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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13. Portsmouth shops from the past
Samuel Knight outside his bakery in Arundel Street, Fratton. Picture sent in by Katy Daniels. The bakery shop in Arundel Street which belonged to Katy Daniels grandfather. Photo: The News archive
14. Portsmouth shops from the past
Olive Ray (right) outside the Nimble Ninepence shop in Clarendon Street, Landport, Portsmouth Photo: The News archive
15. Portsmouth shops from the past
Alfred Baxter (right) in 1926 outside the blacksmiths shop in Old Portsmouth. Photo: The News archive
16. Portsmouth shops from the past
C A Wake, Open all hours - the shop on the corner of Hampton Street and South Brighton Street, Southsea, in July 1965. Photo: The News archive