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Description: | South Parade Pier can been seen jutting out to sea and the distinctive shape of Southsea Castle can
also be seen on the edge of the water. Clarence Pier fun fair can been seen on the right of the photo.
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. In August 1974 the pier was once again destroyed by fire during filming of the rock musical Tommy and had to be rebuilt for a second time. The original Clarence Pier opened in 1861 to cater for the Isle of Wight Steamer trade, and originally had a glass sided pavilion which was used for dancing. The pier was almost totally destroyed during air raids in World War 2. | 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: | BKS Surveys Ltd | Subjects: | Clarence pier pier beach south parade pier Southsea castle fortifications | Temporal: | start=1970-01-01; end=1979-12-31; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | BKS Surveys Ltd | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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