Perhaps you now run a shop that is in one of the images? Or maybe you know any of these shop keepers or have a story to tell about these businesses?
Enjoy a trip down memory lane with these pictures.
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5. Portsmouth shops from the past
H Threadingham in Cosham High Street. Photo: The News archive
6. Portsmouth shops from the past
William King from Hayling Island sent in this photograph of his grandparents Mr and Mrs W Griffin, standing outside their small grocer's shop in Buckland. Photo: The News archive
7. Portsmouth shops from the past
A Portsmouth butchers in the 1920's. We are unsure of exactly where. Photo: The News archive
8. Portsmouth shops from the past
Dennis Bevan in the front of F Arnett's fish shop, High Street, Cosham. . Photo: The News archive
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