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The city of Portsmouth is rich in history, maritime and otherwise, but a Horndean man claims that not enough has been done to inform the ordinary holidaymaker.

Mr. Nicholas Pine says no commercial guidebook on Portsmouth’s history is produced by the city, so he has commissioned local historian, Mr. Ronald Brown, of Gosport, to write a guide. More than 1,000 copies were sold on the first day by bookshops, hotels, car hire firms, ferry operators and major department stores.

Not only Portsea Island, but Hayling, Gosport, Titchfield, Portchester and Portsdown Hill are described in the 56-page booklet with 31 photographs and engravings.