Last Saturday saw the last day of trading for Knight & Lee at Southsea. The store had reopened after the war on Monday, September 24, 1956, on the corner of Osborne Road and Palmerston Road and the frontage changed little since that day.
Here’s a pre-1935 scene at the junction of London Road and Purbrook Heath Road, Purbrook. Running along the centre of the road are the tram lines of the Portsdown and Horndean Light Railway.
I can only imagine that the long exposure needed for this glass plate photograph was the cause of its appearance, right. Perhaps snow collected on the lens.
The amazing photograph, right, was sent to me by Eddy Amey. It was taken at Cosham railway gates way back in 1904 where 60 shop assistants took part in a walking race.
The photographs of the Camber I published recently have certainly caused some interest. In the shot, right, we see two ships on the slipway of Vospers with White Hart Road to the left.
Regulars in the Bridge Tavern must have thought they were seeing things when this hovercraft roared past. It must have been an amazing sight back in the 1960s when the vessel made its way past the pub alongside the Camber, Old Portsmouth.
Last Thursday I published a photograph of the celebrations taking place in Boulton Road, Southsea, back in 1935 to mark the 25th anniversary of King George V coming to the throne.
With the visit of President Trump still in mind I have been sent a photograph by Pat Daly, the son of the late Sir Denis and Lady Margaret Daly. It shows the chief adviser to Franklin D Roosevelt, Harry Hopkins, during a visit to Portsmouth along with Lady Margaret.
How on earth did that happen? It’s amazing, but we are half way through another year already. But we gardeners plan ahead all the time so a lovely little job in the next few days is to repot cyclamen to get them into flower again during the winter.
