Remember the wonder of Woolies in Cascades? See our pictures from 1990 Portsmouth | Nostalgia

We go back 32 years to 1990 today for a series of fascinating pictures from The News archive showing the ever-changing face of Portsmouth.

Just look at Cascades, isn’t it sparkling? Looks almost new doesn’t it?

That’s because it was.

The under-cover shopping complex which joined Commercial Road to The Tricorn had opened on September 26, 1989, about six months before our picture was taken.

The old shops inside the Cascades shopping centre off Commercial Road, Portsmouth, 1990. Picture: The News PP5571placeholder image
The old shops inside the Cascades shopping centre off Commercial Road, Portsmouth, 1990. Picture: The News PP5571

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