Enjoy a virtual tour of Southampton's heritage sites using data feeds from Microsoft Earth. Look down at the city's landmark buildings, the Bargate, Civic Centre, heritage ships in the docks, all from an exciting choice of views.  Zoom in on the berth that the Titanic sailed from on her fateful maiden voyage in 1912    More Here

S.S. Stella Contains a wealth of information on the Stella shipping disaster of 1899. This is possibly the most comprehensive website on the Stella disaster in the world. The numerous pages are highly researched, and the site continues to grow.  Much of the work sheds new light on the subject, placing it in context, and giving a rare insight into late Victorian society. Guest writers, Sue Little, and Tessa Davis are descendants of Stella crewmen.    More Here
The Millionth American In the months following D-Day to the end of WW2, three and a half million troops embarked from Southampton docks. On the 25th. October 1944, Private Paul Shimer Jr, of the 15 Infantry, 3rd. Division, Seventh Army, stepped through the counting machine to become the millionth American soldier.  More Here
The Flying Nightingales Lydia Alford was the first of three women known as ‘the Flying Nightingales’ to land in a battle zone after D-Day.  She was a nursing orderly in the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (W.A.A.F), and flew on the first RAF transport plane to evacuate the wounded from the Normandy battlefields.  More Here Southampton in WW2  More Here For more local history visit Articles and Research tab

I provide my own fully up-to-date equipment to stage these high quality Power Point presentations. The slides are projected through a LCD, 1200 lumens, digital projector producing bright images onto a large screen. More Here

The Media menu contains some new pages to provide Video Clips and Image Galleries.
Image Galleries  More Here

Southampton local history books for sale  More Here

 

New Image Gallery   Heritage Southampton   More Here

Illustrated Talk by Jake Simpkin 
Southampton & Its French Connections
presented to
Totton & Eling Historical Society;  
7.30 p.m. Monday 9th. June 2008
The Lilac Room, Totton & Eling Community Centre, 
Salisbury Road, Totton.

Illustrated Talk by Jake Simpkin
Southampton Revealed
presented to
Totton U3A
2 p.m. 11th. June 2008
St Teresa's Hall, Beaumont Road, Totton.

Join me, and cameraman, Mike Power, on a journey of discovery around this fascinating city.  You will be  absorbed by this film. Southampton's rich and varied history is everywhere to be seen.  From the sailing of the Mayflower; to the loss of the Titanic. The development of the docks; the impact of WW2; and post war reconstruction, through to the dynamic city of the present day. Enjoy Southampton Revealed ; you will not be disappointed.

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Jake Simpkin & Mike Power