On Saturday 28th March Havana in Southsea are hosting ‘Just Dance’ between 8pm and 1am:
A night of colourful fun with tunes old and new from the POP INDIE ELEKTRO 80′s CHEESE scene with DJ’s Naomi, Princess Ursula, Vinka and Gir Lee Woo behind the decks.
Expect old skool dance classics, motown, bubblegum candy pop, old and new indie sounds with a sprinkling of cheese.
Sounds good! Check out the Facebook event for more details.
p.s. Any Excuse…
Many of you are aware of the cycling proposals for Southsea Seafront, but some of you may have missed the most recent updates. The NEWS published an article this month and the outlook seems very postive with an apparent 71% in favour out of over 3000 votes.
Have a read of The NEWS article and be sure to read the comments too.
What amazing weather we’ve been having as of late. I even rode the full 8 miles home in the sun on Friday. We all had a great weekend spent on the common, riding our bikes, skateboarding and generally eating and drinking the days away.
Bored Manager Tom sent us over this original Skatepark article and poster. It doesn’t get more back in the day than this really. The original proposal plan and the opening day poster. At last Skateboard Paradise. Truly amazing. The article is quite small, but I zoomed it to read back the first paragraph.
‘Skatepark plan caters for all plus band and roller skating. Fast elevated runs and steep twisting slalom – like tracks for the advanced skateboarder, are a design feature of the £60,000 skateboard arena proposed for Southsea Common’
This one will take you back. At least if you’re as old as me, ha. Dropping classic old school hits all night from Nirvana to RUN DMC, this should be an awesome step back in time. Sign up to the I ♥ Chaos Facebook Group for all the latest on their upcoming events.
The Southsea Skatepark Users Group is always in the action of doing something to raise money for the Skatepark, be it park events, Durty Sound System nights, Quiz Nights and of course tee shirts.
Check this Spitfire Wheels advert of Davis Torgerson reppin’ a Support Southsea Skatepark
tee whilst hammering out a serious backsmith.
Pick yours up from Bored and help the Skatepark live for another 30 years.
I love a bit of history, especially when supported by old photographs. Clarence Pier was built in 1861 and opened by the Prince and Princess of Wales. The direct tramline route was removed in 1873. The pier was extended in 1905 and again in 1932 with cafes, sun deck and concourse hall. Bombed by the Luftwaffe on June 1st 1941 during Portsmouth heaviest air raid and then re-opened on the 1st June 1961 in it’s present state. Clarence Pier.
You know we love a bit of vintage nostalgia here at Strong Island, and these old postcards of Clarence Pier are no exception. I always pick them up at the Car Boot sale opposite Clarence when I see one. When does the Car Boot start up again? Got to be soon. Answers on a postcard…
This picture from a lithograph by A. Pernet is a detailed panorama of activity on Southsea seafront in 1865.
Apart from the paddle steamers taking tourists on pleasure trips, the army offficers riding on the common and the bathing machines protecting the modesty of those taking the waters, the scene is almost unchanged from what one sees today. The major exception would be that the pier on the left with its paddle steamer is today the landing place for hovercraft to the Isle of Wight.
This print is available from local maritime, naval & contemporary art dealers Artists Harbour. At a meter wide and under £30 this is a bargain.
The Wine Vaults in Albert Road will be hosting ‘Love Through the Lens’, a collective photography exhibition of work by 9 aspiring local photographers. As students on the course ‘A Photographic Journey into Commerce’, they have produced this show as a response to their chosen theme of ‘Love’. The exhibit opens on Saturday (21st) and will run for a week and is free to view. For more info check the Facebook event.
As you may know each year we run a home brew competition in February where the winning brew has the opportunity to be brewed by Irving & Co Brewing Co. and sold around the city in the summer. Last year’s brew, the Strong Island Hopper Ale, was hugely successful being one of Inving’s best selling ales and selling out so quickly it went through a second brew run. This year’s winning ale is Dry Dock No. 1, originally brewed by Lee Immins, went on sale in some of Portsmouth and Southsea’s pubs over the weekend.
We spoke to The Hole in The Wall in Southsea who said the new ale went down a storm with it being their best seller on Sunday and with almost two barrels empty by the end of the Bank Holiday weekend. Those guys at the Hole in The Wall and their regular ale drinkers know their stuff so for us this was amazing early news with the ale.
To officially launch Dry Dock No. 1 we are having a launch party with the lovely souls at The Belle Isle on Thursday evening. The ale will be on full flow, come down and try a pint or two. As well as being on sale all around the city the ale will also be available in Chichester’s Belle Isle too, so you can drink it away from home for the first time too.
Just over a year ago, a group of Strong Islanders were sat on the Isle of Wight ferry on our way to the yearly Randonnee cycling event; 60 miles around the island spread across 5 checkpoints. Whilst on the crossing we couldn’t help but admire various enthusiasts and their custom team jerseys. Fast forward a year and it is my great pleasure to unveil the Strong Island cycling jersey. Made as a one off for the event, the jersey is our way of representing this city and all the values that come with it. Thanks to the combined designing efforts of Chris Ballingall and Tristan Savage, we were able to produce this clean, retro looking jersey that 11 of Southsea’s finest could wear to conquer the island’s endless hills. Well done chaps.
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