,Afghanistan. (see article on page 4)By complete contrast, but ofnevertheless significant localimportance, is the major achievementfollowing considerable efforts by thisand other local residents groups, inthe recent announcement by theHousing Minister, John Healey, toprovide local authorities with thenecessary powers to regulate Housesof Multiple Occupation. This follows anational campaign over almost tenyears to which we were a majorcontributor and, it is believed,Southampton provided the tippingpoint in finally enabling it to moveforward. I believe the ultimatesuccess of this campaign shows thatcommunities working together canmake a difference and we can bejustly proud of this accomplishment.Of course, thanks should also go toboth our local MPs, Alan Whiteheadand John Denham, without whosesupport we would have been lesslikely to have succeeded. We have also just learned of asuccessful application we made to theUniversity Communities Fund forsome grant aid towards improving the

appearance and safety of the LittleCommon in conjunction with bothStudent and local resident volunteers;thanks are due to our Common Sensegroup for facilitating this.Of less success, was our applicationto the Safer and StrongerCommunities Fund to provideadditional policing for the evenings oflate night activity at the Cube nightclubon the University main campus. Thisfollowed a similar scheme that hasbeen successfully trialed in Jesmond,Newcastle. However, we will continueto work with the University, Students’Union, Police and Council to gainfunding from other sources in the hopeof implementing such a scheme in thefuture.Speaking of the Students’ Union, Ireported in our last newsletter of ourhaving successfully opposed theirapplication for a 3am licence, which Ihope will now be an end of theirattempting to obtain later openinghours and we can move forwardworking in co-operation to mitigate theproblem of late night noise andnuisance and being mutuallysupportive in community affairs.Indeed the Students’ Union has justhosted a highly successful afternoonTea Dance, inviting members of thelocal community as part of StudentVolunteering WeekThere is currently some controversyover the council’s plans for leasing offthe Sports Centre to a commercialoperator and we are working with our

34th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

New members may join on the evening

Guest SpeakersProfessor Adam Wheeler – University of Southampton

Sarah Clover of No 5 ChambersStewart Chandler - Local Constabulary

7.30pm Thursday 15th April 2010The Highfield Suite, Highfield House Hotel, Highfield Lane

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colleagues in the North Southampton Community Forumto clarify the position and obtain an agreed outcome.We are also pleased to welcome some additional roads toour membership area this year following an approachfrom local residents and duly welcome members fromArnold, Bowden, Brickfield, Northcote, Somerset, Sirdarand Kitchener Roads to the Association. We have alsoproduced, with the aid of the Council and OrdnanceSurvey, a coloured street map of Highfield to includethese roads which is available free to all members: toobtain a copy contact our membership Secretary, NicollaMartin or pick one up at our AGM.Finally, on the Planning and Licensing front, with the ableand indispensable help of Sarah Clover and No 5Chambers, we have again managed to thwart twocontroversial appeals and the aforementioned license

application. A third appeal, relating to a property inCrofton Close, has just been allowed with Conditions: wemust hope this will not now lead to further inappropriateapplications. Additionally, once the Government and theCity Council have implemented the necessaryregulations, we shall at last be able to monitor and controlthe insidious spread of Houses of Multiple Occupationand hopefully prevent already saturated areas fromdeteriorating even further.In conclusion, I must thank the Officers and Committee ofyour Association for all their hard work and unstintingefforts to preserve Highfield as a wonderful place to liveand of course, you the members for your ongoing support.I look forward to seeing many of you at our AGM in April.

Jerry Gillen, Chairman

THE LOCAL PROPERTY MARKET CONTINUES TO STRENGTHENWith the first two months of the year now behind us thelocal property market continues to gather pace, andshows no signs of slowing. Highfield has always proved tobe popular due to its local facilities, but with the continuedundersupply of property coming to the market in this area,not only are properties readily selling, but the values areimproving and at a rate which exceeds the regional andnational average.The question I am often asked at this time of year is“Should I wait till spring to put my house on the market?”At the moment my advice to homeowners thinking ofselling their home is to take advantage of theunexpectedly robust market conditions and go to themarket now. With a general election on the horizon andinterest rates widely expected to rise later in the year both

these factors have historically had an adverse effect onthe market, and could influence the time taken to sell andalso the value you may be able to achieve for your home.This year has already seen us agree several sales in theHighfield area, spanning price ranges from £250,000 inWelbeck Avenue to one of the Oakmount Triangles mostnotable houses which was quoted at £695,000. With the continued demand for property this is clearly agood time to sell, I would recommend anyone consideringa move in the near future to contact me and I would behappy to discuss marketing of their home and assist themwith their moving plans. Lee Turner, Director, PearsonsEstate Agents, 58 & 60 London Road, Southampton,SO15 2AH. Tel: 023 8023 3288.

RETURN OF THE BANK MANAGERPortswood Branch of Lloyds TSB has a new manager,Mrs Penny Rawlins. Penny has 30 years experienceworking for the bank and is looking forward to welcomingboth new and existing customers to the branch.As well as Penny, appointments will be available with a

number of specialist staff; these will include a FinancialAdvisor, Mortgage Specialist and a Senior PersonalBanking Manager.Overall responsibility for Portswood Branch will be withSteve Rose, Branch Manager at the main SouthamptonHigh Street branch, located below the Bargate.Steve said, “I am extremely pleased that PortswoodBranch is now able to offer an extensive range of productsand services to the local community, ranging from currentaccounts right through to such specialist services asInheritance Tax planning. My whole team is very excitedto be involved in this new development.”

Lloyds TSB is delighted to announce anextension to the existing service offered atPortswood Branch.

A Personal Banking Manager Mrs. Penny Rawlinswill be available for both New & Existing Customers

Specialist Advisors will be available by appointment covering a range of areas including:Mortgages • Life Insurance • Investment & Pensionplanning (including Pension Transfer) • Personal

Borrowing • Inheritance Tax

For all your Financial Needs contact Penny atLloyds TSB, 267-271 Portswood Road, Southampton SO17 2LAor Telephone 023 8055 3017

No5 CHAMBERS PUBLIC ACCESS BARRISTERS GO FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH

As an Association having to deal with both Planning andLicensing matters, there have been a number ofoccasions over the last couple of years where we couldnot have managed without professional help and indeedwould undoubtedly have lost most if not all of the issueswe were involved with. As it is we have been successfulin the majority of cases. No5 will also assist with family,property and estate issues and is currently assisting oneof our members with a major private claim’. As a result oftheir Public Access status, No5 can now deal directly withus as an Association or indeed with any individualmember. Full details can be found on www.no5.com Nationally, Barristers practicing in all fields of law at No5Chambers have recently been celebrating numerousvictories. No5 Chambers, based in London, Birminghamand Bristol have been in the vanguard of Public Accesswork, ever since its introduction in 2004. Since then,barristers specializing in land law, licensing, planning,tenant, probate, contract, commercial law and more havetaken on cases directly for members of the public andResidents Associations, who would traditionally only havehad access to a solicitor.In recent times locally, clients have seen success incurbing noisy clubs and pubs; enforcing against planningbreaches; securing planning permissions; and recoveringdebt. Some barristers have also had a key part to play inensuring that local councils take residents views moreseriously on a range of issues affecting them.Sarah Clover, Head of Licensing at No5 said: “We haveenjoyed a number of victories for residents around thecountry just recently, and it is a great pleasure to note thatwe can not only deliver the results that people want, butdo so at an affordable cost.”

Members of the Planning and Licensing teams at No5 arealso proud to have helped in the HMO Consultation,having assisted in the preparation and editing of the finalresponses to Government. The recent announcement byGovernment on this issue is a great result for their clients,both locally and nationally.Indeed, residents have found that securing specialist legaladvice at the right time can actually prevent substantiallosses in the future, whether averting a costly situation, oreven protecting property values.

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THE PHOENIX

The Phoenix, Southampton’s very own film theatre, hasbeen showing films at the University since 1988, initially atBoldrewood and since 2007 at Building 32 in UniversityRoad (opposite side to the Nuffield theatre).As the name suggests, the Phoenix has grown out of avariety of film societies, starting with the inauguralmeeting of the Southampton Film Society in 1931 atPrice’s café, 98 Above Bar (now occupied by BurgerKing). The first film was shown that December in CentralHall and several other city venues have been used overthe years. More about the history can be found on thePhoenix website.

The Phoenix is run by volunteers and shows the best ofworld cinema. Annual season tickets are very popular, ormembership costs £1.50 and then each film is £5 (£4concessions). The films are shown on Wednesdays during term timeand the screenings start at 8pm prompt (there are noadverts to delay the start of the film!) and all foreign filmsare subtitled in English.The summer term consists of 4 films on 21st April, 28thApril, 5th May (film chosen by audience vote) and 12thMay.For more information, visit www.thephoenix.org.uk

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FRONTLINE VIEW OF HELMAND – THE FIGHT OF OUR LIVESLast summer we embarked on the journey of all journeys.It was the fight of our lives and the conflict of ourgeneration. It provided us, as soldiers, with the best oftimes and the worst. We fulfilled missions and lostbrothers-in-arms. The fighting was tough, against acunning and determined foe. This was hybrid warfare atits most challenging, akin only to the Bocage in 1944. Itwas the Upper Sangin Valley and we were there for sixmonths.

The environment waschallenging enough.Desert next to the GreenZone means any form ofcamouflage was pointlessif one moves from one tothe other. The heat wasoppressive at 50 degreesCelsius in the height ofthe summer. Theequipment gut-bustingwith at least 40kg perman. Irrigation ditchesprovided light relief in thesummer but are killers inthe winter whentemperatures plungebelow freezing. It is a landof extreme contrasts.

The people whom we strived to work amongst werePashtu who have suffered generations of war. It was usfirst, then the Soviets, and now us again. They say wewere there for revenge of Maiwand, a battle the Britishfought and lost in 1880 – long is their memory.

***We are not. We are here to build the country even if it isa brick a week. It is slow. Resources are scarce and thelogistic effort huge. But slowly, in these high-threatoutposts, we are able to provide security, to compete withthe Taliban infrastructure, to build wells, mosques andschools. Livestock programs are growing and medicalsupport coming in.The insurgents we fight are determined, tenacious anddrive a wedge between us and the people. It is true thatthey have time but we have technology and we are buyingthat space we need for others to build, be they Afghan oraid worker.The battles we have fought have been prolonged, intenseand difficult but we have rallied after every contact. Yes,we lost men and far more have suffered life-changinginjuries, but we have taken the fight to the enemy proudly.Kipling’s British Tommy is alive and well in the 21stCentury.

The determination of the‘squaddie’ is phenomenal.They are not the ‘quilt andNintendo’ generation thatsome accuse them ofbeing. Weighted down likedonkeys with all their kit, inoverwhelming heat, theyhave always gone thatextra mile. They have all,to a man and woman,delivered in this fight andyou should be rightlyproud.The conditions that we live in are the most austere that wehave ever experienced. We have plenty of water and canshower daily. The toilets are long-drops which are prettydisgusting in the heat. We do all our washing by hand.Food is mainly rations and we had very little fresh food.This is not anybody’s fault. Simply being at the end of thesupply-chain has its disadvantages. More helicopters isnot the issue – always ammunition and manpower willtake priority over the niceties.

Parcels and letters from loved ones, family and friendsbrought so much relief from the dreariness of existing andbrought us wonderful news from home. Food wasespecially welcome, enhancing our bland diet.We suffered heavy losses and our thoughts and prayerscontinue to be with those bereaved families who have lostloved ones. Most of our injured are well on their way torecovery at the Defence Rehabilitation Centre at HeadleyCourt. Fitted with prosthetic limbs they are still slowlycoming to terms with their disability but theirdetermination, grit, courage and lust for life amaze all ofus. They really are heroes in that regard.Finally, a big thankyou to you thepublic. We wouldstruggle withoutyour unflinchingsupport for us. Weare hugely gratefulfor all you do be it asalute at WoottonBassett, a foodparcel, a donation toa charity or a quietprayer – it means somuch – thank youfrom all of us thatServe.

Riflemen clearingcompounds of insurgentsnear Sangin.

Soldiers will sleep anywherewhen there is a lull in the battle.

A machine-gunner makes hisweapon safe after a contactwith insurgents.

The Poppy is both beautifuland deadly in equal measure,devastating lives in Helmandand the UK.

A Company patrol returns,past the mortar line that hasbeen providing fire support.

A Chinook brings in someeagerly awaited supplies.

A Company Memorial Service tohonour those that made the ultimatesacrifice.

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PORTSWOOD RESIDENTS’ GARDENS – THE PAVILION 1910 – 2010Yes - the Pavilion inthe Residents’Gardens is 100years old this yearand we will becelebrating thecentenary with AnEdwardian GardenParty on theafternoon of

Saturday June 10th from 3pm – 7pm. In keeping with theEdwardian theme there will be a fancy dress parade,music, children’s games, stalls and a tennis tournament incostume and with wooden rackets.

In recent years the Pavilion has been increasingly usedfor activities such as yoga, children’s dance and wedding,christening and birthday parties and it continues to be afocus for the Tennis Club. We have also had a number ofenjoyable Summer Balls in and around the Pavilion. If anylocal residents have memories or photos of the Paviliongoing back in time we would like to hear from you - canyou please contact Tony Chennells on 02380 556506 orachennells@btinternet.com– we are hoping to make arecord of these events. Tickets for the Garden Party will be available from Tonyand other Trustees – phone Jenny Arnold 02380 558647or Jacky Barnes 02380 557062.

HIGHFIELD SCHOOL AND CHURCH GRAVEYARD HISTORYJo Ladkin and Isobel White have produced a history ofHighfield CE Primary School. They have transcribed theoriginal managers’ minutes from 1848 to 1862, whenschool log books became compulsory, and then theschool log books from 1862 until 1989 when they ceasedto be written. The early entries include the wording for theoriginal advertisements for the school and the originalschool rules as well as details about the contract ofemployment the first Head signed. Although they wereunable to include everything, because there was just toomuch, they have included photographs of samples ofeach Head’s entries as well as copies of the architect’splans for the many stages of the development of theschool. Whilst a version was produced 10 years ago (alsoby Jo) it did not include the first 14 years or the picturesand they have increased the number of other entriesincluded. Raylene is building a website about Highfield and itshistory, www.HighfieldHistory.co.uk. It all started as asimple exercise in response to her young son asking whatwas written on the headstones in the HighfieldChurchyard and ended up with trying to transcribe all ofthem. Now all the research she has completed is on thesite but she would like to discover more information aboutthe individuals commemorated. There have been somesuccesses using the usual genealogical sources –

including making the connections between Sophia Wren’sheadstone and entries in the School Diary, but if anyonehas any personal or family connection to any of thoseburied she would love to hear from you. To help with herresearch if you have any old parish magazines, historiesof the area or memories of the area in times past, or haveeven previously transcribed the memorials she would loveto share information with you. Please contactHighfieldHistory@ntlworld.com

Jo Ladkin, Raylene Poppleton, Isobel White

CHILDREN'S PARTYThe annual Highfield Residents’ Association children’sChristmas party took place on Saturday December 12th.There was a change of venue this time and the festivitieswere held in the dining room of Portswood School. Theevent was a great success, as always, thanks to the hardwork of Phil Banyard with help from his wife Sarah andAllison Farmer. Crazy M provided the entertainment andkept the children spellbound with her jokes, juggling,dancing and the magic appearance of her rabbit Custard.She made balloon animals and some lucky children got to

take one home.She got thechildren dancingand encouragedseveral smallvolunteers to giverenditions of theirfavourite songsmuch to the delightof the attendingparents. The snowmachine had allthe children on their feet trying to catch the flakes. Thechildren all enjoyed their party tea and the crackers werea great hit. Father Christmas paid his traditional visit andall the children received a bag of chocolate treasure.There was a lucky dip for the children as they wereleaving.

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GONE FOREVER!Toward the end of August last year, I took a photograph ofwhat was left of the old corner shop in Highfield Crescent,now surrounded by scaffolding. All that remained of theoriginal building was the window frame facing HolyroodAvenue. It struck me as being the last remnant of onehundred years of history. And if its walls had ears, Ithought about all the tales of community gossip that musthave been piled up in the skip of old bricks outside. Thesecond photo was taken at the end of January, as twoflats I believe. When I first came to Highfield in 1973, I found the shopin a state of permanent closure: Curtains draped acrosswindows that had once displayed a mixture of domesticwares and food products; its firmly bolted door sadlymarked the end of what had become a struggling littlebusiness.Mary Surrey told me of a couple of items she’d purchasedfrom there long ago, and was so inspired by our chat asto take a look through Kelly’s street directories. She foundthe old shop first listed in 1908, prior to which there wasno mention of Holyrood Avenue. It started as a post officeand drapery store run by builder Alfred Payne and hiswife. It was a growing community and people wanted thickfabric to keep out the cold draughts. This need must havepresented an excellent trading opportunity to save thehassle of struggling back from down town with heavybrocades.From 1928 until 1969 the shop was known as Stockwell’s,named after the family who then sold groceries and basichousehold wares. Arthur Stiles then took it over toward itslatter years when finally in 1973 Albert Andrews wasforced to use the shop for dwelling purposes only.During the early post war years when 1d (one old penny)would buy you an evening of electric light, plus your

favourite radioprogramme, you couldget an OXO cube fromStockwell’s for afarthing I was told.(Just think; one oldpenny equalled one240th part of a poundnote, so the quarterpenny farthing wasequivalent to 1/960thpart).Living across the road,Brenda Barnardremembers the shopfrom her very youngdays when shehanded over a pennyfor a banana or aquarter pound ofsweets. “People werealways so nice and friendly in there,” she said. “Chairswere placed for customers to rest while bacon, butter andcheeses had to be fetched from the cellar. Without arefrigerator this was the only way to keep things cool.Nothing came pre-packed in those early days, everythinghad to be individually weighed then specially wrappedaccording to what it was”. Barbara also spoke of paraffinoil lamps that glimmered dimly from the ceiling and theValor oil stoves that just about kept out the chill of winter.I’m sure there must be many who long for the return ofthose friendly old corner shops, but it’s our preference forthe supermarkets that are to blame for their demise.

Anton Fitz-Gerald

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STREET REPS

HRA said goodbye to Don Bradnam and his wife Dot inFebruary when they left their home in Highfield Lane tomove into the Sunrise Home in Burgess Road. Don andDot have had three homes in Highfield: first inChamberlain Road when Don started working for theUniversity as a Building Surveyor. They spent some timein Townhill Park before moving back to University Road.They downsized to Bassett Green Village before finallyreturning to Highfield. They moved back into Highfield in2002 when they bought one of the newly built flats inParkside. Since then they have been great supporters ofHRA and Don has been a Street Rep deliveringmembership renewals and other notices in Highfield Lane(50 – 75), Roselands Gardens, Highcrown St andHighcrown Mews. Don had a varied professional life which included servicein the Royal Engineers with duties in Egypt and Norwaywhere he was involved in clearing minefields. Afterleaving the Army he became an Architectural Assistantprior to his time with the University. Don had been retiredfor 20 years when he and Dot moved into Parkside and sohe thought that becoming a Street Rep was a good wayto meet his new neighbours and involve himself with thecommunity. HRA thanks Don for his service as a StreetRep and will be seeking a replacement. In the meantimewe wish Don, Dot and Pixie, the dog who has also movedto Sunrise, happiness in their new home.HRA has several Street Reps and we are extremelygrateful for the work that they do for us: below are somethoughts from a current rep, Colin Drake.“When I hear a thud of something hitting the hall floor atan unusual time for the post I know it is almost certainlyNicolla Martin dropping off a pile of envelopes to bedelivered in the area that I cover on behalf of the HRA. Myarea is certainly the hilliest part of Highfield and possiblythe largest of the delivery areas. There are long ones, likeWelbeck Avenue and Upper Shaftesbury Avenue whereyou need to know how the numbering works, to the veryshort ones like The Finches and Royston Close whereyou can see all the numbers at a glance. I have 15 streetsin which to deliver, however, they all have their ownparticular characters which, when you have beendelivering envelopes for a number of years like me, areinteresting to watch change in character over the year.For example, at the moment some streets are decoratedwith a rash of "To Let" or "Let By" signs, all in very gaudycolours but not very attractive for the residents; howeverin other streets, only 100 yards away, there are no suchsigns. At the end of June, there is the sudden departure ofcars that have been resident for several months to beimmediately replaced by skips as houses are stripped of

unwanted bits and pieces or the contents of over-growngardens are disposed of. However, in all of the streetsthere are always pleasant surprises, a beautiful newclematis placed in a strategic position, some roses with alovely scent that I've not noticed before, the clucking ofhens from someone’s back garden or an interesting newtype of letter box, important for me. There is even theexcitement of forgetting and being reminded whichhouses have dogs that find items coming through theletter box irresistible.I can now identify a lot of people that I see in PortswoodHigh Street by their address or at least the road they livein. I meet sufficient people however, to realise that themain current concerns of many is the thought that theymay be invaded by rented accommodation with all thatentails, for example, unkempt gardens, noise, bins left outall week and the absence of a friendly neighbour withwhom to chat to or call upon in an emergency. Theseproblems are particularly acute for the more elderly, ofwhich there are many in my area, as they find it difficult totry to settle such problems with their new neighbours andare reluctant to approach the HRA.In addition to delivering letters, not the newsletters, I try tokeep Nicolla informed about which houses have beensold in the area with a view to keeping the list of membersup to date and sometimes delivering a "Welcome toHighfield" letter and map. I also try to keep an eye on whois asking for planning changes and checking on thewebsite that the committee know about it. Finally, it doesme some good as it gets me out for some exercise.”So if you would like to do a bit for your community and getsome fresh air Don’s patch is available. Please get intouch with Nicolla Martin on 8055 7912

PORTSWOOD RESIDENTS’ GARDENSCOFFEE MORNING IN AID OF THE MAYOR’S CHARITIES

On a very wet morning on Friday 22nd January a wellattended coffee morning was held in the Pavilion to raisefunds for the Mayor’s two charities – Age Concern andFairbridge Solent.The Mayor, Councillor Elizabeth Mizon, was unable tocome as she had another engagement but, in her place,

Councillor Brian Parnell and his wife Mary, last year’sMayor and Mayoress, came and told us about thecharities and chatted informally with many people.A Bring & Buy stall and a raffle helped to raise £176.00 forthe two charities and an enjoyable time was had by all.

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