Southsea, Battery Rock Gardens c.1965
Photo ref:
S161122
Photo ref:
S161122
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This was a time when the Beatles and the Rolling Stones could be heard from crackly car radios. The music might have changed, but the scenery hasn't. It is another very hot summer, with sunglasses a common sight, and hundreds gather to worship the sun. Two ladies model the latest conservative fashions, handbags in hand.
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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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