In this selection you will see a couple of images from the grand opening of South Parade Pier on 12th August 1908, British track cyclist and double Olympic gold medal winner Clarence Brickwood Kingsbury, who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics being welcomed back to his home town of Portsmouth, the new South Parade Parade Pier under construction in May and the launching of HMS St Vincent in this year.
5. Memories of Portsmouth in 1908
Excited locals on the opening day of South Parade Pier on August 12, 1908 Photo: The News archive
6. Memories of Portsmouth in 1908
The newly rebuilt South Parade Pier 1908. Picture: Patrick Boyle/Memories of Bygone Portsmouth Photo: The News archive
7. Memories of Portsmouth in 1908
The launching of HMS St Vincent in Portsmouth in 1908 Photo: The News archive
8. Memories of Portsmouth in 1908
HMS Indomitable arrives with the Prince of Wales 1908.
Tied up alongside South Railway Jetty is HMS Indomitable with the Prince of Wales who had been visiting Quebec, Canada. Picture: Barry Cox collection. Photo: The News archive