Clearing the wreckage after the last bomb fell on Portsmouth | Nostalgia

Five pictures today all featuring the Stamshaw area of Portsmouth in the first half of the 20th century.
By Deborah Croker
Published 17th Jan 2022, 18:33 BST
Clearing up. Newcomen Road, Stamshaw, after a flying bomb fell on July 15, 1944 - the last bomb to fall on Portsmouth. Picture: The News.Clearing up. Newcomen Road, Stamshaw, after a flying bomb fell on July 15, 1944 - the last bomb to fall on Portsmouth. Picture: The News.
Clearing up. Newcomen Road, Stamshaw, after a flying bomb fell on July 15, 1944 - the last bomb to fall on Portsmouth. Picture: The News.

They include scenes in Newcomen Road after the final bomb of the Second World War fell on this district of the city.

And then came the street parties…

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