Hello Residents What a summer we’ve had or shall I re-phrase that as “not had”!!  April and May had all the sunshine leaving us with rain and chilly temperatures.  The riots were unsettling and thankfully  the youth of Southampton thought better of rising to the web messages to raid the … [Read more...]

Hello, I launched this magazine, four years ago this month; August 2007 when it was called The North Southampton Directory, only 24 pages and reaching only 4,000 homes.  I didn’t imagine I would increase that to 42,000 homes spanning Southampton north, east and west!  I must be doing … [Read more...]

Hello again I know it’s very British to be obsessed with the weather but I think we have good reason to be. It’s 21st June as I write this, the longest day of the year, and I have my heating on, it’s about 13 degrees outside and the incessant rain has curtailed barbeques, fetes, weddings … [Read more...]

Hello Residents Postage is going up again. And not by the acceptable inflationary rate but 13%! From 4 April, a 1st class stamp will cost 46p so it’s no wonder we continually resort to using technology thus continuing to curtail Royal Mail’s revenue leading to even further price rises.   … [Read more...]

Hello Residents, I’m in the process of having a tree removed (sounds painful!) and have found a very nice tree surgeon using my local directory. During discussions with neighbours about the offending tree they too, wanted an overgrown leylandii felled and another neighbour’s mother is looking … [Read more...]

Hello Residents, It’s a miracle this issue went to press as for two weeks, my broadband had dropped to an unworkable speed. I won’t bore you with the BT call centre sage but Paul from FrogBusiness, a new advertiser who only came in to proof his advert, discovered the problem straight away (not … [Read more...]

Hello Residents I hope you enjoyed the Christmas festivities and are recovering from the usual overindulgence. This month’s issue has a few articles (p6 & 8) and advertisers that could be of interest if you want to shed a few pounds, tone up the waistline and keep up with your New Year’s … [Read more...]

Hello Residents, Where’s the year gone? Between magazine deadlines it’s a whirlwind of taxi-ing my teenagers, attempts to shed the pounds since getting the dog (too much talking to other dog owners in the park and not enough walking!) and keeping up with demands of keeping home and husband (in … [Read more...]

Hello Residents, Welcome to all the new readers of The Southampton Directory who have received this title for the first time although some of you living in The Waterside area may recognise me. That’s because I have decided to incorporate the distribution area of The Waterside Directory into the … [Read more...]