After suffering damage during the war, the Guildhall was reopened by the Queen in 1959. Modern development makes an identical view impossible to how it looked back in 1930, but in the square the tram shelter has gone, as have the trees and the Guildhall minarets.
This photograph was scanned from a book titled Portsmouth Past and Present by Anthony Triggs.
This picture was taken at Easter of 1930, and shows the popular fair on the hill slopes.