A famous Portsmouth street in pictures | Nostalgia

Edinburgh Road, Portsmouth, is one of the most famous and certainly most recognisable streets in the city.

We have been rooting around in the archives for pictures showing the street in good times and bad.

The bar at the Trafalgar Institute, Edinburgh Road. Picture: Barry Cox postcard collection.placeholder image
The bar at the Trafalgar Institute, Edinburgh Road. Picture: Barry Cox postcard collection.

To see the whole collection, click here.

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