Ever wondered why this distinctive city street was nicknamed Lavatory Lane? | Nostalgia
The first picture today shows one of Portsmouth’s finest roads as most of us have never seen it – with not a vehicle in sight.
It’s Laburnum Grove at North End, also known rather quaintly as Lavatory Lane or Brass Button Alley .
And you may have wondered why many of the houses in this street are faced with a white glazed brick.
Well, they were left over from the building of The Blackwall Tunnel in London in 1896 and bought by local builder Peter Briggs for a farthing each… hence the Lavatory Lane nickname.
A message from the editor, Mark Waldron.
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