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Pevsner’s ‘Buildings of England’ : The Hampshire Volumes

Thursday, January 27th, 2011. Published in Architecture & The City, Local Events, Vintage & Historical Portsmouth by

‘Charles O’Brien, Series Editor of the famous Pevsner guides to England’s architecture, will be The Portsmouth Society’s speaker at their next monthly meeting to be held at 7pm at the Square Tower in Broad Street, Old Portsmouth (free parking) on WEDNESDAY 2nd  FEBRUARY.   Charles has been closely involved in the recently-published North Hampshire and Isle of Wight Pevsner volumes and is currently co-ordinating fieldwork and text contributions for the forthcoming Portsmouth and South Hampshire volume. This will be a rare opportunity to hear how Britain’s most ambitious and complex architectural publishing  project is being successfully brought to fruition.   Copies of the first two volumes will be available for inspection and purchase on the evening.

There is no charge for this event and all are welcome.  Please note that this meeting is not at our usual venue and that the presentation previously advertised for this date has had to be postponed until the Autumn.’ The Portsmouth Society

For further information contact :   02392   831461/839660/732912

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The 2nd Strong Island Ale – Dry Dock No. 1

Tuesday, May 8th, 2012. Published in Features, Food & Drink, Strong Island by

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.






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The Isle Of Wight Randonnee 2012 – Team Strong Island

Monday, May 7th, 2012. Published in Bikes & Cycling, Features by

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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