Time gentlemen per-lease! Step back in time with Portsmouth breweries | Nostalgia

By Debz Croker

Published 30th Aug 2021, 20:30 GMT

One of the spin-offs for Portsmouth being the home of the Royal Navy was the number of pubs in the city – almost one on every corner it seemed like.

And of course, where you have pubs, you need breweries to supply them. To see the full collection of Portsmouth-area brewery pictures go to portsmouth.co.uk and tap the Retro tab at the top.

A huge boiler being pulled through the gates of Long's Brewery in Hambrook Street, Southsea. Boiler explosions were a regular occurrence in earlier times and Long's suffered a heavy boiler blow-out in March 1870 which killed two brewery workers and a dray horse.

placeholder image — A huge boiler being pulled through the gates of Long's Brewery in Hambrook Street, Southsea. Boiler explosions were a regular occurrence in earlier times and Long's suffered a heavy boiler blow-out in March 1870 which killed two brewery workers and a dray horse.

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Time gentlemen per-lease! Step back in time with Portsmouth breweries | Nostalgia

One of the spin-offs for Portsmouth being the home of the Royal Navy was the number of pubs in the city – almost one on every corner it seemed like.

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