The photographs in this fascinating collection enable the reader to explore the differences that passing time has wrought on the urban landscape of Portsmouth & Southsea & place unrecognisable scenes in context in place & time. Archive images including Victorian scenes Edwardian postcards & unique colour photographs from the 1960s & 70s are compared & contrasted with a similar view today. These absorbing images from professional & amateur photographers include many street scenes alongside subjects ranging from a military band at Clarence Barracks in the 1910s commercial shipping at the Camber in the 1930s Billy Smarts circus in the 1950s & Dockyard pickets in the 1970s. Portsmouth Through Time is sure to evoke a wealth of personal memories & interest to anyone who knows & loves the city & would enjoy a trip into its recent past.