14 sensational photos showing classic streets from Portsmouth's great past

Ah, the days when they made tracks…for trams and trains to ride up city avenues.

There are some great historic scenes in this selection that include the walking wounded in Goldsmith Avenue in 1914, VJ Day street party in Romsey Avenue in 1945, tram lines being laid in Twyford Avenue, railway track being laid in Goldsmith Avenue, Fratton in 1909 and a 1945 VE Day party in Second Avenue, Cosham.

See all our pictures in our gallery below.

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