Cosham in old pictures | Nostalgia

From a visit by a short-lived king to a car carried several hundred yards down the track after a level crossing collision with a goods train, life is rarely dull at Cosham.
By Chris Owen
Published 16th Jul 2020, 16:19 GMT
Updated 16th Jul 2020, 16:24 GMT
An accident at Cosham in which a train shunted this car down the track from the level crossing.An accident at Cosham in which a train shunted this car down the track from the level crossing.
An accident at Cosham in which a train shunted this car down the track from the level crossing.

The Portsmouth suburb was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 along with Drayton, Wymering, Bocheland, Frodington and Copenore.

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