Southsea pub still going after all these years
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At first glance, looking at the photo on the right, you may wonder where this is. But the pub to the rear will give the game away, as will the tall building to the far left, the King’s Theatre on the corner of Exmouth Road.
As can be seen, the pub is the Lord John Russell which is still surviving I am glad to say.
It has been extended to take up the places of 14 and 16 Albert Road, Southsea, which have long since been demolished. An Indian restaurant has taken the place of number 16. The houses further on still exist.
On the corner is what is now Parmiters Antiques, although the shop is temporarily closed.
The advertising board tells patrons to the Apollo that The Land of Lorna Doone would be showing. This was a short film made in 1904 which dates the photograph nicely.
The brewery wagon is being drawn by a steam engine which has no doubt seen the end of horse-drawn brewery vehicles.
I wonder what Nestle’s paid to have the massive hoarding erected over the bedroom window of number 18?
*The photograph of the Convent of the Cross Catholic High School, right, is a complete mystery to me and the postcard owner Barry Cox. Can anyone assist us?
The building stood in Grove Road North, Southsea, but we have little information apart from that.
*I know there are many postcard collectors who read these pages and I must tell you that tomorrow (Sunday, May 14) from 10am to 3pm there is a postcard fair being held in Havant’s St Faith’s Church Hall in the Pallant, just off the south end of North Street. Entry is just a pound.
The fair is organised by former News journalist Mark Wingham and, with all the hard work involved, it needs to be a success.
I will be there with a table offering many railway photographs and historic old books. Do come along and introduce yourself, I’d love to meet you. *On May 14 1982, during the Falklands War, HMS
Glasgow was attacked by four aircraft.
One of them dropped its 1,000lb bomb that hit the ship but passed right through it, failing to explode. What a lucky crew they were.
They have a special day for meeting up, and they call it the Lucky To Be Alive Day (LTBAD). The boys are meeting this afternoon (Saturday, May 13) in the Ship Anson on the Hard, Portsea, from 1pm onwards.