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The Dell: What Southampton’s Old Ground Meant and What It Cost to Leave
The Dell held 15,000 people at the end and was completely unsuitable for a Premier League club. Southampton still left a piece…
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University of Southampton: From Technical College to Russell Group
The University of Southampton began as the Hartley Institution in 1862. Over 160 years it became one of Britain's leading research universities,…
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D-Day from Southampton Docks: The Biggest Embarkation in History
In the weeks before June 6, 1944, Southampton held a secret so large it was impossible to hide. The city was being…
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Southampton in the Blitz: What Was Lost and What Was Built Instead
In two nights of bombing in November and December 1940, German aircraft destroyed much of Southampton's medieval and Georgian city centre. The…
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The Southampton Dockworkers’ Strike of 1911
The summer of 1911 saw Southampton dockworkers join a wave of strikes that paralysed British ports. The city's maritime workers had been…
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Ocean Village: What Replaced the Old Southampton Docks
Ocean Village opened on former dock land in 1987. The old import dock had been derelict for years. What was built in…
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Southampton’s City of Culture Bid: What It Was and What It Said
Southampton submitted a bid for UK City of Culture. Understanding why the city bid, what it put in the bid, and what…
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The Windrush Generation at Southampton Docks
Southampton received ships carrying Caribbean migrants throughout the late 1940s and 1950s. The docks were often the first sight of Britain. The…
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Southampton’s Flooding Problem: Millbrook, Woolston, and What Comes Next
Parts of Southampton are at or below sea level. Millbrook, Woolston, and areas around the Itchen have flooded repeatedly. Climate change projections…
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Southampton’s Titanic Crew: The City That Lost Most
The Titanic is remembered worldwide. In Southampton it was not history, it was a neighbourhood catastrophe. Streets lost ten men apiece. Families…
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