American Couple Reacts: Exploring Portsmouth, England Old Town & Dockyards | The Lost History!
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- American Couple Reacts: Exploring Portsmouth, England Old Town & Dockyards | The Lost History! This was highly unexpected! What we thought was going to be a long history lesson was actually a brief one but with SO MUCH to see in Historic Portsmouth, England UK! This place is fantastic! We had no idea there was so much here! The history, the ancient docks, forts, SUPER old ships, and all the modern buildings and shopping too! This is so much than only a history lesson. We will do a future episode on more of the Portsmouth Naval Base and other things. But we truly enjoyed this! Let us know if you live here or nearby! Thank you SO much for watching! If you enjoy our content, please consider subscribing to our channel, it is the BEST way to support our channel and it's FREE! Also, please click the Like button. Thank you for your support! *More Links below.
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This was highly unexpected! What we thought was going to be a long history lesson was actually a brief one but with SO MUCH to see in Historic Portsmouth, England UK! This place is fantastic! We had no idea there was so much here! The history, the ancient docks, forts, SUPER old ships, and all the modern buildings and shopping too! This is so much than only a history lesson. We will do a future episode on more of the Portsmouth Naval Base and other things. But we truly enjoyed this! Let us know if you live here or nearby! Thank you SO much for watching! If you enjoy our content, please consider subscribing to our channel, it is the BEST way to support our channel and it's FREE! Also, please click the Like button. Thank you for your support!
Brighton just down the coast from portsmouth
I live there.
@@MousePotato Got a spare room? 😉
@@TheNatashaDebbieShow I wish. I barely have enough room for myself. But would love to have one of the big houses along the front :D
They used to abseil down the tower , not sure if it still happens.
Apartments will cost you an arm and a leg lol.
OMG my home town!!!!lived here all my life!!!!!MEGA STOKED FOR THIS!!!!!!
Me too 😀
And me!
lived in gosport till 31 but lived this side 22 years.... Play Up Pompey :)
@@AANDYist its great isnt it?!!!pup!!!
My wife is from Portsmouth, so I told her she'd like this video. She was correcting the narrator all the way through, LOL! She pointed out that the mix of old and newer houses in the same neighborhoods was probably due to reconstruction after the Blitz smashed so many homes to splinters. --Dan
Same as Plymouth in Devon, especially around the docks.
The sea wall and path have been changed since this video was filmed and at the start, the area has been upgraded with cleaning and new decking and lights and the Nelson Passageway was reopened due to redevelopment work along with the new sea wall.
My dad born in 1933 was bombed out of two homes in Fratton, Portsmouth in the blitz
If you keep going east along the coast from Portsmouth for about 50 miles youd get to Brighton. If you go to the west about 20 miles from Portsmouth, you'll get to Southampton. One of the other major port cities, were they the Titanic launched from and were they also built Spitfires
They also built Spitfires in West Bromwich , Birmingham, and several other smaller `secret factories'.
@lauraburnett9320
They moved manufacture from Southampton to Castle Bromwich to avoid the incessant bombing.
This makes me miss my grandma. Even though we didn't live far from there, she took me on a day out to look at the ships and do some shopping because I was having a rough time in school.
You would love the whole south coast. It was a fun place to be a teenager
Grandma's are EVERYTHING!!
Its so interesting seeing your home through the eyes of others. It looks pretty cool here. We just walk past all this stuff everyday and dont even notice it anymore
Portsmouth is also a major ferry terminal serving ferries to France, Spain, the Channel Isles and the isle of Wight.
When he is walking down past the old forts, the tower you can see on the horizon is the submarine escape tank used in training submariners and is in the old submarine training base HMS Dolphin. The tower holds 100foot tank of water that you escape from starting at 30 ft depth, the most scary escape as the instructors pull you into the middle of the tank by straps and will not release you to start the ascent till another instructor is happy you are blowing out correctly. You are wearing an inflated life jacket and once released go up like a rocket, you also have an instructor who goes up with you who punches you in the stomach if you stop blowing out as the presurised oxygen that you inhale before you get pulled into the centre of the tank expands as you rise to the surface and if you stopped blowing out you could get the bends. The weird thing is you do not see the instructor even though he is literally right in front of your face as you have your head back and eyes shut as you blow out.
After the 1st ascent the entire class rushes to do it again as it is a tremendous experience.
Love your channel and additionally you ladies always have the coolest t-shirts, even though I'm born and bred in Britain I still learn a little something that I didn't know before about my own country when I watch your videos plus they're entertaining too.
Ladies i highly recommend the museum its one of my favourite places, the three major museum ships Warrior,Victory and Mary Rose are great attractions, plus if your lucky one of the two aircraft carriers HMS Queen Elizabeth or HMS Prince of Wales may be in dock at the same time.
Shout out to all my southsea skate park 80s kids 😎👍
Hi from Portsmouth 🇬🇧🇬🇧
Hello I’m from Portsmouth this must be an older video as where he was walking has had a complete revamp as there was a lot of money spent to fortify the sea defence it looks so much better now 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
This is where I live x You catch Bass, Mullet and ray's
You haven't seen the City centre at all.... Gunwharf Keys used to be an important part oif the Navy base until 30 years ago and was completely rebuilt and redeveloped.
I used to live in Gosport - just across the water - and know all this so well. Portsmouth is about 50 miles west of Brighton, and 120 miles Southwest of Bristol. Gunwharf Quays was a millennium project to bring back into public use an area that had been used by the Royal Navy until the early 1990s - one of several in the area including trhree on thee Gosport side of the harbour! As you may know, AdventureMe - who made this film - is a friendly gay man named Darren, who comes from Bradford and lives in Leeds, West Yorkshire. Do check out some of his other videos as he specialises in fade in / out photography that shows what areas looked like in the past.
Im from Shropshire and I moved to Gosport in 2009 and I wasent welcomed by some because I have a different accent I got told to go back where I come from but some people was nice to me and asked about where im from
This was not a walk through Portsmouth. It was a walk through Old Portsmouth, it is probably the most expensive part for property. There is so much more to the city. To me Portsmouth is the UK equivelent to San Diego.
i know im biased...but our history is legendary!
Good, but not Quite Devonport........Largest Naval Base in W Europe!
@@timhannah4which is in Plymouth also where the mayflower left not by Christopher columbus who never went near usa Christopher Jones was the captain. Been to both places meny meny times. 😊
PUP!
HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was ordered in 1758, laid down in 1759 and launched in 1765. With 246 years of service as of 2024 she is the world's oldest naval vessel still in commission. Listed as part of the National Historic Fleet, Victory has been the flagship of the First Sea Lord since October 2012. My grandfather was shown over her after the First War by a friend who was stationed onboard, she was then at anchor in the roads at Portsmouth. By 1921 a public Save the Victory campaign was started. On 12 January 1922, her condition was so poor that she would no longer stay afloat, and had to be moved into No. 2 dock at Portsmouth, the oldest dry dock in the world still in use. Since then much work has been carried out to her and still continues to this day. She sustained damage in WW2 when a 500 lb. bomb dropped by the Luftwaffe broke her keel. A nothing but eventful life for such a venerable and famous Royal Navy ship of the line.
HMS Victory is still a commissioned Royal Navy warship!! it has 246 years of service with no plans to change, She is designated as the Flagship of the First Sea Lord.
HMS Victory was the Flagship and official office of the Admiral Commanding Portsmouth until her current ongoing restoration, the First Sea Lord's Flagship is the most senior ship currently HMS Queen Elizabeth. Previously Battle Cruisers until they were withdrawn and the role landing on Aircraft Carriers, the last Battleship being HMS Vanguard, scrapped in 1965 only 20 years since her launch. Vanguard took the late Queen on her Commonwealth Tour in 1952.
My daughter served on HMS Victory for 12 months before she was deployed to the Falklands. She often tells of a time when a old lady asked if they were the original cannonballs by the cannons her reply was no we didn't ask you for them back 😂😂
They might need it soon as we have very little ships left.
Cant believe he's doing this and hadn't booked its the best bit you will have find a video on raising the Mary Rose and around The Victory it's epic
Absolutely!
I would love to visit Portsmouth and see the Mary Rose. I remember being in school and we were supposed to be watching an educational programme. The teachers had a large group of pupils and wheeled the old TV in so we could see this schools programme. The teachers were setting up ready for us to watch the programme but they were on the BBC 1 Channel ( didn't have separate news channels back then), the BBC were showing live the raising of the Mary Rose. All the pupils wanted to carry on watching the raising of the ship. The teachers allowed us to keep watching and they started lifting the ship just before we had to go to our next lesson. I so wanted to stay and watch more, it started my love of history.
I'm a Londoner who moved to Portsmouth with my work. It is a great city with a unique history, with the bonus of being on the coast with all the benefits of a seaside resort. I agree with the previous commenter when they said that unfortunately the video missed the most interesting feature of Portsmouth ... the actual historic dockyard. Walking the decks of the Victory, standing by the spot where Nelson was shot , to the lower decks where he died and the amazing cannon decks where you are in awe of what the sailors went through in battles such as Trafalgar. I've lived here nearly forty years now and never regretted my move from London. Keep up the good work Ladies!!
“Kismet, Hardy.”
or
“Kiss me, Hardy.”?
I also find the Solent forts and the ones on Portsdown hill like fort nelson really interesting but they often get overlooked for the Southsea attractions which is a shame.
He failed to mention that Pompey is not just an Historic Naval Port but an active one and the home port of the two new Queen Elizabeth class Aircraft Carriers, although they weren't Commissioned when the video made. HMS Victory will be closed for quite a while longer as Termites were discovered in her timbers, a problem with wooden ships once dry docked and the timbers allowed to dry, shrinkage and joints opening is another. Their eggs laid in damp/green wood remain dormant until it dries.
I visited Portsmouth in the early 1980`s on the eve of the British Fleet sailing to the Falklands to take back the Islands from the Argentinians. We went out in a small motor boat to look at the ships preparing to sail, the crews were still adding protective paint to the hulls and painting out the `plimsoll' line to hide how much weight they would be carrying. We circled round the Royal Yacht Britannia which was anchored out in the bay, she served as a hospital ship. The leaving next day was watched by 1,000`s of people all cheering to their loved ones on board, and when they eventually came home, the whole town was fluttering in flags to see the Fleet return home. We will also never forget those who lost their lives, ships and aircraft while trying to secure the freedom of the Islanders......Admiral Nelson is also on top of the famous `Nelsons column ' in Trafalger Square, London.
I was on one of those ships RFA OLNA.
I’ve been ,my husband was stationed there when he was in the Navy, also my dad when he was stationed there. The Mary Rose is well worth a visit, its fascinating,
HMY BRITANNIA was not used as a Hospital ship during the Falklands war
@@garyandrews9020 The Schools Cruise Ship SS Uganda was Taken Up From Trade converted to Hospital ship and sailed with the Task Force. One of my friends was a pupil on board at the time and was off loaded in a Med Port.
yes mate i was 11 at the time and we would go down to the harbour with school and cheer on our school friends dads on ships leaving to go to war and come back, Stuck with me for life them memories
Also, the Portsmouth museum holds the D-day tapestry, depicting the Normandy landings 1944, mirroring the bayeux tapestry in France depicting the Norman invasion 1066
Portsmouth is incredible! There really is so much more here than I had any idea! Did not expect any of this!!
i am a scot and i have lived in portsmouth for 50 years and i love it
Just a note people forget that Portsmouth is an island it is completely surrounded by water it is also the most heavily densely populated city outside of London
It also has the most pubs per square mile in the UK.
Just in case you didn't catch it, on the walk from Southsea to Gunwarf Quays along the promenade, the street lights are the same shape as the Spinikar Tower. Nice observation deck with glass floor. It's always amusing to see people's reaction to standing on the glass floor with the 500 foot drop beneath you. Seems it's the little children who have complete faith in it while some of the adults look like they are trying to walk on water, don't think it's going to hold their weight.
Portsmouth born and bred...........and for the past 35 years I've been a tour guide and worked within the historic dockyard, principally on HMS Warrior(even to the extent of being married aboard her!) it's a fascinating city being the most densely populated city in the UK after London, it's the only city on an island in the entire UK, it was among the ten most heavily bombed cities in the country during WW2 and it's the birthplace of Charles Dickens, Peter Sellars (and me!)and my dad was born in Old Portsmouth, on Spice Island itself, to be precise, right opposite the pub, the Still and West....................., and at one time or another, home to H G Wells, Rudyard Kipling, Arthur Conan Doyle, to name but a few......it also has the only commercial hovercraft ferry service anywhere in the world, and it's got the best football team on the entire planet (ok, I admit, I'm a bit biased there.........) I love the place, and wouldn't live anywhere else........and if you lovely ladies ever manage to get here and want to visit our beautiful city, I'd be only too happy to be your guide all around the historic dockyard, and the incredible collection of historic ships....as I said, I've been luck enough to be involved with that for the past 35 years, and its been a lot of fun........God, I LOVE this place, I really do, and I appreciate your doing a reaction on the dear old homestead.....Pompey till I die...........!!!
Me too 😀
Douglas is now a City on an Island
Ohh I hope they come and you can take them!
@@Psylaine64 I'd be delighted to do that!
u must know Emma Nash then (Dont know married name), i grew up with her brothers. shes a good egg deff
Gunwharf Quays was not on a commercil dock but on HMS Vernon a shore establishment for minewarfare and underwater warfare. Minesweepers were based there.
I remember the missile at the main gate also home of the clearance diving team I was a submariner on the other side of the water
I'm afraid he left out a colossal amount of historic history on his walk from Clarence Pier, He should have started his walk from Fort Cumberland at Eastney the furthest Eastern point of Portsmouth.
I've lived in and around the area for over 60 years.
I would have started at Eastney and a long Southsea sea front taking in Southsea Castle and The D-Day museum then around to old Portsmouth and Spice Island to the Historic Portsmouth Dock Yard and then up to the Palmerston Forts on top of the call ridge of Portsdown Hill which runs for about 6 to 7 miles...
Yes the History of Portsmouth is absolutely phenomenal.....
He did mention a previous video concentrating on Southsea - he may have covered these then
Fort fareham and HMS Sultan has a starfort in, and fort brockhurst. Tonnes of pillboxes across the surrounding areas
I have been down to Portsmouth several times. The raising of The Mary Rose was live on TV at the time. I was one, of many, who watched it.
It was on Blue Peter
yes lads i remember it well, Us local ppl went down the harbour to watch with the school
Southsea used to be a separate town from Portsmouth but now it is a large neighbourhood within the city, so you should watch the Southsea video as well! 5:47 The ruined church is a rebuild of a medieval Domus Deui which used to care for pilgrims and the sick. There is a good Time Team episode on that site (Governor's Green). 8:22 Spice Island actually begins by the house you admired (4 Broad Street). There used to be a city gate at that location. 9:22 The former storage space has been converted to artist studios, known as The Hot Walls. 6:13 The Square Tower is one of the oldest buildings in the city dating from 1494, it is now an events and wedding venue. 12:30 From that courtyard, a chain could be tightened across the mouth of the harbour to create a defensive boom against invading ships. 12:57 The peach coloured building on the right was the home of the marine artist William Lionel Wylie. 13:27 They missed showing the great customs watch house, which has a mini garden bridge to access. 15:31 I don't think Spice Island was literally used to import spices. It was an area outside the fortified city which became popular with sailors to spend time on leave. It was originally packed with pubs and brothels and became "notorious for lewd behaviour". The modern area has now been gentrified to be an exclusive historic neighbourhood. 17:45 The waterfront is very touristy. 18:12 Old Customs House on the right was part of HMS Vernon, a naval and undersea warfare base. 19:43 The Vulcan block behind the crane now contains an art gallery Aspex and flats. 19:55 There is a figurehead from HMS Vernon (presumably the naval base had a figurehead?) 22:15 That area is call The Hard, but it does include Portsmouth Harbour station. 24:15 HMS Warrior was the first ironclad ocean-going armoured battleship and world's first iron-hulled ironclad, and was launched in 1860. There is so much history in Portsmouth apart from the sea front but that route does contain many of the highlights. I am a resident of Milton/Southsea and a fan of the channel :)
If you're checking out more video's please check out Portchester Castle which is right opposite Portsmouth dockyard, its a stunning castle built in the third century AD. I go there practically everyday because I live two minutes away from it but paid to go inside and to the top a few days ago (all the grounds around the castle called the outer bailey including a beautiful church Called St Mary's is free but to enter the castle itself you have to pay) and the history on display inside still blows my mind everytime I go.
lived in Gosport and Portsmouth all my life and never been. You just sold it to me mate, I'll have a butchas sat cheers
I'm currently based in Portsmout serving in the Navy. The video barely scrapes the surface. There's so much to the city! It's not far from Brighton, Southampton, London
When Royal Navy ships leave for or return from an assignment or mission, the family of the sailors go to the top of the Round Tower to cheer and wave goodbye or welcome them back.
It also looks quite high, but when the new aircraft carriers come or leave port, they dwarf the surrounding buildings, including the tower.
The tower building across the harbour in Gosport is the "Hundred foot tower", part of HMS Dolphin the RN submarine base and nowadays museum. The tower was used to train in underwater escape and was bloody terrifying, not to mention cold and smelly. Keep breathing out all the way up to avoid your lungs bursting.
and just up the road is Royal Naval Hospital Haslar (RNH) where i did first part of my Medics training before going to Stonehouse in Plymouth. The Navy hospitals vary rarely get mentioned or shown on channels yet they were very advanced at the time they were designed built and operated. From Napoleonic wars through both world wars up to their closures.
My brother-in-law's old boat is there. HMS Alliance.
Hung out in the officers mess in Dolphin in the early 80s beautiful views over the solent
The 100’ Tower is no longer used for escape training. This function has now been moved to Plymouth, according to #1 son who is a LtCmdr WEO in subs
Portsmouth was one of the cities that was bombed to bits in the war. They were aiming for dockyards and ports and a lot of the original buildings were destroyed. Sad as that is, it enabled all the moden building to take place and I think they did a brilliant job. The old and new blend perfectly in my opinion.
The Naval museum is 100% worth it. The HMS Warrior is the first armoured, iron hulled warship in the world. The Victory is where Nelson died.
The Mary Rose exhibit is so well done. When I first went, as a kid, they had to spray the wreck with water to prevent it deteriorating, but they've been able to dry preserve it now. Each floor of the museum represents the deck of the ship you are level with.
A little factoid about Portsmouth itself - the city is on an island, Portsea Island, and has the highest population density of any island in the British Isles archipelago.
And not forgetting the most important fact. It has the most pubs per square mile than any other UK city. 12 pubs per square mile 😃
Dont forget the D Day museum and dolphin submarine museum Gosport side etc
Being ex RN the Round Tower holds a special place, in many RN sailors hearts. It was usually the last glimpse of our families as our ships were deployed. And often the first glimpse of families on return. I will be down there again in November for a Messdeck re-union. Will be meeting in the pub just behind the cameraman whilst filming the Warrior. You got a glimpse of it on the right (black and white Tudor front)
I live in Portsmouth, it’s got so much history and is a lovely place to live
HMS Warrior was the first 'Ironclad' a iron-hulled, armour-plated, warship, with steam engines and sail power combined, which was built in response to French naval developments. In effect, it made every existing naval craft redundant.
It never fired a shot in anger, before being decommissioned.
Yes, it effectively put paid to Napoleon III's ambitions of empire.
If I remember correctly, it was partly redundant due to advances (maybe engines, can't remember) in ship design etc.
@@Proctors1000 At the time Warrior entered service the technology's of steam engines, armour protection and guns were all advancing at a rapid rate, not unlike the situation with aeroplanes in the first half of the 20th century. Ships that were considered 'state of the art' when laid down were obsolescent by the time they were commissioned. When she entered service Warrior was considered capable of defeating any other ship in the world, within 10 years she was obsolete. Being the first all iron warship she was 'over designed' , built heavier and stronger than necessary compared to subsequent ships of her type, this is probably a part of the reason she survived long enough to be saved for restoration after being used first as a depot ship and then an oil jetty.
What an Amazing place. The Historic Naval Dockyard has so much to see and do. HMS Victory is well worth the visit alone. He Mentioned Gosport, which you could see across the Bay and is now where The Special Boat Service (SBS ) are Based.
Noice! If you like to see and learn about old ships, one of the other big legendary ship is the SS Great Britain. That's in Bristol. Dan Snow has a roughly 10 minute video on it, saying a bit about it and having a look inside. It is the ship that essentially all modern ships are based on
"What Was It Like Aboard The Largest Passenger Ship Of 1850? | SS Great Britain With Dan Snow"
The SS Great Britain tickets seem expensive, but it is a good way to spend a large chunk of the day (and I believe you can revisit for up to a year . . But don't quote me on that).
@@sameebah yes £22 for an adult and you get unlimited returns for a whole year. Theres a lot of places that offer some sort of free return scheme
Why didn't he show HMS Victory? Surely the most famous ship in Portsmouth?
@@davidlauder-qi5zv I think it's inside the dockyard (haven't been for years) and as he said in the video, all the tickets were sold out.
@@heraklesnothercules. The tickets are for going on board the Victory. I'm asking why he didn't even show the ship from a distance.
You really need to check out the naval museum. Kristen & Joerg made a video on their visit to see Nelson's ship HMS Victory. Nelson is one our national heroes and it would be worthwhile for you to checkout his story. He was given a state funeral (one of only five for people who were not monarchs), and he is buried in the crypt of St. Paul's Cathedral in London.
I was born in Portsmouth and remember my early days growing up and playing in the rubble of derelict and bombed out buildings. Dad used to go through the rubble collecting all the old wood from the buildings to burn on our coal fire. The bombing left most of the remaining houses with serious structural damage ...we had to vacate the upstirs of our house and live in the downstairs rooms in-case high winds or storms brought the roof down. I still remember the many sites, sounds and smell of my childhood and loved my days growing up in Portsmouth.
This is incredible Brenda, thanks for sharing.
I can remember as a child in the 1960s seeing all the dockyard workers streaming out at the end of work on their bicycles... much less traffic then, of course, so it was much safer than it would be today.
@@heraklesnothercules. Yes I remember that too. xx
@@LeeXRV My pleasure. x
Hello Natasha & Debbie, thanks for all your videos. I suggest you watch that chaps video on Southsea. Portsmouth is the UK's only Island city, declared a city in 1926. Southsea is a town within Portsmouth and is basically the seaside/holiday part. Portsmouth property is quite cheap BUT in Old Portsmouth the prices are sky high for obvious reasons !! There are forts out in the sea that you can see from Southsea and two of them have just been sold at auction. One or two of them were completely modernised as luxury home & hotel so interesting as a video on their own. Portsmouth has its own unusual emblem, an 8 point star over a crescent moon turned sideways, that was granted in medieval times. Portsmouth received its first charter from Richard I (Richard the Lionheart), in 1194. "a crescent of gold on a shade of azure, with a blazing star of eight points. Its my home city so happy to answer any other questions you may have. Cheers Chris
most of the modern stuff is courtesy or the Luftwaffe, durring ww2 like most uk ports it was subject to bombing that required rebuilding. in fact many cities and towns thanks to the much smaller footprint of the dreaded and detested tower block housing (more on request), had bomb sites (rubble or "waste" land resulting from ww2 bomb damage or demolition for tower blocks) up until the 70s when city centre renewal began ( not always well or for the better, see london docklands, birmingham city centre, during whick often whole communities and neighbourhoods were destroyed). sadly city renewal is an ever hungry beast and where originaly communities and streets grew up over hundreds of years, nowthe deast requires feeding every 30 or 40 years. often sprouting up beautiful or not buildings that probably will get a life of 40 years, but almost always at the cost of communities that are lost forever. beautiful cities with no haert or soul, working class comunities torn apart to be replaced witg steel and glass offices never fully occupied or glass edificies, where once hudreds of people lived, laughed and cried, now a doen or so wealthy have 2nd homes, mistress flats or apartments they use when in country. cities may be getting prettier, but the hearts built slowly over hundreds of years have been decimated over less than one century. look at footage of London or Birmingham from 50s to 70s then see the cities now,
HMS Warrior was the first iron clad warship.
It was restored in Hartlepool (my hometown) back in the 1980’s then towed to Portsmouth.
my brother slept on it in the 80s for a week on a school trip thing
Fun fact: HMS Warrior was the first naval ship with washing machines on-board.
FYI the house that Natasha said she loved at 13:15 is called Periscope House and is currently for sale at the guide price of £2,500,000/$3,165,000 so Portsmouth can be very expensive.
But equally as cheap. You have both extremes especially when it comes to the suburbs of it and the likes Somerstown, northend and milton😅
Plymouth was heavily bombed by the Luftwaffe during WW2 being the Royal Navy’s home port. A lot of buildings were destroyed, and replaced by brutalist architecture in the 1950s and 1960s. These were demolished and replaced with better looking modern buildings.
You mean Portsmouth I presume. Plymouth was bombed too but irrelevant to this vid.
@@ian-t7t yeah brain fart.
I mean theyre the second i can see how you got confused😂
Went to the Naval Museum with my sons about 15 years ago then back about 4 years ago its brilliant something for everyone.
During my youth this area was pretty run down. Just to the north is Portsdown Hill and there are several Napolionic fort hidden in the hill. Also an obelisk that ships would use to navigate into the port, so the story goes. My birth place was on the far side if this hill in a village called Purbrook. The originall road from Pompey (Portsmout) to London, the A3, went through this village. I haven't lived there for 63 yrs (primarily because they turned my homeland into a concret jungle (Houseing).
It's definitely changed from what I remember. The family did leave the area almost 50 years ago though
Guys I have been a follower of yours for 3 or four years. I've lived here for 15 years. I will watch your video first. And then add what attracted me and whilst I consider it home and safe, compared to London were I was born and raised. I will watch your video first. Then add any further items as a local xx
Play up Pompey !
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@@exsubmariner "You'll never take the Fratton End"
@@maitaimik I can't take a shower without falling over I'm far to old young man 🤣🇬🇧👍
Pompey play up!
Great video, I was lucky enough to attend a wedding on The Warrior, the small ceremony was held in the captains cabin and the reception was in a larger area, it was magical x
I lived in Portsmouth in the eighty's at the pub the mucky duck(white swan one of UK's oldest haunted pubs) and used to be able to go walk around HMS victory its crazy to see how much the city has changed.
L❤VE Portsmouth (Everyone does) I use to work for the military and was based there. Gunwharf (Quays Shopping) is the best Quays ever… You can’t beat Portsmouth !! I go every year for a visit 🛍️
Im from portsmouth. Its a city steeped in history blood and toil. It was heavily bombed for its involvement in the war. The biggest naval base in England and the bombed out church (church in ruins) at the start was used to plan D-Day as the old story goes
The city itself isnt expensive to live in with an average rent of £750-£1200 pcm (this is low for hampshire) known as the basin of Hampshire. A tough working class city built on the violence that the docks have brought to us.
Its the only city in england on its own island. And one of the heaviest fortified cities in the UK.
Fun fact of the spinnaker tower is it was supposed to be painted red and white a few years ago but because its the colours of our rival city (s**hampton) but it was so heavily protested by the residents they were forced to paint it blue and gold the colours of the crest of portsmouth “i grant this city a crest of a shield with a star of 8 points and a crescent moon in a shade of azure” - Henry V also every bit of ironwork in the city has the cities crest on it
We live next to Portsmouth, we live in gosport, which also had a big naval history, and beaches where d day, was started. Were pretty lucky here, because we get very good weather for most of the year, because we are so far south. Even winter can be very sunny. Charles Dickins was born here.
Hi from Calgary. Visited Portsmouth twice when I still lived in England. Saw HMS Victory , which made me realise how hard it was for the sailors of the day, so cramped. Also left from Portsmouth on my way to the Isle of Wight. Well worth seeing.
I am from portsmouth you should look into the history of Portschester Castle
I had friends who lived near Southampton, a little bit further West than Pompey, and when I visited we would often go out to Gosport, Portsmouth, Portchester Castle or other places of interest. I have been up to the top of the Spinnaker Tower and jumped up and down on the glass floor looking down at the ground 330 feet below. The Naval Dockyard is a video all to itself if you can find one.
That’s only about 10th of Portsmouth and its history 👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧
We'll definitely do more!
My great grandfathers brother is on the war memorial in Portsmouth his ship was the first to be torpedoed in the second world war , and my dad's mother was stationed there world war ll , she was in the RAF and was welding , when German bomb hit the building next door x love watching the videos 👍🏼
Oooh my home city. We have everything - beaches, history, open green spaces etc. We have a few grotty parts but the good outweighs the bad bits 😊
Check out Drachinifel about Nelson.
You have to find a video of the museum its brilliant. I used to have trips there when i was a child. The ships are amazing and the architecture. Its a brilliant day out. Great video Natasha and Debbie. 😊
Hello Ladies.
I’ve been to Portsmouth dozens of times. My late mum’s identical twin sister lived there for years. Her father-in-law was an Alderman of the city in the 70’s. my cousin, his grandson had just joined the RAF. At Alderman Lacey’s inauguration my cousin, the lowest rank in the RAF was in the VIP party and was saluted by Admirals, Generals and Air Vice Marshalls. I never met him but he had the a new library in Portsmouth, The Alderman Lacey Library, named after him.
Portsmouth has ferries to international ports in France & Spain and is also a ferry and hovercraft port to the quite near Isla of Wight. During WWII Portsmouth being a major Royal Navy base was subjected to regular heavy bombardment by the Nazi’s. It is still a major Royal Navy Base. The sailor's nickname for Portsmouth is Pompey.
loved this video! I live in a town nearby portsmouth, love this area wouldn't change it for anything!
I was born in Portsmouth 66 years ago. I now live in Yorkshire (Have done for the past 28 years).
Portsmouth is absolutely steeped in history, a must visit City on the South Coast of England with excellent
links to the Isle of Wight (Ferry and Hovercraft).
I won't say too much as I don't want to give too much away but I think you'll enjoy it.
Keep up the brilliant work, I love this channel!
I am portsmouth born and bred great navel town and history also a roman fortress (Portchester castle), is near by, Henry viii visited portchester castle with Ann Boleyn in 1535 along with other royals from 1214 to 1583, many other places within an hours drive.
AKA Pompey!!
Portsmouth also has the most pubs/bars per square mile than any other city in the UK. 12 per square mile😃
Play up Pompey, Pompey Play Up!! 🍻⚓💙
There's a ferry from Portsmouth Harbour to Cowes on the Isle of Wight. In days of yore it was steam powered and then diesel. The latter took about 40 minutes to make the crossing which was time for a leisurely pint - two on a good day. Now it's a high speed catamaran and you're on the Island almost before you've sat down. Progress, who needs it?
Portsmouth is about a 2 hour drive from Bristol via the M4. My sister in law is an avid shopper and used to drive there for the day. I'd always say no thanks. I hate shopping 😂
I'm from Leeds, but Pompey is my favourite English city. Lovely place
Should see Isle of Wight too with Queen Victoria's little holiday home Osbourne house
Portsmouth is a beautiful city the naval history is impressive nice video
Last time I went to Portsmouth was in 2004, the tower was built but wasn’t open. I saw the Mary Rose which is now dry, opposed to when I saw it in the 90’s when it was being sprayed with a preservation liquid. Random fact: the liquid it was being sprayed with is polyethylene glycol, which is used to make toothpaste! When I went on board HMS Warrior, there was a wedding going on! All the blokes had medals on so they were obviously a naval family. Must go back soon 🙂
Oh! On the subject of boats. I thought of a place you might enjoy seeing. It's in Ellesmere Port, not too far from Liverpool. Its home to the National Waterways Museum. They had a gathering a few months ago of canal boats. Theres a lady on here who made a nice informative video on the place with some great aerial footage
"Ellesmere Port Boat Gathering | Historic Narrowboats | National Waterways Museum" by @TheNarrowboatPirate
With my Mother being Portsmouth born and bred and Dad being in the Navy I and my brothers spent part of our childhood in the city and loved Southsea and Old Portsmouth.
Been meaning to visit Portsmouth since I moved about 40 miles up the coast to Bournemouth, I've always intended to see The Victory.
So glad I watched this, taught me that I need to pre-book and that there is more to see than I realised.
Portsmouth is a university city so there are a lot of young people around. It's the setting off point for sailings to France and Spain as well as the Isle of Wight and because of its history has a lot of tourists. Bristol is roughly 90 miles away.
Born on the Isle of Wight, lived in Portsmouth for the last 27 years 😀
My late father was stationed at Portsmouth with the Royal Navy around the time of 1935-1939, at sometime during this period he was stationed to HMS Victory (Admiral Nelson's Flag ship)
That White House is where my parents met ❤
WOW!!
the best thing in Portsmouth is the Mary Rose museum. The Mary Rose was a warship for Henry 8th (guy with all the wives) which sank in the harbour. They raised it in the 80s. Its incredible to see and they were able to reconstruct details about the lives of the people on board.
Check out Plymouth another Navy Town. Heavly bombed in the WWII.
Portsmouth has been one of my favourite cities since our first family holiday there in 1979. My dad fell in love with the combination of history, the naval dockyard and watching the shipping in the harbour. A couple of years ago we were able to scatter his ashes into the water between the Round Tower and Spice Island, so it will always have a certain resonance with us. My own kids have inherited the love of the place - the shops of Gunwharf Quays might have something to do with this in the case of my daughters!
About 2 hours drive from Brighton and 2 hours from Bristol , it's quicker by train 👍🏼
Great reaction ladies
I’m Portsmouth or should I say Pompey born and bred.
This video has only scratched the surface of Portsmouth’s history obviously tied up around the Royal Navy
Also Portsmouth is the most congested city population wise outside of London
Portsmouth was such a good naval base because it gets twice as many high tides as usual (because of the Isle of Wight). Southampton too.
Completely wrong, two tides a day I what I have always seen and fished in my 88 years of being a Portmuthian.
@@JohnJones-cp4wh So I'm correct then. I suggest you research the effect of the I.O.W. on tidès in the Solent and Spithead.
You will see there are four tides a day, sometimes three, at Southampton and Portsmouth.
@@pabmusic1 Yes, I heard the same only a few days ago on another video (sorry, can't remember which one).
Portsmouth was heavily bombed during WW2 hence a lot of newer buildings especially around the Dock area.
I've never seen around Portsmouth, so this was really cool! There's a lot more to it than I thought. My dad was stationed there when he was in the Navy. Wishing you a great weekend ladies! ❤
Thanks, you too!!
I always wanted to visit Portsmouth since a teenager when I watched the process of the Mary Rose being lifted from the seabed. I finally went last year, decades since. The Mary Rose was mind blowing!! It is a definite MUST to visit if nothing else when you come to the UK. Items on board look like they were made yesterday, the preservation is fantastic.
We are definitely going to be visiting!!
@@TheNatashaDebbieShow Brilliant! And I feel honoured that you replied to my post!! 😊
@catherinewhite8819 We are honored that you watch our Show!
You if I remember correctly did a Chester city video where I was born now am reading comments from people who live in Portsmouth that's cool.
That’s weird coming on,one and the first thing I see was this video with the heading Portsmouth…. My city lol by the look of the Spiniker tower the video is a few years old now as it’s been re painted. There’s so much more to see via the history route. So glad you saw some of it but you must try and see a video with the new Royal Navy war ships and aircraft carriers that are docked here.
As you asked about house prices. I don't live far from Portsmouth ladies and the house prices in 'some' parts of Portsmouth are some of the cheapest in the South of England. Also checkout Southsea, it has nice piers, arcades and the Hovercraft, plus lots of ice cream👍
Seriously???
@@TheNatashaDebbieShow some areas are still expensive, but there are a few areas that are notably cheaper in general for the South. Having said that, house prices in the South compared to further up North are generally much more expensive.
I live in Portsmouth ( SOUTHSEA) It's a beautiful place to live and work.