When horses bathed in the sea at Southsea | Nostalgia

We go back to 1910 again today for another clutch of old but endlessly fascinating pictures of Portsmouth plucked from the archives.
A morning dip on Southsea beach, circa 1910..A morning dip on Southsea beach, circa 1910..
A morning dip on Southsea beach, circa 1910..

They were days when two of the town’s (Portsmouth was still a town then) major shopping streets – Palmerston Road and Fratton Road – were in their prime.

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