And this is what 2006 looked like in Portsmouth. We see pensioner protests, Harry Redknapp and Jim Smith at a bookies, and the much-loved food mall at Cascades in the city centre.
Have a look through the pictures – and cast yourself back to a time before anyone had heard of an iPhone.
. Ready for a flutter
Harry Redknapp and Jim Smith with Peter Higgins to open the new Betting Room at 19 Albert Road, Southsea in February 2006 (060864-47) Photo: Jonathan Brady
. Tasty
The food mall in the atrium area at The Cascades (060584-0014) Photo: Michael Scaddan
. Weaponry
Actor and presenter Geoff Cotton does a piece to camera posing as a telesalesman taking orders for AK-47s - also known as Kalashnikovs - at Million Headed Monster in Albert Road, Southsea in March 2006 (060958-25) Photo: Jonathan Brady
. Up for a fight
Portsmouth pensioners at The Fountain in Commercial Road Portsmouth campaigning for better pensions. At the front is Joan Hill, 86, from Fratton (061117-81) Photo: Malcolm Wells
. Arty work
Year 2 children at Devonshire Infant School with a 3x3me square backdrop they painted with a Jack and the Beanstalk theme, pictured at the Cascades Shopping Centre in Portsmouth Portsmouth, with centre administrator Jenny Shilling and actor Alan Jenkins (centre) who plays Igor Blimey in the Christmas panto Jack and the Beanstalk at the Kings Theatre, Southsea. (064967-0006) PICTURE: MICHAEL SCADDAN (064967-) Photo: Michael Scaddan
1. Ready for a flutter
Harry Redknapp and Jim Smith with Peter Higgins to open the new Betting Room at 19 Albert Road, Southsea in February 2006 (060864-47) Photo: Jonathan Brady
2. Tasty
The food mall in the atrium area at The Cascades (060584-0014) Photo: Michael Scaddan
3. Weaponry
Actor and presenter Geoff Cotton does a piece to camera posing as a telesalesman taking orders for AK-47s - also known as Kalashnikovs - at Million Headed Monster in Albert Road, Southsea in March 2006 (060958-25) Photo: Jonathan Brady
4. Up for a fight
Portsmouth pensioners at The Fountain in Commercial Road Portsmouth campaigning for better pensions. At the front is Joan Hill, 86, from Fratton (061117-81) Photo: Malcolm Wells