15 pictures to take you back to Portsmouth in 2006

It was the year that Tony Blair announced his intention to resign as Prime Minister, Zinedine Zidane was sent off for a headbutt in the World Cup final and Casino Royale was released.

And this is what 2006 looked like in Portsmouth. We see pensioner protests, Harry Redknapp and Jim Smith at a bookies, and the much-loved food mall at Cascades in the city centre.

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Have a look through the pictures – and cast yourself back to a time before anyone had heard of an iPhone.

9. Dragon

Joanna Searle, the owner of M&J Originals handmade greeting card shop in Albert Road, Southsea, with youngsters, from left, Shannon Ellis, nine, Lauren Gibb, six, and April Sharp, seven, making dragon decorations for St George's Day celebrations (061593-0030) Photo: Michael Scaddan