47 incredible and rarely-seen photos of Portsmouth's Commercial Road

Many places in Portsmouth have undergone a massive transformation over the years, but perhaps none more so than Commercial Road.

Portsmouth’s teeming thoroughfare is the city’s main shopping precinct and is now home to many of the UK’s biggest retail brands.

While the retail sector is unrecognisable from decades ago, Commercial Road has always been the hustle and bustle of the city centre in Portsmouth – as shown by these rare photos below.

We’ve had a look back through the archives to find some of our favourite photos from 1906 to the 1960s.

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