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Title: South Parade Pier, Southsea 1959 [Go to resource]
Description: This view looks east along the seafront to Eastney and shows Eastney Barracks and Langstone Harbour. South Parade Pier was first opened on the 26th July 1879 by Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar, the wife of the Lt. Governor of the garrison of Portsmouth. On 17th July 1904 the pier was destroyed in a blaze, and following its destruction the corporation took control and began rebuilding. The restored pier opened in 1908. Format: image/jpeg License: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 Rights holder: Aerofilms Subjects: South Parade Pier
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recreationTemporal: start=1959-01-01; Source: Sense of place SE Creator: Aerofilms Identifier: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... Language: en-GB Format: image/jpeg Go to resource More Like this...
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