How trams ran through the streets of Portsmouth | Nostalgia
It is about 1910 and the road going off on the right is Charlotte Street.
Of particular note is the web of interlaced tram tracks in the foreground.
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Hide AdPortsmouth was one of the few cities to adopt this form of track-laying which saved space on narrow roads. A good example can still be seen in Rugby Road, Southsea.We believe the lad standing by the policeman is a points boy who would have been needed at this busy junction.
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