Included in this selection are images of troops marching past the Connaught Drill Hall in Stanhope Road, Landport on the day war broke out, the aftermath of the bombing in Conway Street – and Landport locals outside of the Egremont pub in Crasswell Street before the war.
5. Landport from the past
Conway Street, Landport during The Blitz Photo: The News archive
6. Landport from the past
Sandbagged watertank in Milford Road, Landport during the war. Photo: The News archive
7. Landport from the past
Sent in by Ron Coombs of Bedhampton we see street party in progress in Highfield Street, Landport on 12 May 1937. Ron's mother made Coronation suits for the boys and also the flags. In the photo are Roy Meech who's father went down on HMS Barham and also two boys with the surnames of Bartlett and Bouchet. They both joined the navy as boy seamen and were lost when the battle cruiser HMS Hood went down in 1941. Photo: The News archive
8. Landport from the past
The old Evening News offices in Stanhope Road, Landport, Portsmouth Photo: The News archive