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Page last updated at 18:12 GMT, Friday, 13 November 2009

Amelia Earhart
How city welcomed Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart landed on Southampton Water on 19 June 1928 after becoming the first woman to fly across the Atlantic.
In Pictures: Amelia Earhart in Southampton
Mary S. Lovell on Amelia Earhart

Spitbank Fort is located a mile off land. The history of Spitbank Fort
The giant granite fort in the Solent has been sold for more than £1m - it remains part of Portsmouth's maritime and military history.

John with Tig the tiger cub Building Marwell zoo from scratch
How a Hampshire man created Marwell Zoo, one of the earliest zoos in Europe to focus on animal conservation.


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Mary Rose to go from public view
Mountbatten memories
Henry VIII in Hants and the IoW
D-Day journey to Normandy

Kings Theatre shares its heritage
History of the hovercraft
Eastleigh's century of steam
Portsmouth remembers D-Day
Hayling Island's secret canoes
D-Day veterans caught on camera
Treloar's centenary
Hampshire's Cold War bunkers
When Howards' Way ruled the waves

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