When Southampton looked like a scene from a Star Wars movie
Southampton streets looked more like a galaxy far, far away when Star Wars fans, many dressed in costume, hopped on an IOW ferry.
Group Heritage Writer
Ian Crump is the heritage writer at the Daily Echo and can be found picking through archives and scanning negatives to bring readers a look back at Southampton from days gone by to quench that nostalgia thirst.
Ian Crump is the heritage writer at the Daily Echo and can be found picking through archives and scanning negatives to bring readers a look back at Southampton from days gone by to quench that nostalgia thirst.
Southampton streets looked more like a galaxy far, far away when Star Wars fans, many dressed in costume, hopped on an IOW ferry.
The event coordinators for the Waterside Bed Push estimated that approximately 10,000 spectators gathered on April 30, 1977.
During the autumn of 1956, a photographer from the Daily Echo was present at a catwalk show to promote the fashion of the time.
He had his photograph taken by an echo photographer in August 1983 while outside Nuffield Theatre, Southampton.
Within the minds of locals over a certain age, there lies a nostalgic recollection of bustling shops, homes, and pubs that once thrived in the heart of the city.
The clip, uploaded by My World Through a Lens, shows various parts of the city centre and the buildings which have changed or vanished in the years since.
The variety of department stores and speciality shops that have graced the streets of Southampton is vast
holing’s history stretches back centuries. Records from 1251 mention Sholing, suggesting an origin stretching even further back.
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