St.James' Park in the Press
Thank You!
A big Thank You to the staff of the following publications, which have all regularly featured FoSJP's efforts, achievements, and organised events:
- Daily Echo
- Southampton News Extra Newspapers
- Southampton City Council's City View magazine
Published Articles
Updated: 3rd September 2011
| 2011 | ||
| Tuesday 19th July | Daily Echo p.15 |
Photographs and article: "Youngsters enjoy Play in the Park event" about the official re‑opening of St.James' Park on Saturday 16th July. |
| 2010 | ||
| Wednesday 1st September | BBC Radio Solent | Featured item on Jon Cuthill show: interview with Nichola Caveney (FoSJP Chair) and Mike Smith (FoSJP Vice-Chair). |
| Wednesday 25th August |
Daily
Echo p.19 |
Photograph and article: "Port puts £20,000 in the pot for café" about DP World Southampton's very generous donation to FoSJP towards fitting out the kitchen in the new ParkLife Café. |
| Friday 9th July | BBC Radio Solent | Featured item on Jon Cuthill show: interview with Mike Smith (FoSJP). |
| Monday 5th July | BBC Radio Solent | Featured item on Steve Harris show:
interview
with Martin Gardner (FoSJP), Cllr Jeremy Moulton (Cabinet Member for Resources
and Workforce Planning), Helen Saward (SCC Project Manager), and Park visitors. 
interview reproduced with kind permission of BBC Radio Solent |
| Spring 2010 no.1 |
Oral
History Society e-Newsletter p.3 |
Photograph and article: "The People's Park - an Oral History Project in Southampton" by Michaela Lawler-Levene (FoSJP History Coordinator). |
| 5th - 11th February Issue 193 |
First News p.17 |
Photographs and article in Green News section about
Green Nose Day event held at the Park in October 2009.
First News is a weekly national newspaper aimed at children aged 7-14. |
| 2009 | ||
| December | Oral History Society website | "Reports from the Regions 2009" - article in South East / Hampshire section about Shirley Heritage Project's oral history project (search for "FoSJP"). |
| Wednesday 21st October |
Daily
Echo p.8 |
Photograph and article: "Green
Nose Day at the Park".
article reproduced with kind permission of Daily Echo |
| Saturday 17th October |
Daily
Echo pp.22-23 |
Photographs and article: "A Park for the People".
Peter Law looks back at the long history of the green jewel of Shirley.
Double-page spread -
left page
&
right page
.
article reproduced with kind permission of Daily Echo |
| Friday 16th October |
BBC News website | Video news: "Cash boosts for Southampton park".
|
| Thursday 15th October |
BBC Radio Solent | Featured items on Jon Cuthill show:
interview
with Nichola Caveney (FoSJP) and children in the Park
and interview
with Chris Packham
about the positive impact of such grants for wildlife and for the community
in general.
interviews reproduced with kind permission of BBC Radio Solent |
| Thursday 15th October |
Daily
Echo p.7 |
Photographs and article: "
City park to get a £1.5m makeover".
article reproduced with kind permission of Daily Echo |
| Thursday 15th October |
Southampton City Council website | News and Events article: "Southampton park scoops the jackpot". |
| Thursday 15th October |
Big Lottery Fund website | News release: "St.James' Park receives over £1 million for major improvements". |
| Thursday 15th October |
HLF website | Media Centre article: "Everyone's a Winner! £18 million to UK's parks". |
| Autumn 2009 vol.37 no.2 |
Oral History Journal pp.17-18 |
Shirley Heritage Project's oral history project and its FoSJP origins featured under "Current British Work" - South East Region - Southampton. |
| 2008 | ||
| December 2008 Issue 60 |
City
View p.3 |
Photograph and article: "Shirley park wins top prize". |
| Monday 3rd November |
Daily Echo | Photograph and article: "Lottery cash boost for park revamp". |
| March 2008 Issue 52 |
City
View p.10 |
FoSJP featured in an article focusing on specific areas in Southampton, entitled "Focus on Shirley". |
| 2007 | ||
| Summer 2007 Issue |
Pukaar Magazine p.7 |
Pukaar News Section - Article and 19 colour photographs featuring Park100 celebrations entitled "Centenary at St James' Park". |
| July 2007 Issue 45 |
City
View p.17 |
Shorts Section with photo, featuring forthcoming Park100 celebrations. |
| Wednesday 20th June |
Daily
Echo pp.24-25 |
Hampshire Heritage Feature by Keith Hamilton for "Love Parks Week 2007". Headline: "Centenary celebration for urban oasis". Features Park100 centenary celebrations, Mrs Crate's personal memories, and 1930 photo of Hick's Dairy float in Shirley Carnival, pictured in the Park. |
| Week starting 18th June |
Saints Radio | Advertising Sine Star Project, who played at Park100 event. |
| Sunday 17th June |
BBC1 Politics Show | Featured in programme on Parks and Green Spaces for "Love Parks Week 2007". |
| Tuesday 8th May |
Daily
Echo p.11 |
Photos cutting celebratory cake and parachute games. Article featuring FoSJP First Birthday Party event. |
| April 2007 Issue 43 |
City
View p.8 |
What's On Section. Art in the Park event. |
| Thursday 1st March |
Southampton News Extra p.6 |
Community News, Shirley. Advertising re-opening of the Kiosk. |
| 2006 | ||
| Dec 2006/Jan 2007 Issue 40 |
City
View p.17 |
Featured in "Top Marks for Parks". "St.James is Favourite Park", voted Southampton's best Community Park. |
| Thursday 7th December |
Southampton News Extra p.10 |
Photographs and article: "Children get busy rustling up leaves in St.James' Park". |
| Thursday 2nd November |
Southampton News Extra | Photograph and article: "The great bulb planting". |
| Monday 11th September |
Daily Echo | Photographs and article celebrating the Park being awarded top place in Southampton Open Spaces Award Scheme: "Green Jewel of Shirley". |
| Thursday 24th August |
Echo Video News | Article on opening of the Kiosk. |
| Saturday 12th August |
Daily Echo | "Snack attack on St.James Park". Photograph and article about opening of the Kiosk. |
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