Southsea Seagulls

How good was the weather on Sunday. Albeit cold, it was a belter for sure. Me and Liz hit up the seafront for fish & chips and inadvertently got involved with dive bombing seagulls. They love them chips…

Photography : Tristan

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Vintage Photography – Sunny Southsea

Big thanks to Khalid who sent over these vintage photographs scanned from The Images of Portsmouth (1993). We have a small selection so I’ll put one page up each week.

Love this first shot of the band stand on the common in the 1920s showing how the site was originally used before the Skatepark was built around it in the 70s. So many deckchairs, it must have been big business back then. It’s a shame they didn’t keep the bandstand as it was with the little steps and iron railing. It’s a little different NOW as Marcus’s ariel shot shows. Click the image to see the high res scan up close.

Pier and Snow

Here are a few photos from a walk down to the pier on Wednesday during the snowfall. There are some more over on Forever Circling.

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Snow, Snow, Snow

Snow hit Southsea pretty hard last night and it snowing again this morning. Good luck to everyone battling the elements to get to work, college, school, etc today. Here are a few photos from last night, if you have any please pop a link to them in the comments, we would love to see them.

Adam Wintle (see more here):

Elizabeth Bick (see more here):

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Seafront Lights: Adam Wintle

Southsea web designer and photographer Adam Wintle has recently been taking some really nice photos of the Southsea promenade lights and of the pier at night. Be sure to look through his Flickr for loads more great photos.

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Saturday Bandstand

This Saturday’s Bandstand will be hosting the following:

BRUISED BEAUTIES
Punky 5-piece Bruised Beauties are two VERY pretty girls and 3 pretty boys rocking and rolling to the rise and fall of beloved Britain.
Sounding like a ‘Libertines/Long Blondes mash set in the 70s’ Bruised Beauties and fronted by brother and sister duo James and Jasmine and have had regular support and airplay from BBC Introducing, playing on this years’ BBC Introducing stage at Sellindge Festival headlined by Supergrass, Thomas Tantrum and the Holloways.

JACK PALMER
Young Jack came to Portsmouth to uni and was introduced to us by the man above.
We’re glad he was as he’s another one that leaves you scratching your head in wonder.
Jack is the king of the loop pedal and writes songs that transcend the borders of deep, dark and dirty with sheer beautiful brilliance.

SPIRE CRAINES
If Aphex Twin and Roni Size got into bed with Badly Drawn Boy and Bright Eyes this would be the baby they produced. It’s clever, well crafted, relaxing and mindblowing.

WILL MCNICOL
Everyone knows Will and what he can do with a guitar. If you haven’t, check him out on myspace or youtube then run to the bandstand and save yourself a place close to the stage so you don’t miss a trick.

CHARLI VERONICA
Pompey newling Charlie Wilson has raised more than one or two eyebrows since her name cropped up a few weeks ago. We think big things are ahead and have tagged Charlie ‘Pompey’s one to watch’ over the next couple of years as her sound evolves.

The day will also feature HUW OLESKER too.

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Bike Debate at Greenfair

The continued problems (and dangers) of cycling the seafront in Southsea will be raised in an open, public debate as part of the Greenfair, organised by Portsmouth Climate Action Network and PCC on Saturday 5th September 11am-4pm at The Guildhall. As mentioned previously on Strong Island, earlier this year the Council overruled the democratic, publicly chosen proposal of allowing cycling on the promenade. PCAN has invited Councillor Gerald Vernon Jackson to the debate so hopefully finally some progress can begin and Southsea seafront can be made safe for everyone to enjoy, both on foot and on bike. Please show your support if you can.

More details about the situation can be found at Pompey Bug.

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Friday, Saturday & Sunday in Southsea

We couldn’t possibly of asked for better weather this weekend. From straight out of the door after work on Friday till finally retiring to our couch on Sunday evening the sun was blazing and Southsea was rich with activity and happy people. We spent pretty much the entire weekend outside on the seafront, changing the vista every now and then and sinking more than our fair share of corner store beers. Let’s hope it keeps up for at least a while longer hey. Check my Flickr for a few more Sunny Southsea photographs.

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As the sun sets…

More and more evenings are being spent out and about in Southsea as the Summer gradually shines in our direction. We’ve being making the most of what we get at any opportunity. I know ‘they‘ say it’s going to be an Indian Summer, but don’t they always say that?

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