You will see holidaymakers on the beach next to the original Clarence Pier, a very Victorian-looking Portsmouth Dockyard, boats sailing close to the shoreline when people could enjoy that sight and The Royal Garrison Church Sunday service, when the church had a roof and was in full use.
1. Portsmouth and Southsea in 1900
circa 1900: Holidaymakers and boats on the beach at Southsea, Portsmouth. (Photo by Edgar Ward/General Photographic Agency/Getty Images) Photo: The News archive
2. Portsmouth and Southsea in 1900
Making sandcastles, in about 1900 in Southsea (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Photo: The News archive
3. Portsmouth and Southsea in 1900
The Royal Garrison Church in Old Portsmouth
A postcard of a Sunday church parade around 1900. It was a weekly event. Photo: The News archive
4. Portsmouth and Southsea in 1900
A horse and cart belonging to Chaplin & Co Carriers of the South Western Railway (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Photo: The News archive