People of Portsmouth: The 20th Century in Their Own Words Birmingham houses and public buildings and

houses and public buildings and shops and factories that have vanished or been altered almost beyond recognition

Settlements and ruins from bygone eras scatter the landscape

the railway and modern roads

He was the paper's sports editor from January 1971 to August 1976

People of Portsmouth: The 20th Century in Their Own Words Birmingham houses and public buildings andTHIS remarkable, in depth oral history of the 20th century in Portsmouth offers a fascinating insight into the experience of life during the recent past. The many voices that have been recorded provide an intimate, authentic portrait of Portsmouth and its people. Chapters focus on the key stages in personal life stories, on childhood, courtship, sex and marriage, family life, old age and death. Reminiscences of World War Two are especially poignant,