In the selection you will see a day at the races at Wymering Racecourse in the 1930s, a barrage balloon over what we believe is Wymering, a garden party at the beautiful Wymering Manor back in the day and the beginning of council houses on Portsdown Hill.
About 32 balloons were deployed in the Portsmouth area by 932 Squadron RAF Balloon Command. Barrage balloons were floated over certain areas to prevent enemy aircraft from flying close enough to attack the area. Balloons were raised on heavy cables which would destroy low flying aircraft. Enemies would have to fly above the balloons and be forced up into the range of the Anti-Aircraft Defences.
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9. Memories from Wymering
Peels Farm, Wymering. Picture: The News archive. Photo: The News archive
Sent in by Jack Sexton of Hilsea, we see boys of the Apprentices Training Scheme in Peterborough Road, Wymering in 1946. The building was put to use to train 14 year old boys for 9 months to see if they were of any use in the building trade. Jack is to the right kneeling down wearing the painters apron. Some of the adults are Instructor J. Nicholls, Alderman Allaway and John Lay Chairman of Apprenticeship Council. Photo: The News archive
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