It was a pleasure to co-lead a clock tower tour with my friend Chris Frame. Chris will be speaking on board cunardline's newest vessel, Queen Anne. Andrew S-W brilliant to meet you too!

You won't find too many dated covers around the Civic Centre, but I did find two this morning which were hidden away! Southampton Hidden History Historic Southampton

I had the chance to visit The D-Day Story - amazing! Over the next couple of months I'll be leading a number of talks and tours about Southampton's experience during the greatest day - including the below. southamptonmuseumsandgallery.co.uk/events/d-day-8… Marc H Historic Southampton Historic Southampton

1894 SCWW hydrant cover in Wilton Road Andy Skinner

📢🔴⚪ Happy St George's Day! In honour of this, I've written a blog post about the HMHS St George, which my ancestor served on during WWI: andyvskinner.wordpress.com/2024/04/23/hmh… Historic Southampton Southampton Hidden History Marie Keates Southampton Stories Southampton Archaeology Society

It's always exciting when a) the bus comes early, and b) you can sit at the front on the top deck.

To celebrate beginning a week off, here's a hydrant cover from 1942, spotted on Above Bar Street. Are there any others from that year? Historic Southampton Southampton Hidden History Marie Keates

1936 sluice valve in Lakewood Road, Hiltingbury Southampton Hidden History Historic Southampton

Come for a walk with me. Six booked in. Space for more #Southampton Historic Southampton Andy Skinner Southampton Hidden History

Had a great evening with colleagues at the Unsinkable Titanic Untold Movie screening at SeaCity Museum last night. A powerful story brought to life on the big screen. Great to meet Simon Medhurst (Author) in real life too!

⚔️For those interested in the 1338 Raid, here are a load of accounts from the (mainly) 14th century.
Most of the heavy work has been done by Alan Morton in compiling it all, but he's kindly allowed me to share his work. andyvskinner.wordpress.com/2024/02/20/sou… Historic Southampton Southampton Hidden History

Very excitingly our next round of midweek tours is online! There are tours of The Common, the Old Cemetery, D-Day Civic Centre, Mayflower walk and a wander around St Denys! seacitymuseum.co.uk/whats-on/event… Southampton Hidden History Visit Southampton Historic Southampton Southampton Archaeology Society ThisIsSouthampton

Twelve years ago I joined the arts and heritage team at Southampton City Council. It's been an honour and a privilege to have worked for the people of Southampton since sharing the stories of Southampton's history alongside a great bunch of friends and colleagues.

With all of the furore surrounding the recent royal photo, here's how they did it back in 1912. Here's RMS Olympic passed off as very ill-fated sister RMS Titanic. Someone got the tip-ex out and changed the name. Historic Southampton Southampton Hidden History SeaCity Museum RMS Titanic Official™

Shades of Mulberry Harbours here, which makes what happened during WW2 even more incredible - building two vast floating harbours in secret so that both the builders and enemy didn't know what they were constructing! Marc H
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It's always nice to spot a new SCWW cover, this one from 1934. Southern Water please don't ever replace them! One day I plan to start a map listing them. Would that even be useful? Southampton Hidden History Historic Southampton Marie Keates

🚨New blog alert! Have you ever seen Southampton's 'Cannonball Wall'? What's its story and how did they get there? andyvskinner.wordpress.com/2024/03/05/the… Historic Southampton Southampton Hidden History Rod Andrews Southampton Archaeology Society Southampton Stories Visit Southampton Marie Keates Henry Rothery

Looking forward to giving a talk on Southampton and its royal connections this week. If anyone is a member of West End Local History Society, I might see you there. westendlhs.co.uk