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Fishing boat

Changing views

Track the changes to our seaside and compare the past and present with postcards from the past.

Ocean or dumping ground?

We use the sea as a handy dumping ground but how long can we continue trashing the waves?

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Coast

See a modern view of Portsmouth

Portsmouth is situated on a promontory with the main harbour to the west, providing close links to the Isle of Wight.

The coastline is dynamic, being composed of soft sedimentary materials. As a result the harbour becomes silted up unless it is regularly dredged. Portsmouth has always been a major naval base. The post card shows a war ship in the port with a local ferry service in the foreground, probably from the Isle of Wight. The first image shows the Port as it stood in the late 1930s.

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