Nostalgia

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John Lewis teases 2024 Christmas advert with first look

Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder return for "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice," out in cinemas this weekend. But what happened to the rest of the original cast after it's release?

The cast of "Beetlejuice" then and now, as the sequel opens in cinemas

We made mocktails using the SodaStream Art and it was so much fun!

SodaStream Art brought back happy memories of my 80s childhood

John Junior with The Sugar Free Polo Mints (green and white) from 1997 and a modern day packet of Sugar Free Polo Mints.

'Still minty fresh': I found a 27-year-old pack of Polos in a drawer

Portsmouth Football Club’s photographic heritage is to be celebrated at a special exhibition at the University of Portsmouth in August in what will be the closing event of the club’s 125th anniversary season.

Photographic exhibition to celebrate Pompey FC's 125 anniversary

(Right, top to bottom) The Prodigy, Right Said Fred and Metallica all had chart success, but not enough to topple the 16 weeks Bryan Adams (left) spent at the top of the UK singles chart. Who else did the singer hold off during his reign? (Getty Images)

What songs did Bryan Adams keep off the top spot for 16 weeks?

The 7 most nostalgic school dinner classics that you’ll remember if you grew up in the 1990s.

The 7 school dinner classics you'll remember if you grow up in the 90s

T'Pau, pictured here in 1988, are set to tour the UK in late 2024, with the majority of their dates in support of The Human League's "Generations" tour. (Credit: Dave Hogan/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Iconic ‘80s pop act announce comeback with major UK tour

Retro Rewind event returns to Port Solent on Saturday, July 6, with a day of dancing to vintage tunes in store.

Free retro event returns with vintage live music and dancing

Cadbury are bringing back a popular chocolate treat just in time for Christmas.

Cadbury to relaunch popular 1990s chocolate bar in the UK

These are the top 10 nostalgic sweet treats of the nation

Will Young has a big 2024 planned (Photo: Jamie Noise 2024)

Will Young on new album and missing his dogs as he announces huge tour

The result of the train crash at Farlington Junction on July 23, 1894.

12 amazing old images from Farlington's past

Taking place in Southsea on August 23, 24 and 25 the three-day event is one of the biggest and best our city has to offer. The festival features music, comedy, food and drink and children's activities to make sure there is something for everyone. Headliners include Fat Boy Slim, Snow Patrol and Biffy Clyro. Information at www.victoriousfestival.co.uk

Victorious Festival announces more artists for 2024 lineup

Former pop star presents the top 15 flashbacks in fashion

The one-bedroom luxury apartment in the former headquarters of Cadbury's in Bournville Lane, Birmingham, is on the market for 145,000

Cadbury brings back fan-favourite chocolate after nearly 10 years

Cabdury is bringing back one of its much love festive chocolates for Christmas this year

Chelsie Sewell

Top 9 celebrity perfumes to make you feel nostalgic

The morning after the bomb dropped. I think this is Trafalgar Street with Conway Street crossing at the top of the road. Picture: The News

Nostalgia – the single bomb that killed 15 people just before Christmas 1940

S Club 7 pictured in 2014 - (L-R) Bradley McIntosh, Tina Barrett, Jo O’Meara, Hannah Spearitt, Paul Cattermole, Rachel Stevens and Jon Lee. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)

S Club 7 confirm 2023 reunion tour on BBC’s The One Show

Silver Jubilee 1977 Portsmouth: The Queen on her walkabout in Commercial Road. Picture: The News Portsmouth.

The Queen's 1977 Silver Jubilee visit to Portsmouth | Nostalgia

Pompey bring home the FA Cup and parade it around the city, Sunday, May 18, 2008. Picture: Malcolm Wells 082235-5585.

’Arry and his Pompey lads bring home the FA Cup on the most famous bus tour of a...

W Pink was a famous Portsmouth grocery firm with an empire of 42 branches.

Portsmouth vans and their livery down the decades | Nostalgia

A collie herding sheep along Goldsmith Avenue, Fratton.

Goldsmith Avenue, Fratton – where sheep may safely graze | Nostalgia

Deck the wards... Christmas 1949 on a men's ward at Queen Alexandra Hospital, Cosham.

A host of Christmases past in Portsmouth | Nostalgia

The magnificent St Paul’s Church, Southsea. Destroyed by the Luftwaffe in January 1941

Yet more Portsmouth buildings either destroyed by the Germans - or by fire | Nos...

Laburnum Grove, North End, Portsmouth. Laburnum Grove (AKA Lavatory Lane or Brass Button Alley) - Many of the houses in Laburnum Grove are faced with a white glazed brick. These were left over from the building of The Blackwall Tunnel in 1896 and bought by local builder Peter Briggs for a farthing each.

Ever wondered why this distinctive city street was nicknamed Lavatory Lane? | No...

The Queen visiting the D-Day map room at Southwick House in 1973.

D-Day: Secret room in country house near Fareham that would change history | Nos...

In 1944, in the months leading up to D-Day, Southwick House, north of Fareham, became the headquarters of the main allied commanders.

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Redhill crossroads at the Staunton Arms, Rowlands Castle, later known as the Staunton Crossroads, circa 1928. Picture: George Barrett collection

Crossroads: Dodgy acting and wobbly sets or the intersection of two roads? | Nos...

Broad Street, Old Portsmouth, about 1910.

Fascinating historic pictures of Broad Street, Old Portsmouth | Nostalgia

The Camber Dock, Old Portsmouth, taken from the top of the cathedral bell tower circa 1930. Picture: costen.co.uk

Portsmouth in the 1930s | Nostalgia picture special

The fairground on the slopes of Portsdown Hill, 1930. It was located to the west of the old A3.

Are you going to Portsdown fair? Parsley sage... | Nostalgia

Street party at Lower Bere Wood, Waterlooville, in May 1995 celebrating 50 years since VE Day.

Havant and Waterlooville from the 1990s | Nostalgia picture special

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Nostalgia picture special – local football team groups, 1984/85

HMS Delight on the starboard quarter with HMS Dainty manoeuvring astern. Picture: Tim King

HMS Dainty sabotaged in Portsmouth Dockyard | Nostalgia

HMS Defender arriving in Portsmouth, her new home, in ????????.

A look back at career of Royal Navy destroyer HMS Defender | Nostalgia

The Queen at Portsmouth naval base to meet HMS Invincible on her return from the Falklands war, September 1982. Picture: The News PP4048

Queen and Prince Charles were just two high-profile Portsmouth visitors in 1982 ...

Ice creams for less than a shilling. There was a time when a cornet cost 1d and a wafer 2d. Clarence Esplanade, Southsea, before the Second World War.

Just a penny for a cornet on Southsea prom | Nostalgia

Road signs being removed in Cosham so any German invaders would not know where they were. Picture: Mike Beel collection

Portsmouth street signs come down in bid to baffle German invaders | Nostalgia

Part of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery, Thorney Island. Picture: Edwin Amey.

Lest we forget... 'some corner of a foreign field' works both ways | Nostalgia

The damaged bow of HMS Wakeful after a three-ship collision. Picture: Tim King collection.

More red faces in Portsmouth dockyard as three warships go crazy | Nostalgia

Four camping tramcars at Fishers Camp, Fishery Lane, Hayling Island. Picture: Barry Cox postcard collection.

The perfect staycation... camping in old trams | Nostalgia

A survivor from the Battle of Trafalgar, the Duguay Trouin, left, renamed Implacable, alongside Foudroyant at Portchester Trot.

Sheer vandalism - Trafalgar veteran blown to pieces | Nostalgia

The cellar under Hill House, Bedhampton. Picture: The News archive

Was contraband smuggled through tunnel leading from this cellar? | Nostalgia

Pictured in Crofton Road, Milton, is the horse and cart belonging to Arthur Edward Shrubsole (Ted) who delivered all around the Milton area between 1935-55. The picture belongs to Doreen Watts who remembers the horse walking along the street and stopping at each customer's house. He knew the round better than Ted it seems.

Old pictures from Milton, Portsmouth | Nostalgia

After the power station chimneys had been dismantled brick by brick the main structure was brought down by explosives. Portsmouth power station, Gunwharf Road, July 1983. Picture: PP467 The News, Portsmouth Archive.

Light go out in giant old Portsmouth power plant | Nostalgia

With a bomb site on the left, this is the top of North Street, Portsea. The Duke of Edinburgh pub is on the right.

A Portsea childhood remembered | Nostalgia

Remember these big old things? A jukebox in an unidentified Portsmouth Pub in August 1989. Picture: The News PP3663

Portsmouth in 1989 - picture special | Nostalgia

South Parade Pier on fire, July 19, 1904. Picture: The News PP4143

Fire-dogged South Parade Pier - a pictorial history | Nostalgia

The official opening of Baffins Road, Copnor, on March 16, 1929. Picture: Mick Cooper postcard collection.

Historic pictures of one of Portsmouth's self-contained communities | Nostalgia

Southsea’s 'Berlin Wall' demolished. Who remembers the wall that divided Morley Road, Southsea? Picture: The News archive.

Working class riff raff let in as Southsea's Berlin Wall comes down | Nostalgia

Heywood’s cycle shop at 270/272 Lake Road. The Square Deal shop was next door. Picture: Courtesy of Anna Pattenden

Picture special featuring old Portsmouth shops | Nostalgia

Jutland Remembrance Day at Portsmouth Cenotaph on May 31. I have no year date for this photograph. Picture: Robert James collection.

Whatever happened to Jutland Day? | Nostalgia

When Christmas was a nightmare for butchers with sometimes hundreds of turkeys to be dressed (gutted). Picture: Paul Gentle.

What would these Portsmouth shopkeepers have made of #shoplocal? | Nostalgia

A postcard showing Marshall’s which was on the corner of Norfolk Street and Hyde Street, Southsea, pre-1939. Picture: Robert James postcard collection

Portsmouth draper who had seven shops next to each other | Nostalgia

In March 1960 the tunnel Horatio Nelson is believed to have used to reach the foreshore was uncovered. Picture: The News archive.

Portsmouth tunnel echoed to Nelson’s final footsteps on English soil | Nostalgia