We’ve had a look back through the archives to find some interesting old photos of the scrapyard.
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O-Class Submarines two of the boats formerly based at HMS Dolphin, Gosport, now waiting to be cut-up for scrap at Pound's shipbreakers yard at Tipner, Portsmouth. Picture: Michael Scaddan 006051-0018 Photo: The News archive
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Pounds scrapyard Tipner, Portsmouth, June 1973. The News Photo: The News archive
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A classic image of Pounds scrapyard at Tipner, Portsmouth, in December 1984 Photo: The News archive
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Filming extras for the 1975 film Tommy at Pounds Scrapyard Photo: The News archive
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Ken Russell directing film Tommy at Pounds Yard. The scene near the end of the film featuring the giant 'pinballs', which were, in fact, obsolete buoys found in at the yard. Photo: The News archive
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Pounds Yard at Tipner 30th May 2001. The view from Pounds Yard of the M275 and 'the blue bridge' .Picture: Malcolm Wells Photo: The New archive
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The area of land at Tipner, Portsmouth, bisected by the M275 motorway entrance to Portsmouth, with the greyhound stadium and Pounds yard at bottom left, and the Tipner ranges with Pounds shipbreakers at top. Picture: Mike Scaddan 993153-22 Photo: The News archive
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The former HMS Osiris languishing in Pounds Shipyard at Tipner beside the M275, at the entrance to The City of Portsmouth 20th November 2002. Picture: Malcolm Wells 025829-95 Photo: The News archive
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A military vehicle on fire at the Pounds yard in Portsmouth. 26th November 2011. Picture: Ian Hargreaves 103873-1 Photo: The News archive
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Pounds scrapyard Tipner, Portsmouth, June 1973. The News Photo: The News archive
2. Pounds Yard
A classic image of Pounds scrapyard at Tipner, Portsmouth, in December 1984 Photo: The News archive
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Filming extras for the 1975 film Tommy at Pounds Scrapyard Photo: The News archive