Charlotte Street Market Portsmouth (1976-1977)

Footage kindly donated by BFI (British Film Institute)

[@Chris-Top-HerB]

I got my first pair of tonic Sta-Prest from Shirt King. 41 bloody years ago !!!! For The Specials, The Selecter & Madness on the 2Tone tour, 6th November 1979 at the Guildhall. My first ever gig at 11 years old, what a night!! Ah well, time flies whether you enjoy yourself or not. I have enjoyed most of it. PLAY UP POMPEY etc etc...

[@kevinhutchinson9160]

shirt king wow thanksfor that memory

[@Chris-Top-HerB]

@@kevinhutchinson9160 No worries mate. 👍

[@chriswalford9228]

Yes every skinhead bought their gear from there. Ben sherman, shirts Doc martins and crombies Harringtons etc . More or less next to Shipps and Marks and Spencers side entrance . And across the way the rear entrance to Woolworths

[@deletebilderberg]

I saw them at Reading University on that tour. What a treat that was. Saw many great bands at the Guildhall when I went to Portsmouth Poly between 1985 and 1988. PUP!!

[@deletebilderberg]

This is solid gold!!

[@worzel1959]

This is how it looked when I was in my teens. I moved abroad in 1980 and so it always looks like this when I think of Portsmouth, thank God. Went back a few years ago... unrecognizable and the character of the city has completely changed, not for the better in my humble opinion.

[@rnorvegicus]

Good to see Dinkie Benham, at 4:33 there. I was looking out for him. Gave me my first ferret, he did. And 'The Flower Girl', 4:10. Bloody kicking myself, trying to remember her name now! My old dear was always mentioning what they'd been chatting about. A? E? Can't remember. But, she always referred to her as " ... The Flower Girl ".

[@patrickomaracou7268]

Anyone remember the Welks and Cockle lady up one of the side streets on a Saturday.

[@Helen-gw1ie]

Thanks for sharing. Use to hang around there as a kid.

[@jimrichmond4734]

Me too, late 50s early 60s though.

[@catherinebirch2399]

Wasn't there a Fine Fare supermarket in Charlotte st? I used to work there when I was 20.

[@funkyprepper]

wow

[@deanbeck6223]

I remember it like that

[@derekjennings220]

The good old days

[@bobritasue]

really ? i think the new good days will be better for humans

[@lizairdrie1565]

Anyone remember john naylor. ( known as Flash) looking for a photo or video of him as he was my natural father. Born 1935. Died 1985. Used to have an ice cream van round.

[@PhilbyFavourites]

I went to school in Portsmouth with Andy Naylor - 70 - 76. Never seen him since though

[@roytaylor3890]

What was the shop that is now subways, I know it was next to samuels ?.???

[@truthfulfreedomfighter9123]

Do you have anything or can get any footage of the lido please? That would be incredible

[@buitoni123456789]

anyone else notice exclusively white faces everywhere ?? !!

[@kazwoo1]

That's what it was like back then in Portsmouth, very different from London

[@andycole366]

Well it is a predominantly white country. Well, was. Haha

[@Tin_Man1]

Great to look back. I remember Shirt King and the Tricorn. Where are all the black people? Good days.

[@richardlockwood8430]

Who remembers the village ?

[@hilltop9098]

@@richardlockwood8430 yes, feels like it was yesterday.