We have had a look through the News archives to find some stunning photos of Portsmouth’s oldest pubs – and you can see how much the surrounding area has changed.
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9. Portsmouth pubs from the past
The junction of Commercial Road and Station Road December 1973. The Criterion pub is flanked by the closed Claremont Tavern. A very narrow Station Street has Judd’s Railway Hotel on the corner with Lennox Arms at the end of the block. Photo: The News archive
10. Portsmouth pubs from the past
On the corner of Torrington Road and Windermere Road, Hilsea, here we see the Phoenix pub in the mid 1970's. Photo: The News archive
11. Portsmouth pubs from the past
The Beresford pub we see this area of Stamshaw in 1954, when Twyford Avenue had two-way traffic. Photo: The News archive
12. Portsmouth pubs from the past
The Black Dog in Arundel Street, Landport. Photo: The News archive