There is good news and bad news in this latest update.
The good news is that Talking Heads in Portswood will be reopening, as a traditional pub during the daytime and with music/spoken word/theatre entertainment in the evenings. An exact date has not been confirmed but it is to be during March.
The bad news is that The Junction, near St Denys station had a significant fire last night. This was one of the highest rating pubs in my 2007 survey and home to one of the last Bar Billiards games in Southampton. Let’s hope it reopens as soon as possible.
The latest rumour is that The Highfield is to close but at the moment there are no leads on that. Meanwhile, at The Woodman, conversion to a Tesco supermarket is nearly complete and apparently has been done in a sympathetic way, so while no substation for a pub, the building at least continues to be a local landmark.
Last updated on Monday 20 February 2012 by GaryReggae
