My family holidayed in Southsea every year when I was a youngster. Late 1940s into the 50s. We resided in Reading & travelled by Smiths coaches. The children's area I remember so well, the mini train, the footbridge over the line, the seating area my Mum & Dad nestled into. Relatives from Woking & Basingstoke would come down & we would gather together for a day during that fortnight. Great memories. In future years my wife & I would bring our own children down. Always great fun.

Great film, also I love the projector sound, it reminds me of when my Dad would show us movies at home.

To Peter White. We are Same age. I lived in Pompey also. School Albert Road, Southsea.

So many memories. The Canoe Lake and the trains. I'm only about five years younger than the little girl in the footage.

I really enjoyed watching this. My parents (Joan and Wilson Halliday) were members all their lives and I spent a lot of time at the club in the late 1950s/early 1960s. Spotted my father and sister briefly at a picnic. Thank you for sharing this,

recollections of my childhood in late, forties, early fifties. Remember the bomb sites around Elm Grove etc.

Fantastic place ❤

I miss Southsea ❤

No rainbow people

That slide @ 3:00 wouldn't be the one that's now in the kids playground near the lighthouse is it?

Loved this! My favorite beach.

Do you have anymore of the Sally Army videos? I have family on them.....

Not a mobile phone in sight, people just enjoying the moment 👏🏻

Fantastic video. Amazing how not much has changed if you really look hard. Thanks 😊

Jesus, how many accidents waiting to happen can you fit into four minutes?? Eighty-odd years later, Health & Safety would have a field day. And the woke brigade would be shitting their panties.

Brings back memories of happy hours at Jackson's Bay when visiting my dad's family in Redbrink Cres. Also catching one of the Queens from the pontoon as briefly shown in one clip.

When I was about 10 back in the very early 1960s I 'worked' on the miniature railway collecting tickets. This was during the summer holidays when the place was full of holidaymakers. The driver was too busy to do it. For about 3 hours work the 'pay' was one free train ride. I also was one of several kids who 'worked' on the pony rides next to the railway, walking the tourist kids and ponies round a short track. Our reward was one pony ride at the end of an afternoon's effort, minus someone to lead us. These were both highly prized little jobs and I had to leave home near Fratton station to walk there in good time to be at the front of the queue to do them - it was a bitter blow if I was too late to be first. We were quite poor back then and I never had money for such treats, so the thrill of being able to enjoy these expensive - 6d! - experiences was immense. My two brothers and I were very enterprising and did lots of jobs - collecting newspapers for the glass factory in Greetham St paid actual cash which we used to maintain the go cart we hauled round town collecting papers on. Lemonade bottles had a penny return if you took them to any shop that sold the pop, so we were always after those. Running to the shops for neighbours was a massive activity, but paid zero - my mother was too proud for us to get tipped for it. Consequently, I was run off my feet some days lugging bags of spuds back from the Co-op on my trusty cart. Of course, back then we were out all day without supervision and we trusted adults to be kind to us.

Poor dog

Thank you so much for sharing this. How amazing to see Roy and Cynth tie the knot xxx

Reminds me of some good days back in Chris Baileys dry dock )

Happy days I bet they look good

My mum would've only been 5 years old when this was filmed. All my family are Pompey born and bred. It would be amazing if she was one of the kids in this footage! I seem to recall riding the train 🚂 as a little toddler.

What a treat. Southerndown is very much the same although the road down is a lot better and the old mansion was demolished. This was pre world war 2! Thanks for sharing

Fantastic - many of the animals were rescued from Circus's and/or other situations like people not getting them vaccinated - on arrival from overseas - so Chessington saved them from being killed off.

This was amazing to see. Thanks so much for sharing! x

Oh wow! The hand-cranked merry go round!

My parent took me there - we caught a tram opposite the Capital Cinema down Newport Road turned up City Road ended at the bottom gate to Roath park where the trams would turn around ready to go back into town The seat on the trams where made of wooden slates.

They didn't mess about in those days did they, they even built the swings.

This is my Mum's poem about the Whitsun Treat. She lived in Tremorfa in Cardiff. THE WHITSUN TREAT - Margaret Morgan The Reverend said when we met in the street “If you don’t come to church, you’ll be sorry For you won’t get a ticket to the Whitsun Treat And you won’t get a ride on the lorry”. So there we were on Sunday night All dressed in our fine Whitsun clothes Up on the platform behind the pulpit We stood in neat little rows. The Reverend said a blessing He said “It’s nice to see you here I only wish it was every Sunday Instead of just once a year”. Mam swore he was looking at us when he said it And she said “You’re not going again”, But on Monday she had us up early And down at the church by ten. She wrote my name on my ticket And pinned it to my frock Then she tied my money in a hankie And stuffed it in my sock. (Well knickers don’t rhyme with frock!) The day was bright and sunny As we leaned against the wall Watching them fill the lorry With benches they took from the hall. Then off we went to St Mellons Behind The Fox and Hounds The Pub itself - the Reverend said- Was strictly out of bounds. But Dad and Mr Foley went - They went about eleven They were very merry by half past one And paralytic by seven. Meanwhile, we had the races Three-legged and Egg and Spoon Then the boys rode a race on their father’s back It was just like a scene from High Noon. We had a mug of milk and a sticky bun Which they served in the big Marquee And later on, a bottle of pop And a piece of slab cake for tea. Soon the day was over And we climbed back on the lorry Dad snored all the way home And Mam said he’d be sorry. Oh yes we had a marvellous time A really lovely day It beats all those trips to a foreign clime No matter what they say. I think of all the children Going off by car or plane To spend their Whitsun holidays On the sunny coast of Spain. Just think what they are missing As they lie there in the sun Stingy nettles and cowpats And a great big sticky bun!

My dad would have been 6. I loved the park when I was a kid and my kids love the park. Lost my dad a couple of years ago. Hope all these children had a wonderful life. I still think that was the best era to live in.

Soo thankful that people filmed days out, wonderful, most of it haven't changed but than heaven they put the slide somewhere safer lol

This brought back wonderful memories of my visit to Portsmouth in 1955, age 8. I remember travelling on the paddle steamers to the Isle of Wight and going on the Southsea miniature railway but I had forgotten about the small motorboats. They were great fun to go on. This was a time when the Rock Gardens were magnificent and lines of different coaches were parked near to South Parade pier giving trips to places like Minehead and Bridgewater.

My parents would have been 15 at the time, and my father lived not far in Crwys Road.

I think that was the old car ferry from Old Portsmouth to Gosport that existed in my childhood - I was born in Portsmouth in 1954, and grew up in Gosport. It saved a long, long car journey all around the back of the harbour.

3:00 onward was filmed at South Parade Pier- at 3:;48 you see an easterly view and in the distance, the clock tower of Eastney Royal Marine barracks can be seen- the barracks is now housing. South Parade Pier was burned down during the filming of "Tommy" in 1974 and some of the fire was incorporated into the film- a scaled down new version was built.

Brilliant footage. I remember it well 😄 I rode on that a couple of times in the 50s when the steam engine was still working.

Brilliant video! I remember driving one of those boats on Canoe Lake, Southsea when I was a little boy. Thank you.

i remember this

my grandad was skipper Fred Setterfield, memories

The train used to still run in the 80s

Awesome footage👍😊

I am curious how it [the video or film] was converted to be uploaded.

What a lovely time this must of been, no race arguments, religious arguments just white indigenous Christian people going about their British business in their own country that is Britain. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

At least the old chain ferry works better than the one in Cowes (£3.5 million in 2019 - its now 2020 and its been out of action for three months to date).

I recognise many of these people. Grangetown Baptist is my home church and my mother was born in 1935 - Valerie Mayne. Her father is Herbert Mayne and he was Superintendent of the Sunday School. You can see him starting some of the races!

Grey skies and blustery winds: it must be summer!

Wonderful memories - my grandad was a trawler skipper for many years in Milford - sad to see it now

Ugh boring

Mum & Dad were born there. I'd like to think they're walking around Canoe Lake, 10 years before I was born. Such happy times.. Grandma lived in Chich Road. We lived in Allen's Road.

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