Portsmouth goes crazy for French sailors | Nostalgia

Who would have thought it – just 100 years after the Battle of Trafalgar and Portsmouth was rolling out the red carpet for the French fleet’s arrival in the dockyard.
By Deborah Croker
Published 13th May 2021, 18:57 BST
The French navy in Guildhall Square 1905. L'Entente Cordiale. Picture: Portsmouth Museums Service.The French navy in Guildhall Square 1905. L'Entente Cordiale. Picture: Portsmouth Museums Service.
The French navy in Guildhall Square 1905. L'Entente Cordiale. Picture: Portsmouth Museums Service.

The entente was ever so cordial.

That was in 1905 and all our pictures here are from that year or close to it.

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