The May Day sunshine made the perfect excuse for a trip to Southsea.
Visitors came from near and far, enjoying the weather and even indulging in an ice cream – when in Rome after all!
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The News sent our photographer down to Southsea seafront to capture the bank holiday sun.
Here are 13 photos of people loving life down by the sea earlier.
Make sure to click through all the pages of our gallery below.
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Pictured is: (l-r) Noga Chandler from Liphook with Liz Burges from Liss. Picture: Sarah Standing (020522-5398) Photo: Sarah Standing
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Emma Struthers from South Wales, visiting her daughter who is at the University of Portsmouth. Picture: Sarah Standing (020522-3331) Photo: Sarah Standing
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Yasmin Kalantar with her husband Iman Mohagheghian and their daughter Bahar Mohagheghian (10). Picture: Sarah Standing (020522-3320) Photo: Sarah Standing
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Families enjoying the bank holiday Monday along Southsea seafront and Old Portsmouth on Monday, May 2. Picture: Sarah Standing (020522-5430) Photo: Sarah Standing