Workers leaving for the day at Portsmouth Dockyard's Unicorn Gate about 1910.
Picture: costen.co.ukWorkers leaving for the day at Portsmouth Dockyard's Unicorn Gate about 1910.
Picture: costen.co.uk
Workers leaving for the day at Portsmouth Dockyard's Unicorn Gate about 1910. Picture: costen.co.uk

17 rare and historic images of Portsmouth and Southsea

We have put together a collection of images from the area that are rarely seen. Many date back to the turn of the century. Hopefully you will enjoy looking though them.

You will see dockyard workers leaving at the end of a busy day, horses taking a dip in the sea to cool off at Southsea seafront, a past South Parade Pier with beachgoers enjoying the coast and The George Hotel, at Old Portsmouth, where Nelson had his last breakfast before the Battle of Trafalgar.

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