A Solent Taste at Jongleurs

If you remember living in Southampton, England a while ago, Jongleurs/Bar Risa occupied an art deco building from the 1930's, on which it was first used by Burton's Menswear. Then in 2009, Jongleurs was in a brief administration, and during the time, Southampton was one of the five venues to shut its doors for good.

In 2014, during the first few months of my first year at the Illustration course at Southampton Solent University, there was a project entitled "The Sotonia Project", where we did some of the drawings around the city centre. Months after the project finishes, we went and discovered that some of our drawings made it onto the dull boards of the former Jongleurs place.

I have taken photographs in comparison between my sketchbook drawings and the boards.

More information at this link: http://www.culturesouthampton.org.uk/art-project-enhances-city-centre-building

What was special about this pocket watch is that it was belonged to Sidney Sedanary, steward of the Titanic. The pocket watch shows that it stopped at ten minutes to two, about half an hour before the ship sank in the Atlantic Ocean.

Key to Room 407 at the former South Western House hotel.

Old direction sign to the Tudor House Museum, Bugle St., Southampton.

Sketch of the side of the Tudor House Museum at Blue Anchor Lane. It was a sketch that leads to a very good print.

Thanks for reading and spread the love of history in Southampton, England.

Toodles,

Alexander Elliott-Welch

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