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Above: Postcard view of Bitterne High Street looking West, Lion Place on the left with Red Lion visible beyond, circa 1895.
From the BLHS collection.
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Tree Planting – DELAYED
Our Society will be planting a tree as part of The Queen’s Green Canopy and in memory of her late Majesty. Currently we are waiting for the council to have a tree in stock.
This will take place on the green at the junction of Bitterne Road East and Maybray King Way, next to the underpass.
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The Eel Run by Deborah Gearing
Lion Cup: Bitterne Lodge by Peter Taylor
Annexation of Bitterne by Jim Brown
Lighter Side of School Life by Norah Jewell
Memories of a Pharmacy Locum by Barbarah Wright
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