In pictures - how Paulsgrove rose from ashes of the blitz on Portsmouth | Nostalgia

This set of pictures from The News archive is devoted to Paulsgrove.
By Debz Croker
Published 14th Sep 2021, 09:58 BST
Looking west along a newly-built Allaway Avenue, Paulsgrove. Picture: Barry Cox collectionLooking west along a newly-built Allaway Avenue, Paulsgrove. Picture: Barry Cox collection
Looking west along a newly-built Allaway Avenue, Paulsgrove. Picture: Barry Cox collection

It was the estate which sprang up on the mainland to help house those bombed out of their homes on Portsea Island during the Second World War.

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