Included in this great selection are an image of Prince's Theatre in Lake Road after being hit by a bomb during the war, a Fratton Park crowd from the time, train tracks being removed (as the iron was used to build Spitfires and Hurricanes, ship propellers and submarine parts), dockyard workers, evacuees, the home guard, an underground wardens post and an impressive aerial of South Parade Pier.
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1. Portsmouth in the 1940s
Across the harbour 1940's. Picture: Ian Wilding collection. Photo: The News archive
2. Portsmouth in the 1940s
A Fratton Park crowd in the late 1940s. Photo: The News archive
3. Portsmouth in the 1940s
Women of Milton in Portsmouth took their message into the streets after the city's second air raid in August 1940. The News Portsmouth PP545 Photo: The News archive
4. Portsmouth in the 1940s
Portsmouth Dockyard workers repairing oil fuel trucks, 1940's. The News PEN 762 Photo: The News archive