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maggiewinchester | Report | 30 Jul 2017 23:00 |
Wonderful, Sharron!! :-D :-D |
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Sharron | Report | 30 Jul 2017 22:51 |
My late mate and I sat in the pub opposite the theatre one lunchtime and, as we were saying how Southsea appeared to be in a time warp, stuck in the fifties/early sixties, a woman walked past pushing a coachbuilt pram. |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 30 Jul 2017 21:47 |
The Royal Garrison Church closed in the very early 1970's, when the Garrison moved!! |
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AnninGlos | Report | 30 Jul 2017 20:36 |
Great Maggie, I used to work with somebody whose relatives, probably parents ran the Still and West and she lived there, never went there myself, never seen the garrison church open either, didn't know they opened it. Is the fair still at Clarence? Our lunch times used to be spent sitting on the hot walls in old Portsmouth, some swam, I didn't. |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 30 Jul 2017 19:30 |
Well, strangely, I went to Southsea yesterday!! |
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RockyMountainShy | Report | 29 Jul 2017 23:18 |
Roger - didn't I tell you ! you can't trust them! |
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AnninGlos | Report | 28 Jul 2017 20:08 |
:-D :-D |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 28 Jul 2017 19:19 |
:-D :-D :-D |
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PricklyHolly | Report | 28 Jul 2017 19:01 |
Don't wait on the shrimp boat Muther...... |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 28 Jul 2017 16:22 |
Roger :-D :-D :-D :-D |
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Roger | Report | 28 Jul 2017 15:48 |
Rumour has it the Americans have already sent out a raiding party and are about to raise the Stars and Stripes over Fratton Park. Never fear, an army 18,000 strong has been raised to await the first battle which is due to kick-off at 3 pm on 5th August. |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 28 Jul 2017 15:22 |
Heaven's Light Our Guide |
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Sharron | Report | 28 Jul 2017 13:57 |
I always thought I would be glad to see the back of the Tricorn but I miss it now. |
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AnninGlos | Report | 28 Jul 2017 13:45 |
Maggie you will probably find it much changed if you do, probably sanatized. I never lived in Portsmouth but most of my Mum's siblings did so I visited frequently, we go back for a walk around but rarely get further than the harbour area where the shopping centre is. Occasionally I make out scenes I remember from when I walked from the ferry to Cambridge barracks but mostly it looks different. The area round the main gate looks the same though. Long time since we visited the Edinburgh road area. The road names are familiar to me Maggie but I can't remember where they are now. |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 28 Jul 2017 11:50 |
Ann, I lived in Southsea. initially in Wimbledon Park Road, then for a short time in Elphinstone Road, and finally in Campbell Road. |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 28 Jul 2017 10:55 |
There are only a handful of real pubs left in Portsmouth. There are at least two which don't even serve draft bitter. Thank God the Tricorn has gone. |
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AnninGlos | Report | 28 Jul 2017 10:06 |
Mmmm there were, think some of them may still be there. I was so young and innocent, and had my own sailor boy that I never went in them. Used to go in the NAAFI though, that was fun. |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 28 Jul 2017 09:52 |
1974 ish, I think, Ann. |
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AnninGlos | Report | 28 Jul 2017 09:06 |
Probably after I had left (1961) though Maggie. OH failed his first driving test which was just around lunch time in Portsmouth, for not giving way to cyclists. I think I only cycled through the area once or twice but not amongst the dockyard exit. I actually only worked in the yard twice a week, the other three days I was at Cambridge Barracks opposite the NAAFI. But was always in the area of the yard as I caught the ferry from/to gosport twice a day. |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 27 Jul 2017 22:44 |
Ah, Ann I was one of them - at home time :-D |
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