Caption: After the Guildhall was gutted in the blitz the area around the huge building was fenced off as a safety precaution. Life had to continue and people are pictured here waiting for buses and going about their normal business. Across the square the Sussex Hotel stands on the corner of...

A fire gutted the entire hotel on 8th December 1901.

Photo shows Linda Hopper's mother, Valerie in front of South Parade, with Strathearn Hotel and South Parade Pier visible in the background.

Back reads "Joan with Jennifer at Windsor, 1950". Partially shows The South Western Hotel (background).

Date unknown, circa early 1900s. Reproduced with kind permission from Shafeeq Wilson

Royal Pier Hotel, Southsea Terrace, Portsmouth. Now University of Portsmouth - Rees Hall, Halls of Residence

Early 1900s between 1904-1916

On the corner of Kent Rd and Western Parade. Now flats.

The Pendragon Hotel is a former hotel in Southsea. The building occupies the site of 57-60 Clarence Parade. It started out life as four separate dwellings - Barrington House, Kensington House, Oxford House and Cambridge House [1]. These buildings were converted into "The Pendragon" boarding...