Matelot's taste of pub life 100 years after Trafalgar

Portchester Civic Society unveils its annual exhibition of pictures and photographs called Portchester Past in the foyer of the library/health centre in West Street on Saturday.
By The Newsroom
Published 30th Mar 2016, 06:00 BST
Updated 30th Mar 2016, 08:03 BST
ENTENTE CORDIALE The Crown Inn probably taken in 1905 when the French fleet visited Portsmouth as it shows a French matelot at the door, standing alongside the innkeeper.ENTENTE CORDIALE The Crown Inn probably taken in 1905 when the French fleet visited Portsmouth as it shows a French matelot at the door, standing alongside the innkeeper.
ENTENTE CORDIALE The Crown Inn probably taken in 1905 when the French fleet visited Portsmouth as it shows a French matelot at the door, standing alongside the innkeeper.

The exhibition is free.

It will be open from 10am until 1pm on Saturday; 10am to 5pm from Monday, April 4 until April 8, and 10am until midday on April 9.

And here are four pictures of Castle Street stretching back to the 1880s, to get you in the mood.

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