Photo memories of one of Portsmouth's best-known roads

Today, a memory lane called Osborne Road, Southsea, and its plethora of little independent stores – many of them food related.

We’ve been down in the vaults again and come up with a collection of 19 old pictures of this famous street.

A snowy day in Osborne Road in 1998. You can still see some Christmas decorations.placeholder image
A snowy day in Osborne Road in 1998. You can still see some Christmas decorations.

Bon appetit.

• A message from the editor, Mark Waldron.

Shoppers heading into jeweller Dimmers in Osborne Road, Southsea, November 1989.placeholder image
Shoppers heading into jeweller Dimmers in Osborne Road, Southsea, November 1989.

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