Fort Purbrook to be turned into holiday camp after being used as youth hostel | Nostalgia

There’s an interesting story attached to the first picture in this series of photos with the theme ‘Portsdown Hill’.
By Chris Owen
Published 4th Aug 2020, 12:26 GMT
A group of people setting off with brooms and buckets to clean up Fort Purbrook on Portsdown Hill in April 1937. Picture: GettyA group of people setting off with brooms and buckets to clean up Fort Purbrook on Portsdown Hill in April 1937. Picture: Getty
A group of people setting off with brooms and buckets to clean up Fort Purbrook on Portsdown Hill in April 1937. Picture: Getty

According to photo agency Getty, these youngsters were cleaning Fort Purbrook because it had been handed over to the Youth Hostel Association before being converted into a holiday camp.

The original caption said: ‘It will be used as a meeting place for young men and women from all parts of the world who are coming to England for the coronation and naval review at Spithead.’

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To see the rest of the pictures in this Portsdown Hill gallery, click here.

Portsdown Hill Fair. Picture: costen.co.ukPortsdown Hill Fair. Picture: costen.co.uk
Portsdown Hill Fair. Picture: costen.co.uk

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