In this gallery collection you will see the Bishop’s House flattened during an air raid in 1941 and other substantial damage to properties at the time.
There is a rare image of the glass roofed arcade, which was bombed during the raid on January 10, 1941.
You will also see a lovely image of the Trafalgar Institute’s bar, as it was early last century.
![Edinburgh Road during the blitz](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmRlMDczZjk4LTRiZGUtNDI0Yy04Y2UyLTZiNGU5NjY5NGNmNzpmNzQ1NTA3NS1jNWVlLTRiZjAtOTk5Yi0xMzZmYWJlNTVhZDk=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
1. More memories of Edinburgh Road
Edinburgh Road during the blitz Photo: The News archive
![Out-muster from the dockyard, 1939.
Dockyard men at out-muster for a dinnertime break turn from Edinburgh Road into Commercial Road. Pic: Getty Images
(Photo by Humphrey Spender/Picture Post/Getty Images)](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmJjNDI5YWRmLWU1MWMtNDNiZC1iNzE4LWY5NzlkZTU1ZGUwODo2NmM1MzEyYi0xYjBjLTRkN2EtYmJiMS0wZDgxOWZjZGI0YzQ=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
2. More memories of Edinburgh Road
Out-muster from the dockyard, 1939. Dockyard men at out-muster for a dinnertime break turn from Edinburgh Road into Commercial Road. Pic: Getty Images (Photo by Humphrey Spender/Picture Post/Getty Images) Photo: The News archive
![Bishop's House, St John's Cathedral on Edinburgh Road, 1972. The News PP5700](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjI5OGZlNjA1LWQ5MmUtNGIzMy1hOTkwLWE1ZTVhOWE0NmViYTowZmM0MjE5OC1lMjE1LTQ5MTItOWI1MC04NmUwYjZhN2NlZWE=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
3. More memories of Edinburgh Road
Bishop's House, St John's Cathedral on Edinburgh Road, 1972. The News PP5700 Photo: The News archive
![A steam train crosses the junction of Unicorn Road and what was Edinburgh Road in 1953](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmI5YjhmY2UyLTk5ZDYtNGEzZi05YzBlLWY5NTYyOGM1OGY4ZDpmNWM0OGMxNi0xMGE0LTQ3NmQtYjRjOS1lYmRjNDU4NjEwZjk=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
4. More memories of Edinburgh Road
A steam train crosses the junction of Unicorn Road and what was Edinburgh Road in 1953 Photo: The News archive