There are some great old images in this selection including collier Pompey Powerarriving at her unloading dock opposite the power station and ‘Pompey Light’ in dock, where the Isle of Wight car ferry now leaves from.
You will see what happened inside the bunker at Fraser & White Ltd the coal merchants and the horse drawn coal wagons lining up and being loaded outside in East Street.
Also featuring is a fantastic aerial of the Old Portsmouth Power Station around 1948 and a few images of the sailors that used to coal the ships at the quayside.
13. Coal in the past
A collier tied up alongside the Camber dock, a long gone scene at the Camber, Old Portsmouth now.We can also see Nyassa the Bell & Co steam vessel registered in Cowes making her way out to the harbour. Picture: Barry Cox collection Photo: The News archive
14. Coal in the past
Relaxing after coaling ship.Long before the days of oil and nuclear powered ships, coaling was the order of the day. Picture: Courtesy of George Milliner. Photo: The News archive
15. Coal in the past
Fraser & Whites Ltd coal merchants. The poster in the widow explains how coal gas can kill! Picture: Mick Franckeiss Photo: The News archive
16. Coal in the past
Residents celebrate VE Day in Clarence Square, Gosport, May 1945. Clarence Wharf, Fraser & White Coal Merchants building is on the right. Photo: The News archive