Great views across Portsmouth Harbour from top of old power station | Nostalgia

Paul Buxley sent me a collection of photographs of the inside of the old Portsmouth power station in Gunwharf Road.
By Bob Hind
Published 11th Mar 2020, 18:54 BST
Updated 11th Mar 2020, 18:54 BST
A view from Portsmouth power station's roof towards Point, Old Portsmouth. Picture: Paul Buxley.A view from Portsmouth power station's roof towards Point, Old Portsmouth. Picture: Paul Buxley.
A view from Portsmouth power station's roof towards Point, Old Portsmouth. Picture: Paul Buxley.

In this view from the roof of the Old Portsmouth building in the early 1960s we are looking towards Point with HMS Dolphin in the distance across the water at Gosport. On the right is a roof of one of the buildings in HMS Vernon.

The ship in the centre is the collier Pompey Light being unloaded within the power station’s own dock. To the bottom left is the beginning of the massive conveyor belt that took coal up and over Gunwharf Road.

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• I cannot say a lot about this photograph as I know little about the subject and. Unfortunately Paul Buxley has only basic details.

Looking the full length of the turbine hall from turbine number nine. Picture: Paul BuxleyLooking the full length of the turbine hall from turbine number nine. Picture: Paul Buxley
Looking the full length of the turbine hall from turbine number nine. Picture: Paul Buxley

We are looking down the full length of the turbine hall in the power station from turbine number nine. Any more information please?

• I wonder what it was like living in Portsmouth before the invention of the combustion engine? Here we are looking down Methuen Road, Eastney, without any form of transport in sight.

There was an aroma that came off pavements after it had rained, especially after a summer day’s sunshine.

Pub built in the 1950s for West Leigh

When children could play safely in the streets of Portsmouth. Edwardian Methuen Road, Eastney. Picture: Mick Cooper collection.When children could play safely in the streets of Portsmouth. Edwardian Methuen Road, Eastney. Picture: Mick Cooper collection.
When children could play safely in the streets of Portsmouth. Edwardian Methuen Road, Eastney. Picture: Mick Cooper collection.
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Opened for residents of the Leigh Park area called West Leigh, the Rover Inn is on Petersfield Road at the junction of Stockheath Road.

It opened in the late 1950s and a large car park surrounds it. Behind the pub on the right Leigh Park Baptist Church is being built. Today the pub is a Hungry Horse restaurant. In the 1960s pubs at Leigh Park were the Rover, the Greyhound, the Cricketers Tavern and the Wheatsheaf. The last three have been demolished.​​​​​​

Related topics:Portsmouth HarbourOld PortsmouthGosport

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