The Hard is an area of Portsmouth in Portsea. It mostly encompasses the road between the Historic Dockyard entrance and just past Portsmouth Harbour station. There is a major bus terminal at the hard, as well as ferries to Gosport. The area has several old pubs along its length. Click for more...

This shows Treadgolds in Bishop St, Portsea, comparing the view from May 2023 and an old photograph from the early 1900s. https://oddments.bygone.co.uk/then-and-now/Treadgolds/TGNew1.jpg

Shows premises of WM Treadgold in Bishop St Portsea with staff lined up outside.

Kindly submitted by Christa.

Photo by Martin Hulbert, reproduced with kind permission. Taken between 1973-1974 Under the railway bridge, at the junction of Park Road onto St George’s Road, Portsea, Portsmouth.

Photo by Martin Hulbert, reproduced with kind permission. Taken between 1973-1974 St George's Church Portsea, Harbour Church, on corner of St George's Square, Portsea, Portsmouth.

Stitched together from two photos by Martin Hulbert. Taken between 1963 and 1975. Shows: Daufman Tailors, Co op, Baun and Co, AJ Smith Barber shop.

Photo by Martin Hulbert, reproduced with kind permission.

Photo by Martin Hulbert, reproduced with kind permission.

Photo by Martin Hulbert, reproduced with kind permission.

Photo by Martin Hulbert, reproduced with kind permission.

Demolished 2008.

There were lots of "Royal Oak" pubs in Portsmouth. This one was probably in Queen Street.

This is the house that Isambard Kingdom Brunel was born in (Thanks Allypally). https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portsmouth_Britain_Street_Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel_plaque.JPG Britain Street remains, but none of the original houses appear to be still standing. Year unknown.