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Title: South Parade Pier, Southsea, Portsmouth [Go to resource]
Description: A regimental band gives a deck concert on a crowded pier. A ferry can be seen at the end of the pier. The first South Parade Pier which opened in July 1879. It was destroyed by fire in 1904. South Parade Pier was rebuilt in 1908 on cast iron supports designed by G. E. Smith. Fire again struck the pier in 1974 during the filming of the Ken Russell film "Tommy". Portsmouth City Council Website. Information sheet. 2003. 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: W J Helms Subjects: seafront
South Parade Pier
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boatTemporal: start=1940-01-01; end=1949-12-31; Source: Sense of place SE Creator: W J Helms, Portsmouth Camera Club Identifier: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... Language: en-GB Format: image/jpeg Go to resource More Like this...
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