Author Archives: janifranck

Moving Voices at Trans Pride Southampton 29.6.24

Posted on May 31, 2024 by janifranck

What a beautiful event – thanks to our special guests Nicola Beck debuting as ‘Great Aunt Tranni’, Percy Ford and Jez Franck, our host RKP and our open mic’ers. Moving Voices, Southampton’s longest running open mic and our flagship event, … Continue reading →

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Pantry update by Gill – Friday 24 May ’24 at Board in the City

Posted on May 25, 2024 by janifranck

Gill here on Friday May 24th. Before even arriving at BitC I had pantry users approaching to ask if we open today . Today we had a warm colour theme going on, big juicy oranges, bright red beef steak tomatoes, shiny … Continue reading →

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Saturday Social update by Jez – October Books, Sat 18/5/24

Posted on May 19, 2024 by janifranck

Jez here! A quick report on our pop up Saturday Social at October Books on Sat 18/5/24 This was our second one, so numbers are still building as word spread. First in was a lovely soft spoken person who had … Continue reading →

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Pantry update by Gill – Friday 17/5/24 at Board in the City

Posted on May 17, 2024 by janifranck

Gill here …Hi everyone! After an unexpected break last week due to a bereavement & unavailability of volunteers to cover (more about that later), we made it back to run the Pantry at Board in the City CIC this week! … Continue reading →

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Event Announcement: SoGreenFest! 1 June 2024

Posted on May 13, 2024 by janifranck

This event was ACE and Fossilheads are up for doing it again so watch this space for SoGreenFest 2025 BUNKER178 are delighted to announce the first SoGreenFest – a gathering of likeminded local people to network, share information, enjoy food … Continue reading →

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Pantry update – Friday 26 April ’24

Posted on April 27, 2024 by janifranck

Gill here! Todays pantry we had a lovely selection of goodies saved from supermarket waste. Huge beefsteak tomatoes, lovely ripe bananas, satsumas by the few dozen, swede, butternut squash, a huge variety of breads, cakes and pastries, vegan milk, coconut … Continue reading →

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Arches Open Studios ’24 – Bunker178 music stage

Posted on April 21, 2024 by janifranck

Bunker178, the mobile offshoot of The Art House, are delighted to present a music stage at Arches Open Studios 2024, showcasing local talent. The stage will be compered by local performance poet Nicola Beck. Arches Open studios is a free … Continue reading →

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Bunker178 FAQs – where are you based now?

Posted on April 7, 2024 by janifranck

Bunker178 FAQs: Have you moved to Arch 4, Arches studios? No. We are now a pop-up which means we swoop into a space which we’ve hired or been allowed to use, dress it as the Bunker, run the event and … Continue reading →

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The Shed!

Posted on April 6, 2024 by janifranck

In February, when we were planning ahead to become a pop-up, we asked our community to fund a lockable storage box at Board in the City for our pop-up community pantry which we’ll be holding there every Friday 11am – … Continue reading →

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First pop-up pantry at Board in the City

Posted on April 6, 2024 by janifranck

Our first pop up pantry at Board in the City CIC was lovely, we had SO much food from The Big Difference and Co-op! Thank you Board in the City team for making us feel really at home. Nic and … Continue reading →

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