The images in the gallery date back as far as the 1800s.
You will see the flooding over the years, the chain ferry and a very old King James Gate - c1850.
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5. Broad Street from the past
In the snow. Broad Street, Old Portsmouth, 1910 Photo: The News archive
6. Broad Street from the past
Bath Square, Old Portsmouth, August 1981. The News PP52 Photo: The News archive
7. Broad Street from the past
The old chain ferry linking Portsmouth and Gosport in 1900. Running from the end of Broad Street, Old Portsmouth, to Gosport Hard, this floating bridge operated across the harbour for 119 years. Photo: The News archive
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