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New bridge swung into place between Portsmouth train stations in 1973

Traffic had to be diverted and London train services stopped short at Portsmouth & Southsea station while a new railway bridge was swung into position over Anglesea Road.

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The standards were lowered at the service held at the Guildhall, Portsmouth.

Homage to war dead in Portsmouth in 1973

In towns, villages and cities throughout Britain, people gathered to honour those who died in two world wars and campaigns since.

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Fort Gilkicker at Stokes Bay, Gosport taken by Chris Stevens-Ballard. Instagram: @cb_capture_photography'

Striking new photos give glimpse of what Gosport's Fort Gilkicker looks like today

New photos by photographer Chris Stevens-Ballard show what Fort Gilkicker looks like today after the historic landmark fell into disrepair.

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A further view of High Street, Gosport. Picture: Mick Cooper postcard collection.

High Street, Gosport, takes a breather in the days before Sunday trading

As promised, here’s another scene from Gosport and a different view along High Street. On the right is the Old Northumberland public house with the Gosport camera shop next door.

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16 historic aerial photos of Hayling Island from over the years

There are few things quite as beautiful at looking down from the sky onto the seafront of Hayling Island.

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The Bishop of Portsmouth giving a sermon at Southsea skating rink in 1922. Picture: Geoff Witte collection.

Bishop of Portsmouth preached to thousands on Southsea Common

Of all the thousands of people who attend concerts at Southsea bandstand in the summer, probably very few give a thought to the sound system.

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The City of Portsmouth Police Memorial in the Portsmouth Room at the Guildhall.

Portsmouth police officers and firefighters who made the ultimate sacrifice

Of all the remembrance services that took place during the past week perhaps one of the most poignant was the one that took place in the Portsmouth Room at the Guildhall last Friday beginning at 11am with two minutes’ silence.

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1926 Nelson's ship, HMS Victory, in dry dock but still flying the ensign. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

18 amazing Royal Navy photos from Portsmouth's past

Take a browse through some great Royal Navy photos from the past.

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A marvellous view along Gosport High Street with the India Arms pub on the left. Photo: Mick Cooper collection.

Gosport High Street... when it was bustling and thriving

As I wrote a fortnight ago, Mick Cooper has loaned me a memory stick with hundreds of photographs on.

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16 nostalgic photos showing how Fawcett Road has transformed in 50 years

Fawcett Road is one of Portsmouth’s busiest streets and is one of the key link roads between Fratton and Southsea.

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The site of the former Post Office in Commercial Road. To the rear was the sorting office. Picture: Mick Cooper collection.

Portsmouth's General Post Office demolished to change face of city centre - again

At the bottom of this photograph is what remains of Portsmouth’s old General Post Office with its sorting office along Stanhope Road. This office closed in 1977 when the new modernised building opened in Slindon Street which you can see in the top left of the picture.

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Children stage their bonfire sit-on to stop any move by the council to move it

Sit-on protest for kids’ bonfire in Gosport in 1972

More than 20 children were sitting on their firework night bonfire because they believed the council was going to demolish it.

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The ships company of HMS Ladybird in Shanghai, 1937. Ernest Fox is circled. Picture:: Derek Fox collection.

Royal Navy gunboat attacked by Japanese... in China

Sailors being drafted abroad these days usually fly but in 1936 Ernest Fox was sent by sea from Portsmouth to China to serve in the river gunboat HMS Ladybird.

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How modern-day Buckland took shape before our eyes - in 18 retro photos

The area of Buckland underwent a huge transformation during the late 60s and 70s – with thousands of people moving into newly-built homes.

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The Rev David Mahy, left, conducts the Cardinal on a tour of Portsmouth RC Cathedral. Bishop Worlock is on the right.

Canadian Cardinal visits Portsmouth in 1972

One of the Roman Catholic Church’s leading administrators – Cardinal Maurice Roy, Archbishop of Quebec – made a nostalgic whistle-stop tour to the Portsmouth area to revisit wartime haunts.

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The Hard, Portsea, Portsmouth, 1936, by artist Neil Marshall.

Portsmouth street as it was before Luftwaffe blew it apart

Up and coming artist Neil Marshall has produced another marvellous portrait of Portsmouth in time for the Christmas market. It is of the Hard, Portsea, on a crisp night in 1936.

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Respectful remembrance or partisan war-mongering? The debate continues. Picture: Shutterstock

When is Remembrance Day 2019, what does it commemorate and why do people wear poppies?

Each year, the period leading up to Remembrance Day sees red poppies suddenly appearing on the lapels of people across the UK.

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The cover of the Hayling Island branch line book showing Stroudley Terrier No 65 Preston heading a train towards Langstone, about 1908.

Hayling Billy line remembered

Since the end of the Hayling Island branch line in November 1963, yes, that really is 56 years ago, there have been numerous books about the line.

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Class 02 passing on to the dockyard branch from the High Level at Portsmouth & Southsea station in 1955. Picture: Mick Cooper collection.

Remembering Portsmouth's old dockyard branch line

Railway workings on Portsea Island were once fascinating to watch. At one time we had the line to East Southsea; the Portsmouth gasworks railway; the Hilsea industrial lines; the line across the viaduct to South Railway Jetty and, perhaps the most noticeable as it passed in front of passengers, was the old branch line to the dockyard.

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41 rarely-seen photos charting the long and proud history of Portsmouth's dockyard

Thousands of people have played a part in the long history of Portsmouth’s dockyard.

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