You will see holidaymakers on the beach next to the original Clarence Pier, a very Victorian-looking Portsmouth Dockyard, boats sailing close to the shoreline when people could enjoy that sight and The Royal Garrison Church Sunday service, when the church had a roof and was in full use.
![circa 1900: Holidaymakers and boats on the beach at Southsea, Portsmouth. (Photo by Edgar Ward/General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjU5ZmFiYzczLTNmN2YtNDZmZi1hN2JjLTNmOWYyMWUzOGYwNDplYTE1ODlhNy0zNjYxLTQ2MWMtODdmZC1kOGIxNWRiN2QyOTQ=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
1. Portsmouth and Southsea in 1900
circa 1900: Holidaymakers and boats on the beach at Southsea, Portsmouth. (Photo by Edgar Ward/General Photographic Agency/Getty Images) Photo: The News archive
![Making sandcastles, in about 1900 in Southsea (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmJhNTYyMjM2LTljM2QtNGUyMi1hYjE2LWM3YmM4NThiZmZmNjpiOGY0MDgwMC1jZmFlLTQwMGItOTk5Yy1hMTU0ZmQ1YTRhZWE=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
2. Portsmouth and Southsea in 1900
Making sandcastles, in about 1900 in Southsea (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Photo: The News archive
![The Royal Garrison Church in Old Portsmouth
A postcard of a Sunday church parade around 1900. It was a weekly event.](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjk4YjZmNzFjLTBlZjctNDE2YS1iZmI0LTgyZTc5YmE2MTYyMjoyZGFhNmZlMC04YmU0LTRiYzAtYjJhYS01MTg3NDhkNDhlOTI=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
3. Portsmouth and Southsea in 1900
The Royal Garrison Church in Old Portsmouth A postcard of a Sunday church parade around 1900. It was a weekly event. Photo: The News archive
![A horse and cart belonging to Chaplin & Co Carriers of the South Western Railway (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmI2ZmJiMTE1LTNiYjgtNDQyNi1hYmZlLWUwZWJhODA4YzFiYzoyMDkxYzkzZC04NTUwLTRmMjQtOTU0Yy1hOGE3OTE1ZTUzNDI=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
4. Portsmouth and Southsea in 1900
A horse and cart belonging to Chaplin & Co Carriers of the South Western Railway (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Photo: The News archive