12 best memories of Portsmouth in 1909

Retro Specialist

Published 18th May 2022, 11:00 GMT

Rolling skating Edwardians on South Parade Pier 1909. Picture: Paul Costen collection

How times have changed as you will see in this interesting gallery of images for you to enjoy.

In this selection you will see tramway track being laid in Goldsmith Avenue, Fratton, HMS Ferret testing the boom defence across the entrance to Portsmouth Harbour, the concourse of Portsmouth and Southsea railway station and fresh bread arriving by row boat.

Tramway track being laid in Goldsmith Avenue, Fratton, in 1909.
Picture: Paul Costen collection — Tramway track being laid in Goldsmith Avenue, Fratton, in 1909. Picture: Paul Costen collection

HMS Ferret tests the boom defence across the entrance to Portsmouth Harbour in 1909.

Sandringham Hotel - Osborne Road/Nightingale Road (postmarked 1909)

The paddle steamer Duchess of Kent beached at the Hot Walls, Old Portsmouth, in September 1909after a collision in the Solent. Built in 1897, this paddler survived to be requisitioned for war service by the Royal Navy in 1916 and returned to the Solent crossing until she was sold in 1933. Picture: Paul Costen collection

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