Southsea: From shiny dustcarts to ‘hurricanes’ via the Savoy | Nostalgia

All today’s Looking Back pictures were taken in the 1960s except the one of beach wreckage which is from October 1987.

That was captured the morning after south-east England was torn apart by a ‘hurricane’.

A fleet of Portsmouth City Council Bedford dustcarts and drain cleaners lined up on Southsea Common. They were provided by USG in 1969.placeholder image
A fleet of Portsmouth City Council Bedford dustcarts and drain cleaners lined up on Southsea Common. They were provided by USG in 1969.

To see the rest of the pictures in this Southsea gallery click here.

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