Southsea, Beach And The Clarence Pier 1890
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Southsea's long shingle beach is crowded with trippers. Not surprisingly, everyone in the picture is fully dressed. During the prim Victorian era, to discard even one item of clothing would have been unthinkable. Despite the shingle, patches of sand uncovered at low tide made the beach a popular attraction.
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A Selection of Memories from Southsea
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Southsea
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This is about the place on the pebbled Southsea Beach where our family always established their bit of 'turf'. There was a whole ritual to it ...setting up the blanket so it wouldn't get blown out to sea..the baskets of delicious ham sandwiches and the bottles of home made ginger ale ! My step parents always had The Times or a Penguin book at hand whilst my step grandfather, Pop, smoked his pipe and Mum, knitted. ...see more
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