This Was Found is a London based street gallery project where film photos are hand developed, hand printed and framed and then hung in the photo’s original location, free for a passer-by to enjoy or pick up and take home. The project has expanded to different locations in the UK and now includes Portsmouth with a drop at Clarence Pier. If you are lucky, it might still be there.
You can find out more about the project here:
The legendary Skyways Rollercoaster at Clarence Pier is soon to be joined by a new ride. On their website it states ‘ STOP PRESS – NEW RIDE COMING SOON’.
Strong Island will find out more and report back. I think it is going to be pirate or ship themed as you can see the design starting to take shape from the pictures below.
A lovely find this morning whilst down the seafront. A couple of stickers placed on Clarence Pier – Pant “one” – 2732 Clarence Pier Yellow. A blue version and a yellow (seen below).
Over the years many people from around the city have used this iconic venue in their photographs and artwork.
It’s great to see this kind of creativity being used in this way. Anyone know the name of the artist? if so then please get in touch with us at Strong Island. Any more venues being used in this way?
Other examples include Sodavekt and Bored Collaboration, James Weaver, Tristan Savage, Matt Howarth and Claire Sambrook for the deckchairs project. Images below.
James Weaver has put his latest illustration up online over at www.deepsouth-illustration.com. It’s the far side view of Clarence Pier to pair up with the last illustration of the Pier & Gift Shop and is available for £19 (A4) and £39 (A3). Head over to The Deep South Shop and grab one now. I can’t get enough of these illustrations. Definitely some of my favourite works this year.
“Clarence Pier was built in 1861, channeling steamboats over to the Isle of Wight. It was heavily bombed in World War II, and reopened in its present form with amusement arcades and funfair in 1961. A decline in interest to traditional British seaside attractions led to the Pier coming close to bankruptcy in recent times, and its days are surely numbered, although Pirate Pete’s, the legendary childrens indoor playground (social leprosy would be dead cert if any self-respecting primary schooler declined to hold their birthday party there in the late 80’s – early 90’s) is still in use, as is the Skyways rollercoaster, and one of the few remaining Wimpy bars can be found there.”
The car boot sale started last Sunday and will now run every Sunday, weather permitting right through the Summer. A great way to force yourself out of bed and take advantage of the day. He says……
On Sunday 6th September Portsmouth Northsea Swimming Club will be hosting an open water swimming race between the two piers in Southsea (From Clarence to South Parade), a distance of two kilometres. Entry to the race is now closed but it should be fun to watch and show your support to the swimmers. The race begins at 2:30pm.
Its taken a while since Bored introduced a new tee, but good things come to those who wait! This tee was deigned by Southsea based designer Sodavekt. It pays homage to one of Southsea’s greatest landmarks – Clarence Pier.
The t-shirts are limited to a run of 25 per colour. We always try to keep it local here at bored and always make sure that a lot of care is taken in producing our product’s, note that all the t-shirts are made in England and are produced using organic fabric, the screen printing is done in South London by a skateboarder owned print studio. The neck labels are embroided by a Welsh family business that have been established for over 100 years then sewn in by a Southsea based company. Seriously, grab one now before they sell out. I’ve got mine, where’s yours?
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.
We have some great news about our PRIMARY phonography exhibition (find out all the details here) that we can now announce:
- The deadline for submissions has now been extended to Sunday 4th March. We have had some incredible submissions but want to set aside more time to make the exhibition something really special.
- The competition is now open to up to 10 submissions from each individual. With the ability to capture many photos on your phone over the next two months we we want you to not feel restricted to just three. The same rules apply about the photos conforming to compositions using the primary colours though. If you have already submitted feel free to send more photos over as and when you please.
- The exhibition will be hosted by Albert Road’s own Bonzo Studio who are also partnering up with us in the creation of the exhibition space. More news on this soon!
- Finally, we will be running a competition as part of the exhibition where the best three photos submitted will win some incredible prizes. We will be announcing the prizes available very soon but got to say, these will be the best prize haul we have ever offered.
- We will be putting together a poster for the exhibition that will be on sale on the opening night. The poster will feature some of the best submissions and all profits from the sales will go to a local charity (details to follow soon). Due to this we need to say that any photos submitted to PRIMARY will involve you giving us permission to use them for commercial purposes, if you do not want your photo used in this way simply let us know via email.
Well, that is it for now! We really hope to drum up as much coverage locally for PRIMARY in the next couple of months so if you could Facebook/Tweet/+1 about the exhibition we would really appreciate it. We would love this exhibition to be a real reflection of the whole population of Portsmouth with everyone taking part and feeling involved.
Righto chaps, it’s time to clean shave your boat race and get that mighty moustache on the grow in support of Movember for The Prostate Cancer Charity and the Institute of Cancer Research. For 30 days of November you can help support and raise awareness through selflessly parading your top lip for charity.
You can sign up yourself, as I’m sure many of you already have, or you can join the Strong Island team and seek out sponsorship as a team. Through the Strong Island Movember page you can ask people to join the group, make donations, upload photos and post updates via the MoSpace page, Facebook and Twitter.
Head over to www.mobro.co/StrongIsland if you would like to get involved and grow a Strong Moustache to help raise awareness, or simply head over to www.uk.movember.com and sign up to personally raise money.
The funds raised in the UK support the number one and two male specific cancers – prostate and testicular cancer. The funds raised are directed to programmes run directly by Movember and our men’s health partners, The Prostate Cancer Charity and the Institute of Cancer Research. Together, these channels work together to ensure that Movember funds are supporting a broad range of innovative, world-class programmes in line with our strategic goals in the areas of awareness and education, survivorship and research.
Poster: Tristan Savage
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