Herbert Collins

[2] Collins, along with his cofounders, accountant and civic leader Fred Woolley (the society's first chairman) and Bursledon brickworks director Claude Ashby, put up £200 worth of shares.

[2] Collins lived at 38 Brookvale Road in Highfield, Southampton from 1930 to 1973, and a commemorative English Heritage blue plaque was installed there in July 2004.

[5] During his time living there, Collins was responsible for the design of Swaythling Methodist Church in Burgess Road, built in 1932.

[6] In an effort to contribute to the post-war housing efforts, Collins submitted a suggestion to the July 1945 edition of the journal Architectural Design and Construction regarding constructing bungalows from rammed earth combined with a small quantity of cement; his suggestion was repeated in The Architects' Journal in 1946.

The Ethelburt Avenue (Bassett Green Estate) conservation area was designated by Southampton City Council in September 1988.

[17] It has been extended and enlarged since then but the significant elements of the original style retained as shown on the church's website.