For generations pubs have been at the centre of Portsmouth's tight knit communities.
We've had a look back through the archives to find the history behind some of the city pubs that have stood for years, but have been lost in recent years.
The pub was named after the railway which ran through the middle of Cosham. It previously traded as the Rocket before being refurbished in the 1990s. Was put up for sale by 2010 and demolished in 2011 to make way for apartments.
Built in 1967 as part of the Somers Town estate. In the 1990s it became a free house but closed in early 2004 after its licensees left for Spain. The pub was later demolished and a residential block of flats was built.
Opened in the 1930s. The pub originally had two bars but when it was taken over by national firm Punch Taverns they were knocked into one. In 2009 the building was bought by the Co-operative society.
The Black Dog was a popular pub with a mock Tudor frontage. it was demolished in the early 1960s and another pub of the same name was built a few yards to the west of it. This building was demolished in 2002.
