NOSTALGIA: Hidden Portsmouth steps revealed, 107 years after they fell into disuse

By The Newsroom
Published 12th Dec 2017, 20:09 BST
A 1903 picture showing 'Point A on the Portsdown & Horndean Light Railway where two former horse tram cars acted as shelters. Picture: Barry Cox CollectionA 1903 picture showing 'Point A on the Portsdown & Horndean Light Railway where two former horse tram cars acted as shelters. Picture: Barry Cox Collection
A 1903 picture showing 'Point A on the Portsdown & Horndean Light Railway where two former horse tram cars acted as shelters. Picture: Barry Cox Collection
I make no excuses for returning to the former Portsdown & Horndean Light Railway '“ the tram route from Cosham over Portsdown Hill to Waterlooville and onward to Horndean.

I have been out and about again taking then and now shots of a scene that is now so overgrown it was a struggle to find.

In the first view, above, we are looking down from half-way up London Road