walking-tour – Caroline Wigley

From Whitchurch Silk Mill to Southampton’s American Story

And my link between Whitchurch Silk Mill and Southampton’s American Story? CPD (continual professional development)! As a guide, I love that there’s always an excuse to get engrossed in research, to get lost for hours in reading, the ferreting out of fascinating – and often astonishing – information and stories. Going down ‘rabbit holes’ seemsContinue reading “From Whitchurch Silk Mill to Southampton’s American Story”

Jane Austen in Georgian Southampton Walking Tour

Many people are surprised to learn that Southampton was once an elegant and chic spa town, and that one of the city’s most famous residents during that time, was our famous novelist Jane Austen. And with 2025 the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth in 1775, a guiding colleague, Christine, and I have put togetherContinue reading “Jane Austen in Georgian Southampton Walking Tour”