Portsmouth cafés we've loved and lost | Nostalgia

Five pictures today of some old Portsmouth cafés, some of which are bound to stir memories for many of you.

By Deborah Croker
Thursday, 6th May 2021, 5:57 pm
Continental Cafe, Commercial Road, Portsmouth, November 1965.
Continental Cafe, Commercial Road, Portsmouth, November 1965.

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The Swiss Cafe in Edinburgh Road, Portsmouth.
Verrecchia's popular cafe in 1966. It was demolished to make way for the civic offices in Guildhall Square, Portsmouth.
The Savoy Cafe at Savoy Buildings, Southsea, in the late 1920s.
At the lower end of Broad Street, Old Portsmouth, were Loader's Temperance Dining Rooms. The board outside says the food is 'As nice as mother makes it'.
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