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We're trying to find a physical copy of the June 1983 issue of Hard Core; The Journal of the British Apple Systems User Group, for reasons that may be obvious when you see the cover.

If you have a copy, or know someone who might, please let us know!

Inside the Odeon Cinema, North End, Portsmouth, 1936. 🎬

Link to view image on our website: https://bygone.co.uk/archive/odeon-north-end-inside-seating-view.615/

ID: The stunning interior of a large screen room of a cinema with grid panels and art deco bas-relief designs. There are two levels of seating, a dress circle and upper circle, and a silk curtain is elegantly draped over the screen.

Odeon North End - Inside / seating view

Southsea Model Village, Portsmouth. Circa 1960s. 👩‍🌾🐖🐴
Gifford Series Postcard.

How sweet is this charming postcard of a young girl admiring a farmyard in Southsea Model Village!

Link to view image on our website: https://bygone.co.uk/archive/southsea-model-village-circa-1960s.1810/

ID: A young girl wearing a long skirt and cardigan with a squirrel on it is crouched down by a model village of a farmyard scene. A model of a farm boy with a horse stands near the large stables on the left whilst a handful of model pigs are rooting in a central patch of dirt, encircled by barns, coops and small buildings.

Southsea Model Village. Circa 1960s. Young girl admires Southsea Model Village of a farmyard. Gifford Series.

Post Office, Waterlooville, Havant. Circa 1911. 📮

Link to view image on our website: https://bygone.co.uk/archive/waterlooville-post-office.966/

ID: Landscape of a house with a post office shop front, and a little dog lying down outside the entrance door. The building’s frame reads, Waterlooville Post Office, G.C.Pook, Stationer & Bookseller.

Waterlooville, Post Office Waterlooville, Post Office

Elephants outside the Elephant and Castle, Sultan Road, Portsmouth. Circa early 1900s. 🐘

It is not known if these were promotional elephants or the proprietors at the time. 😝😉

The Elephant and Castle dated back to 1877 and was sadly demolished in 2001.

Link to view image on our website: https://bygone.co.uk/archive/elephants-outside-the-elephant-and-castle-sultan-road.792/

ID: Two large elephants are standing outside a corner pub, a man in a bolar hat stands between them. The smaller elephant's trunk is investigating a metal bucket that a white man is holding. A large group of school children are gathered round to see the elephants along with policemen controlling the event. To the right a tall man, in rather extravagant dress, who looks to be the schoolmaster is standing next to the elephants.

Elephants outside the Elephant and Castle, Sultan Road It is not known if these were promotional elephants or the proprietors at the time.

Bargate, Southampton. Circa late 60s, early 70s.
Image scanned from the Batsford Colour Book of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight by John Norwood, published 1975. The image is by A. F. Kersting.

The statue is of George III in Roman dress. The bargate is a Norman building and was once part of the fortified city walls.

Link to view image on our website: https://bygone.co.uk/archive/bargate-southampton.1622/

ID: A large stone medieval bargate with an arched entrance and arched windows that leads onto a highstreet. There is a small stone carving and a bell at the top left, a British flag waves centrally above.

South Parade Pier by Moonlight, Southsea, 1935 🌕

Link to view image on our website: https://bygone.co.uk/archive/south-parade-pier-by-moonlight.1103/

ID: A group of children are joyfully playing amongst glittering waves by a pier, the sea and their bodies enhanced by the shimmer of the moon above, piercing through a cover of graphite clouds.

South Parade Pier by Moonlight

John Pounds Workshop, Highbury Street, Old Portsmouth / reconstruction of John Pounds Workshop in John Pounds Church, High Street, Old Portsmouth. Circa early 1900s and 2023. 📖✍️🌸

This isn’t quite a regular then and now but thought it a nice way to shed light on John Pound’s story as although the original workshop no longer exists, a lovely reconstruction of his workshop sits splendidly in the memorial garden of John Pounds Church. The building, built to original size, is tiny, only 7 feet wide and sixteen feet deep and it has just two rooms, one upstairs a bedroom and one downstairs, which was the workshop, schoolroom and living room all in one. The workshop can be visited via the church. A memorial stone also sits in the garden to honour John Pounds.

John Pounds (June 17, 1766 – January 1, 1839) was a teacher and altruist born in Portsmouth, and the man most responsible for the creation of the concept of Ragged schools. After Pounds' death, Thomas Guthrie (often credited with the creation of Ragged Schools) wrote his Plea and proclaimed John Pounds as the originator of this idea.

John Pounds was crippled after falling into a dry dock at Portsmouth Dockyard in his teens, and thereafter made a living as a cobbler. He taught poor and homeless children Reading, Writing and Arithmetic at his small shop located in Highbury Street. Revered for his altruism and as a result, numerous places in Portsmouth are named after him.

Link to view image on our website: https://bygone.co.uk/archive/unknown-man-outside-john-pounds-shop-highbury-street-old-portsmouth.149/

ID: Image 1: A man wearing an apron and hat stands outside a small, thin two storey workshop building on a street. Image 2: A reconstruction of the same building, the first floor shows red brick whilst the second floor has wooden beams. There are large square lattice windows and pots brimming with plants and flowers outside.

Elm Road / Malins Road, Centaur Inn. Circa possibly 1960s. 🧍‍♂️🐎

The Centaur Inn was built in 1888 and had a ceramic centaur over the corner door. Sadly the pub was demolished in 1972.

Link to view image on our website: https://bygone.co.uk/archive/elm-road-malins-road-centaur-inn.370/

ID: A large pub sits on the right hand corner of a crossroads. It has a statue of a centaur above the corner door and a sign in painted letters reads: Centaur Inn. Brickwood & Co’s Brilliant Ales. The surrounding road and pavements are glossy from fresh rainfall and there are a few people and children walking about.

Elm Road / Malins Road, Centaur Inn Shows the Centaur Inn pub.

Demolition at Waterloo Street, Portsmouth. Taken between 1963-1975. 🔨
Photo by Martin Hulbert, reproduced with kind permission.

Link to view image on our website: https://bygone.co.uk/archive/demolition-at-waterloo-street-portsmouth.856/

ID: A row of terraced houses have been gutted out and stand glumly, amidst piles of debris, awaiting demolition.

Demolition at Waterloo Street, Portsmouth. Taken some time between 1963 and 1975. Photo by Martin Hulbert, reproduced with kind permission.

Cumberland Tavern, Eastney, Portsmouth. Circa late 1960s. 🍺

This pub dated back to 1865 and was originally known as Fort Cumberland Tavern. Located at 130 Eastney Road The Cumberland Tavern sadly closed in 1989 and met with the same fate as many other lost pubs it was converted into flats.

Link to view image on our website: https://bygone.co.uk/archive/cumberland-tavern-eastney-portsmouth.828/

ID: A lady is pushing a pram outside a large curved building on a street corner. It is a brick building with long rectangular windows and a touch of art deco on the doors of the entrances either side as well as minor brick details. An array of music posters are fastened in the front entrance windows and large letter signs above which read: Brickwoods Fully Licensed. The Cumberland Tavern.

Cumberland Tavern, Eastney, Portsmouth Located at 130 Eastney Road.