“A society dedicated to studying and researching the history of Southampton in general, but with particular reference to the City areas east of the River Itchen - Bitterne, Bitterne Park, Harefield, Itchen, Merry Oak, Midanbury, Peartree, Sholing, Thornhill, Townhill Park, Weston and Woolston.”
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Our shop and museum are closed due to the coronavirus. We will keep the situation under review but at this time cannot say when we will be open again.
Our next meeting on April 11th at 7pm, a talk about 'Ships of Southampton' by Dr Cheryl Butler, has unfortunately been cancelled but resheduled for April 2021.
As the coronavirus seems set to continue the meeting on May 9th has also been cancelled but resheduled for May 2021.
An annual event is the Lion Cup writing competition. Have you memories which you could share? The winner will hold the cup for a year and receive a £30 voucher to be used in our shop or for membership. The closing date is July 31st 2020. Could you use this time to write an entry?
OS 25 Inch Hampshire & Isle of Wight Sheet LXV.8 dated 1897
Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland
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