So we decided to dive into our archives to find out how different they looked in the decades gone past.
You can see the photos we found in our gallery below.
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It includes images of Portsmouth and Southsea station as well as Station Street.
13. Memories of Portsmouth & Southsea railway station
A Pre-1936 photograph of Portsmouth & Southsea railway station Photo: The News archive
14. Memories of Portsmouth & Southsea railway station
Passing the signal box, a train from the dockyard passes the home signal and comes onto the main line at Portsmouth & Southsea railway station High Level. Photo: The News archive
15. Memories of Portsmouth & Southsea railway station
A 1973 look along Commercial Road across to Station Street. Do you recognise yourself? Picture: News archive Photo: The News archive
16. Memories of Portsmouth & Southsea railway station
1973. The Criterion pub is flanked by the closed Claremont Tavern. A very narrow Station Street has Judds Railway Hotel on the corner with Lennox Arms at the end of the block. Photo: The News archive