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.


2. 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

3. Portsmouth and Southsea in 1900
Castle Road, Southsea in the early 1900s Photo: The News archive

4. Portsmouth and Southsea in 1900
The old chain ferry linking Portsmouth and Gosport in 1900. Running from the end of Broad Street, Old Portsmouth, to Gosport Hard, this floating bridge operated across the harbour for 119 years. Photo: The News archive