Portsmouth's key role in Queen's Silver Jubilee | Nostalgia
A fleet review at Spithead, a walkabout in Portsmouth and dozens of street parties – in June 1977 the city, and indeed the nation, celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Queen acceding to the throne.
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