Retro

Glamour girls give Royal Navy gun runners a boost: RETRO

In February 1970 actresses Jenny Handley and Julie Ege visited HMS Excellent, Whale Island, to watch the training for the gun run.

Retro

20 photos showing just how much Guildhall Walk has changed over the years

Few parts of Portsmouth have changed quite as much over the years as Guildhall Walk.

Business

HMS Vanguard aground after just missing the Still and West pub. Photo: Roy West The News archive

'The day I pictured Portsmouth history being made’

Photographer Roy West captured one of the most famous pictures ever to appear in the Portsmouth Evening News. We look at how it all started.

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Rosemary play on Southsea Common in 1969. Dave Allen second from left.

Victorious Festival 2019 marks 50 years of rock concerts on Southsea Common

He knows more about Portsmouth’s music history than most.

Arts and Entertainment

There was hardly any room to move in the children's pool in June 1986 - the main pool was out of use.

19 stunning retro photos of Hilsea Lido to get you dreaming of a hot summer’s day

You know the drill. It’s a hot summer’s day, and there’s nowhere better to cool off than at Hilsea Lido.

People

United Services Sports Ground, Burnaby Road. Photo: Roger Young collection.

King James Gate in Old Portsmouth protected the city from invaders: RETRO

Here is another piece of treasure found among the bundle of photographs Roger Young retrieved from a skip.

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Ladbrokes and Nationwide can be seen in this photo. Date unknown.

27 rarely-seen photos showing North End's transformation in the last 50 years

Remember shopping at Safeway? Or what about Presto before that?

Business

Three little girls who attended Buckingham Palace to receive their fathers medals posthumously from the King.

Heartbreaking tale of Portsmouth children who met the King: RETRO

In 1945 three young girls were taken to Buckingham Palace to meet King George VI and be presented with medals, pictured above, posthumously awarded to the late fathers.

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Roy West alongside the iconic photograph he took of HMS Vanguard at Point, Old Portsmouth

Meet the photographer who took one of the most famous photos of Portsmouth...ever

Roy West was the chief photographer for The News. This week and next I will be telling his story.

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High rise flat in Somerstown called Cannock Lawn, although there was little lawn to be seen. Photo: John Taylor collection.

Somerstown 'slum' clearance made way for hated flats: RETRO

In the 1950s and 1960s much of the area that we now call Somerstown was demolished as it was deemed by the council to be a slum area.

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A strange form of transport in the 1920 was this Hansom cab being drawn by a goat along Southsea seafront. Photo: Jackie Baynes postcard collection.

Let a goat take you for a ride along Southsea seafront!: RETRO

I should think if the rather unusual scene, right, was recreated today the RSPCA would be after the animal's owner. For here we see a miniature hansom cab being drawn by a goat no less.

Retro

Portsmouth Dockyard tugs try to release the mighty liner, Queen Elizabeth, as the Brambles shingle bank in the Solent holds the liner prisoner. Photo: The News archive.

Solent shingle bank claims RMS Queen Elizabeth: Retro

On Tuesday, April 15, 1947 the Portsmouth Evening News reported on the liner RMS Queen Elizabeth, at that time the worlds largest ship.

Retro

Vospers fast patrol boat, Ferocity, scything through the Solent at 50 knots during a demonstration. Photo: The News archive.

Vosper's Ferocity powerboat trials in Portsmouth left onlookers gasping in awe: Retro

The Vosper fast patrol boat Ferocity I wrote about in Remember When two weeks ago brought an instant response from former News defence correspondent, Tim King.

Retro

Downton Abbey star to be guest of honour at Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth

THE Mary Rose has been announced as a finalist in The 25th Birthday National Lottery Awards – and has a special guest attending the museum to discuss the honour.

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The remains of The Bedford in Chase on the corner of The Hard and Clock Street, Portsea, the morning after it was blitzed. Picture: The News archive.

Twist of fate saved Portsmouth mum and baby from air raid cellar death

Some 12 years ago my book Portsmouth – City of Gallant Hearts was published. It recorded the many stories and anecdotes concerning the years of war in the city and I spoke to many who survived but lost family members.

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Knight & Lee on the reopening day in 1956. Note the waistline on the mannequin on the right of the stairs.

Nostalgia: Risen from the ashes of war, the store which defined Southsea

Most of Southsea’s shopping area had to be rebuilt after the war and it took decades for it to look like it does today.

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Staff at Knight & Lee celebrating the reopening of the store after the Second World War. Picture: Wright and Logan

Knight & Lee remembered: staff picture from the 1956 reopening

Last Saturday was the final day of trading for Knight & Lee at Southsea. The store reopened, after being destroyed in the Second World War, on Monday, September 24, 1956, on the corner of Osborne Road and Palmerston Road and the frontage had changed little since that day.

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The original Knight and Lee store opened in 1887 on the corner of Palmerston Road and Stanley Lane by Jesse Knight and Herbert Soden Lee.

Glamour girls give Royal Navy gun runners a boost: RETRO

20 photos showing just how much Guildhall Walk has changed over the years

'The day I pictured Portsmouth history being made’

Victorious Festival 2019 marks 50 years of rock concerts on Southsea Common

19 stunning retro photos of Hilsea Lido to get you dreaming of a hot summer’s day

King James Gate in Old Portsmouth protected the city from invaders: RETRO

27 rarely-seen photos showing North End's transformation in the last 50 years

Heartbreaking tale of Portsmouth children who met the King: RETRO

Meet the photographer who took one of the most famous photos of Portsmouth...ever

Somerstown 'slum' clearance made way for hated flats: RETRO

Let a goat take you for a ride along Southsea seafront!: RETRO

Solent shingle bank claims RMS Queen Elizabeth: Retro

Vosper's Ferocity powerboat trials in Portsmouth left onlookers gasping in awe: Retro

Downton Abbey star to be guest of honour at Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth

Twist of fate saved Portsmouth mum and baby from air raid cellar death

Nostalgia: Risen from the ashes of war, the store which defined Southsea

Knight & Lee remembered: staff picture from the 1956 reopening

Knight & Lee: memories of a Southsea institution

When Purbrook had three pubs within 100 yards - Nostalgia

When A3 through Purbook featured just a motorbike and sidecar - Nostalgia

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