Stop Press! We're delighted to see that this application has now been withdrawn, pending the definition of an appropriate replanting strategy. After the loss of the Fairfield School horse chestnut trees, the next major loss will be the 130 ash trees which line Park Road South beside Bosmere School, all now condemned due to Ash … Continue reading Another loss to Havant’s declining tree canopy
Category: Heritage
Fairfield School – 125 years – 1895 -2021
A contribution from Ann Buckley. "One hundred and twenty five years ago today Fairfield (the Board School ) opened its doors to the first eighty pupils. Ninety years later, l had the great pleasure working with a team of parents to publish 'Fairfield Then and Now' which compared the school during the first headship of … Continue reading Fairfield School – 125 years – 1895 -2021
Looking back to 1870
A little lockdown diversion for you. We've had a few inquiries to the website from people asking what's going on with the 'Railway Cottages' at Langstone, now that the remnants from the fire appear to have been demolished. For the latest details, check out the planning history here. The local planning authority - Havant Borough … Continue reading Looking back to 1870
The Fairfield School horse chestnut trees are to be felled
Sad news in the current planning list, the two large horse chestnut trees outside Fairfield School are to be felled as part of extensive tree works taking place within the school grounds. The details of the plan can be found at this link. The trees affected are shown on this plan, with the key to … Continue reading The Fairfield School horse chestnut trees are to be felled
Detail from the East Street ‘hard hat’ area
Following on from our recent set of 'tired but lovely' photographs, here's an altogether more disturbing set of images from East Street. Each one shows clear points of danger to pedestrians in what must surely be one of the worst kept Conservation Areas in Hampshire. In order, dangerously loose and broken tiling to the faces … Continue reading Detail from the East Street ‘hard hat’ area
Havant – Tired but lovely
The full set of photographs from an early morning walk around the town centre this week is now on the website after an earlier trail on Facebook. To view the set, click the image below.
A subterranean surprise at the Wessex site
Demolition at the Wessex site had been proceeding at a steady rate until the machinery struck thin air, exposing a large chamber about three metres deep on the site of the large workshop building on the New Lane side. The surprise find has been tentatively identified as the site of a coke oven, a Victorian … Continue reading A subterranean surprise at the Wessex site
Is there a future for the original IBM Havant site buildings?
Back in January, we reported on a move to list the former IBM Havant Plant buildings at what is now the Langstone Technology Park. If such a move is to bear fruit, it can't come soon enough. Havant Borough Council's Development Consultation Forum #48 will consider the future of this site on Tuesday 21st May … Continue reading Is there a future for the original IBM Havant site buildings?
Denmead Belles WI visit to the Gazebo
Together with Anna Glanville-Hearson, our hard working secretary and Gazebo Garden Coordinator, the local Havant nature-friendly garden specialist, Martin Hampton, recently led an evening guided walk for 14 members of the Denmead Belles WI group. We went to the Meadow and 3-Pond Copse at Lower Grove Road and then on to the Gazebo Garden where … Continue reading Denmead Belles WI visit to the Gazebo
A very big ‘Thank You’ to all our Waitrose shoppers!
A big vote of thanks to Waitrose and Partners for their generosity to the local community! To all of you HCS members, friends, relatives or just casual shoppers with an interest in our 'Secret Garden', you've managed to raise a terrific total of £480 on the Community Matters - 'green token' - Scheme at Waitrose … Continue reading A very big ‘Thank You’ to all our Waitrose shoppers!