In pictures - how Paulsgrove rose from ashes of the blitz on Portsmouth | Nostalgia

By Debz Croker
Published 14th Sep 2021, 09:58 BST
Looking west along a newly-built Allaway Avenue, Paulsgrove. Picture: Barry Cox collectionLooking west along a newly-built Allaway Avenue, Paulsgrove. Picture: Barry Cox collection
Looking west along a newly-built Allaway Avenue, Paulsgrove. Picture: Barry Cox collection
This set of pictures from The News archive is devoted to Paulsgrove.

It was the estate which sprang up on the mainland to help house those bombed out of their homes on Portsea Island during the Second World War.

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