Some of the included in this selection are the hall lit up for Armistice celebrations, Portsmouth' s first motor buses arriving in 1919, Portsmouth Territorials filling the square in August 1914, The foundation stone of the Portsmouth Guildhall (then Town Hall) being put into place on Oct 14th 1886 and parcels being prepared for British prisoners-of-war in the hall.
5. Portsmouth Town Hall
Empire Day at Town Hall Square in 1911 Photo: The News archive
6. Portsmouth Town Hall
The Children's Summer Choral Service at the steps of the then Town Hall later the Guildhall. It is July 9 1916. The many hundreds of boys and girls, some in naval uniform ALL wear a hat of some kind. A wonderful photo of a generation now all gone. Photo: The News archive
7. Portsmouth Town Hall
Portsmouth's first motor buses arriving outside Portsmouth Town Hall in July 1919. Photo: The News archive
8. Portsmouth Town Hall
Laying the foundation stone of the Portsmouth Guildhall (then Town Hall) on Oct 14th 1886.
Courtesy of Portsmouth Museum Service, Portsmouth City Council Photo: The News archive