Old factories in Portsmouth, Southsea, Fareham, and Chichester | Nostalgia

Do you remember these factories from across the Portsmouth area?

Perhaps you or someone you know used to work there?

Women who worked at Drings, the cardboard factory at Hilsea. Picture: Beryl Price (née Purkis).placeholder image
Women who worked at Drings, the cardboard factory at Hilsea. Picture: Beryl Price (née Purkis).

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