Seeing a few shares of that Crooked House pub burning down in definitely not-at-all-suspicious circumstances recently has reminded me when Harry Redknapp definitely wasn't involved in something similar down our way.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-14465722

#Southsea #Portsmouth #CrookedHouse #HarryRedknapp

If you're in the #Portsmouth area and like art and would like to support a new venture, we're having an exhibition in September!
It's called "Palimpsest", is at Portrayal gallery in #Southsea and features myself, Kristy Fleury and Carrie Swinburne
#art #exhibition

More-or-less finishing off the posts about this weekend's #Portsmouth #Pride here's a little taste of the atmosphere from #Southsea in the form of some very short video clips smashed together.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOkfbkMfQE0

The drummers are Batala Portsmouth, with their origins in Brazil: https://www.batalaportsmouth.com/about-us

The drag act on the main stage is Alfie Ordinary: https://www.alfieordinary.com/

#Pompey #PrideMonth #Video

We took part in an incredibly impressive Portsmouth Pride yesterday down at Southsea seafront.

I've just uploaded photos taken from the day to Flickr - https://www.flickr.com/photos/neonbubble/albums/72177720308986623 - and am sharing a sampling here too. Hundreds more at the link, though.

#Portsmouth #Pompey #Pride #PrideMonth #LGBTQIA #Southsea #Photography

Currently down at #Pride in #Portsmouth and near the front of the march, waiting for it to start to take photos as they pass. Been having a great chat with some #furries and so impressed with their water cooled costumes.

#Southsea #LGBTQIA

Could stare at the sea forever #TheSea #Southsea #Portsmouth #Beach #AltText

My #ThrowbackThursday photo this week is a school class photo from the mid-1980s. This was at St John's College, Southsea; an all boys private school at the time, run by the De La Salle brothers. I was in Alan House (pretty much the Gryffindor of St John's) and in this photo you can this year's teacher Brother Gerard there front and centre. I'm middle row, second from the left.

#SJC #Southsea #Portsmouth #StJohnsCollege #DeLaSalle #School

Our #GreenParty candidate in Central #Southsea #Portsmouth is Menno Groen #GetGreensElected "The past year has been incredibly difficult for so many of us, with many people struggling to make ends meet and mental health suffering due to stress and isolation. It has been more clear than ever that Portsmouth urgently needs to tackle the poor #AirQuality in the city, to improve residents' health and reduce pressure on the #NHS." https://portsmouth.greenparty.org.uk/candidates-2023/

We're delighted to share news of the return of In Person Visits to our museum!

Visit us any day of the week in #Southsea, #Portsmouth – get full details at https://museumofportablesound.com/2023/04/08/in-person-visits-now-booking/!

#museum #museums #visitus #nowbooking #open #Portsmouth #Southsea #attractions #travel #headphones

📷 :35mmdk1:Clarence Pier Wimpy #Southsea 2018 #splitcam #agfavista200
https://glass.photo/mattmaber/GX4qSZP7b6FjktsgeWZkv

This morning…

#spring #springtime #daffodils #southsea #southseacommon #portsmouth #flowers #artreference

:artcamblk2: :artcamblk2: KNIGHTS FOR KODAK” Castle Road, #Southsea, UK. 2016. #LeicaM6 & #Jupiter8 50mm
#Kentmere400 https://glass.photo/mattmaber/67tT9d8XcYfTzzqYjEG5OG

Hello…

#crow #bird #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon #portsmouth #southsea #seawall

ALBERT ROAD AT NIGHT

It isn't dark - not really, despite the late hour,
because streetlights and windows
emit a glow that enlightens the scene.
There are few cars left on the main road;
just taxis, delivery drivers on scooters, and the odd bus.
A thousand scents spice the air,
from grease to the choicest Indian morsels
which struggle to combat the cigarette smoke,
which fights the thick layer of cologne
on the identical young men who swagger down the pavement.

A paving slab wobbles beneath my foot
but I was expecting it; this is not somewhere you walk
without keeping a close eye downwards
for the excrement which careless dog owners leave
like little landmines waiting for those who walk obliviously.

"Oi mush!" someone shouts, almost in my face, as he passes
but he isn't speaking to me, his gaze passes me
to some unknown point beyond. I know better than to turn.
There's a general babble of voices, much shouting, laughter.
At least three pubs are blaring different genres of music
and the cacophony is as bizarre as it is grating.

A man falls forward from his seat on the theatre steps.
His friend catches him from destroying his youthful looks
and gets him upright. The man vomits in a strangely beautiful arc,
and looks around to see if anyone noticed. Everyone noticed.

By the time the shopkeepers are starting to open
and the smell of fresh coffee permeates the area
this night world is all but forgotten. The only reminder
is the green sand piles where once was vomit,
the occasional beer bottle left in a shop doorway,
and after a particularly brutal night,
the odd droplets of dried blood blackening the road.

#portsmouth #portsmouthuk #pompey #citylife #southsea

#streetart #Southsea

The tortoise and the hare…

#wightlink #ferry #carferry #hovertravel #hovercraft #coast #sea #beach #portsmouth #southsea

What the #beach means at #Southsea in #Hampshire - https://manonabeach.com/hampshire-and-isle-of-wight/southsea

The Pier End

#pier #sea #sky #sun #cloud #southsea #pompey #portsmouth #photography

#fujifilmx100 #southsea #2012 https://glass.photo/mattmaber/4Li96JUdqCYDw558mON0Sd

For #ThrowbackThursday here's a shot from 1982 when my family - like so many other families in #Portsmouth - headed down to #Southsea to see off the task force setting sail for the #Falklands following the invasion by Argentina. That is the aircraft carrier #HMSHermes in shot as our family was friends with another, the father of which ran the boiler rooms aboard.

#Photography #TBT #FalklandsWar #FalklandIslands #Hermes #AircraftCarrier #Warship #Ship