Strong family connections to Portsmouth Dockyard with Father (Naval Stores), then son (Engineer) including uncles, and cousins (Whale Island, and HMS Sultan).
Lots of memories, especially those white crossing gates and I can just about remember the railway before it was removed after my family had moved away to the west country. Plus my father worked for the MOD and had an office in the dockyard.
Excellent documentary Peter! My Great Grandfather Harry George Knight was a locomotive driver on the dockyard railway from around 1873 until around 1920
I remember the dockyard railway in the early 1970s; the crossing gates on Edinburgh Road were a particularly nice feature. One could explore the derelict line - complete with track and signal - from Albert Road to Edinburgh Road until c.1987, when it was all cleared and urbanised.
When viviting relatives in the area with my parents I did see the line from Portsmouth and Southsea station down to the docks often in the 1960's , but never in use. I think embankment showed up in a couple of frames of cine film I took in 1971 too. Talking about the King and Queen, I was told I had "the King and Queen" in a photo of a trolleybus I took on The Hrd. It turned out to be the pub behind it, now merged with "the Ship Anson" and has lost its name. Very interesting to see the rest of the system taht I didn't notice when we went to see HMS Victiry in the dockyard.
Strong family connections to Portsmouth Dockyard with Father (Naval Stores), then son (Engineer) including uncles, and cousins (Whale Island, and HMS Sultan).
Lots of memories, especially those white crossing gates and I can just about remember the railway before it was removed after my family had moved away to the west country. Plus my father worked for the MOD and had an office in the dockyard.
Excellent documentary Peter! My Great Grandfather Harry George Knight was a locomotive driver on the dockyard railway from around 1873 until around 1920
I remember the dockyard railway in the early 1970s; the crossing gates on Edinburgh Road were a particularly nice feature. One could explore the derelict line - complete with track and signal - from Albert Road to Edinburgh Road until c.1987, when it was all cleared and urbanised.
Very enjoyable. My father and grandparents left Portsmouth for New Zealand in 1910. Nice to get an impression of the docks.
I joined up in 1968. And remember the dieing days of the railway. Nice documentary 😊
Superb film, full of interest. A huge amount of work, thanks.
the correct title is The Royal Navy. The term British Royal Navy isn't required Apart from that it was a great watch
The only Portsmouth railway I recall was the miniature one on Southsea Common. We did leave there in 1952 though 😀
Fascinating video, very well produced. Thank you.
Fascinating, thank you Peter and Dave Marden 👍
Brilliant informative video. Thank you
This is absolutely wonderful
Thankyou for producing this delightful educational video.
When viviting relatives in the area with my parents I did see the line from Portsmouth and Southsea station down to the docks often in the 1960's , but never in use. I think embankment showed up in a couple of frames of cine film I took in 1971 too. Talking about the King and Queen, I was told I had "the King and Queen" in a photo of a trolleybus I took on The Hrd. It turned out to be the pub behind it, now merged with "the Ship Anson" and has lost its name. Very interesting to see the rest of the system taht I didn't notice when we went to see HMS Victiry in the dockyard.
Well done, Peter and Alan. Very well presented.
Well-produced and valuable feature.
Brilliant documentary, so many things I never knew about the dockyard lines.
Interesting and well-presented.
Brilliant film and very informative