A little jaunt on the e-scooter to three of Portsmouth’s back streets, Rugby Road, Old Commercial Road (Charles Dickens birthplace) and Broad Street. I thought I would show you the preserved cobbled streets and tram tracks that were in operation from 1901 to 1931.
I shared a pasty and custard creams with a pigeon and a seagull at the harbour entrance in Old Portsmouth. The seagull could catch too.
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Thanks for that Rob, interesting.
Glad to see them preserved Rob, so much history is lost
Wow scooter and a cobble stone road I don’t know how you do it. Have fun stay safe.
Amazing, I’ve walked over these tracks on many occasion and never thought to actually look down and consider what their history means.
Our history is all around us and hardly anyone ever notices it.
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‘The Point’ out side the Still & West was my Mums favourite place in Old Portsmouth.
Dad would bring out a couple drinks from the pub and they would sit and watch the ships going in & out of the harbour. 😁
Nice look at the old tram tracks, here in Blackpool, they are expanding the tram lines all over 🤗
Awesome bit of history down there Rob .👍thanks for sharing
this brought back memories of my childhood… my dad was on the buses and he often took me to eastney depot.. at the back was the last tram left it had wooden slatted bench seats .. and was painted in portsmouth corporation red… the destination board said fawcett rd… great vid rob