Known for their budget menus, cheap drinks and inhabitation of many a historic building, JD Wetherspoons operates almost 900 pubs across the UK - including almost 30 in Hampshire
Here is a wonderful collection of photos from the olden days showing life on and around Clarence Pier in Southsea.
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