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What are your memories of Portsmouth in the 1950s?
By Chris Owen
Published 30th Jul 2020, 18:23 BST
Southsea girls who entered a Marilyn Monroe competition at South Parade Pier in a summer of the late 1950s.Southsea girls who entered a Marilyn Monroe competition at South Parade Pier in a summer of the late 1950s.
Southsea girls who entered a Marilyn Monroe competition at South Parade Pier in a summer of the late 1950s.

Here is a collection of pictures to take you back to those post-war days seven decades ago.

To see a further 23 cracking images in this gallery, click here and be transported back in time.

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