Events

FoSJP and the Coxford and District Youth Project teamed up to organise a fun‑packed day of sporting activities in St.James’ Park

Saturday 31st August to Friday 13th September The ParkLife Community Room at St.James’ Park welcomed more than 40 talented photographers from the EU Community to exhibit their work for two weeks, with a mix of moody portraiture, atmospheric scenes of the New Forest and beyond, vivid wildlife, and quirky street characters forming a 60‑image exhibition and rolling digital display. Pavel Baran and Dave Adcock from EU […]

“Images of Shirley from Old Picture Postcards”
Speaker: Peter Wardall

Shirley Heritage Project – Autumn 2013 Public History Talk #2 “Oatlands Lodge/House – things it saw and people it met” Speaker: Madge Heath Madge yet again delivered a fabulous public talk. The quality of Madge’s research in her quest to unveil the local history of Shirley is just amazing. With records dating back to 1835 Madge uncovered that […]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Emergency First Aid at Work Course – Saturday 30th November 2013 [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”1946″ img_size=”” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] In November 2013, the Coxford & District Youth Project organised a one‑day Emergency First Aid at Work course, leading to a Health & Safety Executive First Aid Certificate, at the ParkLife Community Room in St.James’ Park. Profits from running this course were invested in running youth work sessions […]

Shirley Heritage Project – Autumn 2013 Public History Talk #3 “The Rebuilding of Shirley Schools” Speakers: Liz Webb, Michaela Lawler­Levene 2012‑2013 was the centenary year of the rebuilding of the Shirley Schools on Wilton and Bellemoor Roads (now Shirley Infant and Junior Schools). Liz, an architectural technician with a special interest in historical buildings and building preservation, […]

Christmas Crafty Saturday A special Christmas‑themed Crafty Saturday to kick off the monthly series of FREE craft sessions for children at St.James’ Park.

The eighteenth meeting of the FoSJP History Research Group.

Community Games – Open Sessions ParkLife staged two Open Sessions at the ParkLife Café to provide more information on this Summer’s planned Community Games event, to talk about what can be done, and to discuss how everyone can help.

The Shirley Heritage Project was given a workshop on the transcription and archiving of oral history records, to help with its Oral History Project.