Shrine Restoration 2008-9    Exploring the Park    Conservation

The project in pictures

12-13 September 2009: Heritage Open Days at the Stoneham and Havenstreet Shrines.

10 June 2009: 'Street Shrines of the Great War' talk with Professor Mark Connelly.

6 June 2009: Tour and lunch at the Shrine with The Mausolea & Monuments Trust.

30 May 2009: 'Interpreting North Stoneham Park' with 'Capability' Brown expert John Phibbs

9 May 2009: [More ...]

2 & 9 May 2009: 'Memory Shrine, Living History' workshop:

16 April 2009: Talk by artist Jane Wildgoose:

March 2009: Architects Radley House Partnership appointed

30 February 2009: sightlines have been opened up, giving glimpses of the Shrine from different parts of the park.

20 February 2009: the derelict Shrine has been revealed. [More...]

18 February 2009: cutting down the 'hedge'. [More...]

By February 2009, swathes of brambles and scrub have been removed by volunteers - working with Eastleigh's Countryside Service - revealing the Shrine's prominent position.

Sunday 7 Dec 2008: Jenna Dewhurst leads the 'Exploration of Avenue Park in Winter'

Sunday 9 Nov 2008: Remembrance service at Binstead & Havenstreet War Shrine, led by the Venerable Caroline Baston, the Archdeacon of the Isle of Wight.

Saturday 8 Nov 2008: The Shrine.

Saturday 8 Nov 2008: Chris Huhne MP.

Saturday 8 Nov 2008: Act of Remembrance.

Saturday 8 Nov 2008: Pitching the tent before the Act of Remembrance. The weather is umpromising, but many hands make light work, and the tent is up within the hour.