8th October will see the girls of the BA(hons) Fashion & Textiles enterprise course put on a fashion show feast in order to raise money for their end of year degree show up in London. This event will include many of the delights that can be found on Albert Road, including Bored, Rokii, Deluded, Style and the City, Preview and Dead Man’s Glory to name a few!
This all day event will be held at the University’s Eldon Building, where two catwalk shows will take place. One at 4:30pm and one at 6:30pm. As well as having a catwalk and a cheeky raffle, we shall be having a market stall type setup in the courtyard and in the long corridor where some of the boutiques and many more shall be selling their wares as well as promoting themselves to the freshers, students and local people of Portsmouth.
On Sunday Bored will be selling the Spitfire Wheels collaboration Support Southsea Skatepark t-shirts for only £5 in the continuing effort to raise money for improvements at the skatepark. All in all it looks like Bored and the Skatepark User Group will have raised over £1000 with these t-shirts, awesome work all involved!
I just can’t find the right images for this! Strong Island is 1 whole year old this Sunday the 27th. Time surely does fly hey. Meet us for a beer if you’re out and about. I think there’s something going on Albert Road this Sunday too…
If you love a bit of not often seen Portsmouth history, Eastney Beam Engine House is open to the public for free from 1pm to 5pm on every last weekend of the month. Hidden just off of Henderson Road in Eastney, the Victorian building contains two restored and working 150 horsepower ‘James Watt & Co’ Beam Engines powered by steam which were installed to operate water pumps in 1887. This new system proved very successful and is still the basis for today’s underground drainage system on Portsea Island.
Sadly due to essential building work you won’t be able to go inside the buildings this weekend, but there will be talks with staff and photos and artefacts.
A quick reminder, Civilisation of the Rough are once again pushing the boat out this weekend with TWO parties over the Love Albert Road weekend. Saturday sees (no pun intended) The One Eyed Wedding, the Ceremony starting at 7.30pm sharp at The Disused Church on the corner of Albert Rd/Victoria Rd South which is the meeting point —then onto the Wedding Reception at The One Eyed Dog from 8pm till 2am when the party begins. The wedding DJs will be Mick Hood as The Bride, Mr/Ms Kerry ”Wogan” as The Groom and Leon Windsor presiding over the ceremony as The Arch Bishop of Newport.
On Sunday the COR wil be hosting the Love Albert Rd Day *OFFICIAL* Closing Party at The One Eyed Dog, kicking off from 7pm. The special guest for the night will be Simon Young (Fabric, Manumission, Shrunken Head) and the COR residents will be lending a hand.
As per usual tickets are £5 from HEAD in Albert Road and will need to be grabbed ASAP as COR events are always heaving. For more information hit up the Facebook event and www.c-o-r.co.uk.
A collection of works from local artists following a city theme, from the current economic temperature explored in sculpture and wall hangings, to video installation based on city routine as well as light hearted photography of Southsea culture. This one day show has something for everyone. The quirky exhibition is guaranteed to fascinate and stimulate, and to top it off it is later followed by a finale gorilla projection after dark onto one of our much loved Albert Road buildings.
The first meeting of the Girls Who Ride cycling club happened last night in Little Johnny Russells and went really well. If you want to get involved you can find out more via Facebook.
Love Albert Road is just around the corner. Make sure you get a good nights sleep on Saturday because it’s going to be one hell of a day. Do we really need to tell you more? If the words LARD or Love ALbert Road are a mystery to you then head over HERE and check it all out. Can’t wait.
Kings Theatre X Love Albert Road day poster by that bonkers bunch at ilovedust.
Legendary comedian Dave Spikey will be performing his stand up show at The Kings Theatre on the 28th of September. Probably best known for co-writing and co-starring with Peter Kay as Jerry St Clair in Phoenix Nights and more recently as team captain on four series of Ch4s 8 out of 10 Cats, this show is his contribution to improving the health of the nation. Tickets are £17.50, check the Kings Theatre website for full details.
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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