Some of those 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
A view (about 1911) from the town hall, later the Guildhall, looking towards Portsmouth and Southsea (Town) railway station Photo: The News archive
7. 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
8. Portsmouth Town Hall
Portsmouth's first motor buses arriving outside Portsmouth Town Hall in July 1919. Photo: The News archive