Archive pictures show Portsmouth from the air

Jim Bramble was a teacher at Portsmouth Technical High School during the 1960s.

That was before it became the City of Portsmouth Boys’ School in 1975.

Commercial Road and 

Edinburgh Road, Portsmouth, the dockyard branch line and St John's Catholic cathedral. Picture: Jim Brambleplaceholder image
Commercial Road and Edinburgh Road, Portsmouth, the dockyard branch line and St John's Catholic cathedral. Picture: Jim Bramble

Two of his main hobbies were photography and flying and he would regularly take to the skies from the flying school based at the old Portsmouth Airport, taking some now-historical aerial shots of the city.

All today’s pictures were taken by him between 50 and 60 years ago.Above we see the Commercial Road and Edinburgh Road area.

A picture which shows perfectly just how densely packed the streets of the city are. In the foregorund is Copnor Road Schoolplaceholder image
A picture which shows perfectly just how densely packed the streets of the city are. In the foregorund is Copnor Road School
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