Archive pictures of Commercial Road, Portsmouth | Nostalgia

From its boundary with Southsea, through Landport and on to Mile End and Kingston, Commercial Road is the most famous street in Portsmouth.

Today, of course, it is much-truncated, but there are still faint echoes of the road which was the main artery for commerce in the city.

Marks & Spencer at 169-171 Commercial Road in 1911. Picture: The Marks & Spencer Company Archive.placeholder image
Marks & Spencer at 169-171 Commercial Road in 1911. Picture: The Marks & Spencer Company Archive.

To see the whole collection of 47 Commercial Road pictures through the ages, click here.

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