Southsea

Old pictures of Southsea

  1. Inside BlockBuster, Francis Ave, Portsmouth

    Shop interior. Year unknown, probably 80s or 90s.
  2. BlockBuster Video, Francis Ave

    Year unknown, probably 70s or 80s. This is not "The" BlockBuster, but a chain of stores that operated around the South Coast.
  3. Elephants cooling off in the sea, Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire

    Year unknown.
  4. Savoy Cafe exterior, Southsea, Portsmouth, 1920s

    The Savoy Cafe was located on South Parade, Southsea, Portsmouth. Photograph taken late 1920s.
  5. Savoy Cafe interior, Southsea, Portsmouth

    The Savoy Cafe was located on South Parade, Southsea, Portsmouth.
  6. Early 1900s map of Southsea, Portsmouth, showing East Southsea railway station

    Shows East Southsea railway station which closed in 1914. Station was renamed East Southsea in 1896 and closed upon the outbreak of WW1 in 1914.
  7. Portsmouth & Southsea Postcard

    Painted postcard of Places in Portsmouth & Southsea
  8. Arms of Portsmouth, Clarence Pier, 1907

  9. Southsea Model Village. Circa 1960s.

    Young girl admires Southsea Model Village of a farmyard. Gifford Series.
  10. The Silver Jubilee Review, Illuminated, Spithead, Southsea, 1937

  11. Southsea Common, showing Queens Hotel

    Year unknown, looks to be early 1900s.
  12. South Parade Pier reconstruction

    South Parade Pier, Southsea, Portsmouth, under reconstruction, early 20th century
  13. Canoe Lake, 1905

    CANOE LAKE 1905 This commercial postcard view shows the lake with Edwardians enjoying the sun and the water. The peaceful pleasures of the turn of the century are well illustrated in this picture. At one time the lake boasted a swannery.
  14. South Parade, 1877

    SOUTH PARADE 1877 Beach Mansions, an hotel opened in 1866, stands proudly on the waterfront at Southsea, at a time just before the building of South Parade Pier, when the area consisted mainly of Naval officers' dwellings.
  15. Creature from Southsea poster

  16. Southsea Common, postcard

    Year unknown, looks to be late 1800s or early 1900s.
  17. Kings Road, Southsea, early 20th century

    Early 20th century postcard
  18. Searchlights from Southsea Castle & Fort

    Year unknown, probably WW1 or WW2. Attribution: "sometime between 1914-1946, copyright, Edgar Ward"
  19. Queens Hotel, Southsea, after the fire, 1901

    A fire gutted the entire hotel on 8th December 1901.
  20. Campbell Road, Southsea. Street scene

    Year unknown, looks to be early 1900s

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