South Parade Pier caught fire 11th June 1974 while shooting the film "Tommy". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Parade_Pier More information from Michael Cooper: http://www.michaelcooper.org.uk/C/sppierfire.htm

South Parade Pier, Southsea, Portsmouth, under reconstruction, early 20th century

No. 612 The South Parade Pier, Southsea. M & Co. Ltd.

Year unknown. Circa 1879. Reproduction by Hampshire County Library. Kindly submitted by Karl Bailey.

Postmarked 23-25 August 1975 Postcard kindly submitted by Jaf Yusuf, collected by his mum in the 1970s/80s.

Circa 1967. Postcard kindly submitted by Karl Bailey. The Rock Gardens, The Beach and Canoe Lake, HMS "Victory", South Parade Pier.

Dated 23 August 1949.

Dated 09/01/1904 Reproduced with kind permission from Shafeeq Wilson. Captioned: ‘Do you not think this very pretty’ Vie?

Dated 09/04/1909 Reproduced with kind permission from Shafeeq Wilson. The postcard is marked as an Oilette which is a term used by Raphael Tuck & Sons in referring to their postcard series that reproduced scenes copied from specially commissioned paintings rather than photographs.

Photograph taken by Mike Walker.

Photograph taken by Dan Berney. Reproduced with kind permission. 11th June 1974

South Parade Pier fire in 1974, article in The News.

The Pub-on-the-Briny

Aerial shot of Southsea Common and Clarence Pier.

Caption reads: "A rough sea at Southsea. Clarence Pier, and Hot Walls".