Peter Harris on the scoresheet, Marilyn Monroe on the pier - Portsmouth in the '50s | Nostalgia

By Chris Owen

Published 30th Jul 2020, 18:23 BST

What are your memories of Portsmouth in the 1950s?

Here is a collection of pictures to take you back to those post-war days seven decades ago.

Southsea girls who entered a Marilyn Monroe competition at South Parade Pier in a summer of the late 1950s.

placeholder image — Southsea girls who entered a Marilyn Monroe competition at South Parade Pier in a summer of the late 1950s.

To see a further 23 cracking images in this gallery, click here and be transported back in time.

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