Who remembers this visit by the Queen to Portsmouth in 1980? | Nostalgia

It only seems like yesterday but this trip down memory lane was actually 42 years ago.
By Deborah Croker
Published 23rd Mar 2022, 19:49 BST
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Doesn’t seem possible does it?

It was the year a very young-looking Queen unveiled the friendship links in Old Portsmouth, the sculpture which so baffles many visitors to this day – until they read the explanation!

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29 photos to take you back to Portsmouth in 1980
The Queen meets the public during a walkabout in Old Portsmouth on July 12, 1980. Picture: The News PP4049The Queen meets the public during a walkabout in Old Portsmouth on July 12, 1980. Picture: The News PP4049
The Queen meets the public during a walkabout in Old Portsmouth on July 12, 1980. Picture: The News PP4049

or why not expand your memory to the whole of the 1980s…

SEE ALSO: 30 fantastic photos that capture life in Portsmouth in the 1980s

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