By Martin Brisland. When I was a child, I loved the I-Spy series of books. About forty titles were published from the 1950s until 2002. Typical titles were I-Spy Cars, I-Spy Churches, and I-Spy Birds. You collected points with more gained for unusual finds. It was a wonderful way to...
Articles with the Tag Southampton heritage
Heritage: Plaques of Southampton 4
By Martin Brisland. A story behind every plaque. In three previous articles I have mainly covered some of the stories behind the English Heritage blue plaques found in our city. In this final article I will cover some of the Black History Month ones, the Bevois Mount History Group ones...
Heritage: Plaques of Southampton 3
By Martin Brisland. Behind every plaque lies a story. In two previous articles I mentioned the various types of plaque found in our city. There are English Heritage blue ones, Southampton Council black ones to remember local people who had a connection to the Titanic, Black History Month have put...
Heritage: Did you know that a Shirley man played an important role in the development of antibiotics?
By Martin Brisland. Edward Penley Abraham was born in 1913 in South View Road, Shirley. A blue plaque is displayed on the house near the current site of King Edward VI School. He attended from 1924, but at that time it was in situated in Havelock Road. The BBC Radio...