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.
17. Coal in the past
Inside one of the coal hoppers at the Camber, Old Portsmouth. Unloaded from a collier and then loaded on to lorries sometime in the 1940's /50's. The coal is being loaded into a smaller hopper so that the coalmen can load their sacks seen on the back of the steam lorry. A fascinating scene of times past when every house in the city was coalfired. Fraser and White Ltd had their head office at Town Quay, Old Portsmouth. Picture: Courtesy of Mick Franckeiss Photo: The News archive
18. Coal in the past
Paddle steamer Whippingham at anchor off Southsea beach after coaling duties is the PS Whippingham. The black ball indicates that she is at anchor. Picture: Mike Nolan collection Photo: The News archive
19. Coal in the past
Cranes and collier Seaford registered in London in the CamberThere can't be many people who can remember the cranes working in the Camber unloading coal from a collier. Picture: Graham Stevens. Photo: The News archive
20. Coal in the past
J R Wood & Co Ltd coal office at the corner of Watergate Road bombed during the blitz Photo: The News archive