History of Grange Airfield
Here's the basic history of Grange airfield. The story begins some time back, when a string of forts…
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November 17, 2016
A brief History of Priddy’s Hard
Thank you to Tim Canham for this article and photographs providing a brief history of Priddy's Hard. In…
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October 26, 2016
The Dockyard Light Horse – by Ron Seager
Poem written by shipwright Ron Seager who, when it appeared in the August 1975 issue of Dockyard newspaper…
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June 22, 2016
London Flotilla of the Royal Navy Volunteer Supplementary Reserve
A group from the London Flotilla of the Royal Navy Volunteer Supplementary Reserve (RNV(S)R) travelled to Portsmouth Historic…
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May 4, 2016
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The Diving Museum in 2015
Click to see a montage of the Diving Museum in 2015
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December 31, 2015
HMS FISGARD (Gosport 1904-1932)
Pour yourself a very BIG drink, and get comfortable - this is VERY long..... Although the following essay…
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December 22, 2015
Gosport’s Railway Origins: All gong and no dinner.?
The story of Gosport always seems, one way or another, to have involved what I'd call 'unfulfilled promise'…
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December 22, 2015
The History Boy
By his own admission Stephen Weeks was an unusual child. As a schoolboy he asked his barber to…
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December 22, 2015
ROWNER PARISHES
ROWNER PARISHES 'Parishes: Rowner', in A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 3, ed. William Page (London,…
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December 16, 2015
THE STORY OF THE 29th (GOSPORT) HOME GUARD BATTALION, HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT.
Thank you to Den Budden for providing the information (2010) http://www.gosport.info/History/Gosport-s_Home_Guard_History/gosport-s_home_guard_history.html THE STORY OF THE 29th (GOSPORT) HOME…
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December 16, 2015
An Appreciation From The Regular Army By Lt.-Col. J.H. Constable R.A.
An Appreciation From The Regular Army By Lt.-Col. J.H. Constable R.A. http://www.gosport.info/History/Gosport-s_Home_Guard_History/Gosport-s_Home_Guard_History_2/gosport-s_home_guard_history_2.html As an old Regular Army officer…
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December 16, 2015
A History of the Gosport Compton Organ
A History of the GOSPORT COMPTON ORGAN Thorngate Halls Gosport The Compton Cinema Organ was originally installed in…
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December 14, 2015