13 wonderful photos show Buckland over the years

There’s a great variety of images here showing so many faces from the past from the Buckland area of Portsmouth.

In this selection you will see Charlie Phillpots, the cellarman of The Elephant & Castle pub in Sultan Road, giving elephants from the circus a drink of beer in 1930 as well as residents crowding around popular accordionist Alfred Nicholson again in Sultan Road.

There are pictures of coronation street tea parties in 1953 that were held in Seymour Street and Arnaud Street.

Plus images of pupils at Binstead Road School and Buckland Wesleyan FC also feature.

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