Exploring Portsmouth Old Town & Dockyards | The Lost History!
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- čas přidán 6. 02. 2021
- Join me for a walk from Clarence Pier and all the way down to The National Museum for the Royal Navy via Portsmouth Harbour. I will point out all places of historic interest and show you the sights along the way, including some Gunwharf Quays and Spice Island.
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As a portsmouth resident, nice display of our personal history as a naval port city, brilliant place to come, would recommend this city to everyone!
Yes me too. I will be back.
Am coming sooon
Portsmouth has a special place in my heart. Childhood and romantic memories. Especially Southsea and South Parade Pier. Both sets of my grandparents lived there.
The Still and West is an awesome pub. When some of the big ships come into the harbour you can’t see the sky because the ships are so massive and close to the pub.
My grandfathers (both) used to work in “The Dockyard” in the 1960s.
Portsmouth has changed a lot over the years, but definitely for the better.
The Still and West pub on Spice Island is probably my favorite pub in the whole world. Last time I was there in 2016 my family had a few beers on the patio when a Royal Navy frigate was going out to sea. A very cool experience.
Yes it's a great place.
I remember sitting in the Still and West pub having a beer back in the 1970s. A naval ship was just leaving the Harbour and Verdi's Hebrew Slaves Chorus was being sung on the pub tannoy. That music enhanced the spectacle enormously.
HMS Victory is far more famous the that piece of driftwood, the Mary rose. HMS Warrior was the 1st ever ironclad warship
When I lived and worked in Portsmouth in the 1980’s during the summer my friends and I couldn’t wait for our day off so we could sunbath on that little beach at old Portsmouth. I believe it was called the Hot Walls ❤️
It still is!
Fond memories 😀
at 6:25, the Round Tower.
I was on the Round Tower the day the task force set sail for the Falklands, among the crowds.
18:22 Ship and Castle on the corner, I used to work there in the late 80's
Thanks Brian.
The figurehead of HMS Vernon represented the shore Royal Navy base on which the shopping Mall is now built on.
Terrific. I was born in Portsmouth. 109 Goldsmith Avenue. Moved to South Africa later on.
i grew up in South Africa but i m from Belgium from 8 to 21 in SA
Spice Island Inn used to be called The Coal Exchange when i was drinking there as a young man. The coal used to be offloaded from the ships coming down from the North, probably Newcastle! Just by there was the Gosport chain ferry, which I just about remember from the 50's as a lad. That's when we had the Isle of Wight paddle steamer as well. Happy young days!
Thank you for that - I have been wondering ehat happened to the Coal Exchange; I was convinced it was opposite the Still & West, but on a visit there a couple of years ago (40 year absence!) it was gone, I thought my memory was playing tricks on me.
Hello, Darren. At 07:24, when you show Gosport, you can see a tower on the left. This is at the former submarine base of HMS Dolphin. The tower was used to train submarine crews how to escape from a submarine. It was full of water 90+ feet deep, with airlocks at various depths to train crew - the water pressure increases the further down the tower you go.
Lovely video. Long time since I've had a walk around the place known to the personnel of the Royal Navy as 'Pompey'. You certainly had a fine day for it. Thank you.
Thanks Brian. Yes a lovely day it was.
Tragically, we lost one submariner-to-be in there.
It’s still used by the Navy
Great video. I grew up in Portsmouth but left at 17 to work in London. These days, I live in Sydney, Oz, but last time I was home (2013) I visited Pompey and was blown away by how lovely and well-cared for Southsea was. And the Spinnaker Tower is amazing. It's one of those structures that can never be mistaken, like the Sydney Opera House, the Statue of Liberty, the Eiffel Tower, the Taj Mahal - whoever designed it was a bloody genius. Meanwhile, Old Portsmouth was always gorgeous; glad to see it still is.
Thanks for sharing
You get an excellent view of the Spinnaker Tower from the Isle of Wight, provided the weather is good!
As a Southsea resident I enjoyed your videos
Southsea! My favourite part of Portsmouth. Born there in 1953. Still here.
Dusty Fogg Hi Love Southsea, go there from Dorset now and again and have fish and chips from the Deep Blue chippie and sit in park across the road
A Pompey boy till I die, even though I've moved away. Bad traffic now I think but still a great place.
Born and bred on the Isle of Wight, until moving to Dorset a while ago, always loved Portsmouth ( always known as Pompey) from going there in 60s Christmas shopping with my parents, to the navy days in the late 60s, my first proper girl friend came from Eastney who I use to go see and going to shows at the guildhall and shopping trips in the 90s still love the place
Lived in Portsmouth for 6 months in 1983. Place has totally changed from what I remember it by but the thing I find amazing is there are so many people now enjoying the views.
This is great! Portsmouth is my home town, but I haven’t been there much in the past 20 years. It looks great in this video, and Gunwharf looks so much different from when I last saw it.
Thanks for watching
Thanks for the video and chat. A very nice tour of Portsmouth. Cheers Darren.
Enjoyed this. When looking out towards the Isle Of Wight you can see some of the sea forts, two of these are now hotels. Also one of the fires at South parade pier happened during the filming of Tommy in 1974. When you leave Spice Island as you look to the left there is a modern building which is the home of the ben Ainsley racing team, they decided to build there when the America's Cup came to Portsmouth. As others have mentioned before Gunwharf Quays the area was HMS Vernon which was a Torpedo training site hence the Torpedos around that area. Also the train line used to run across into the dockyard for Royalty use. The sculpture towards the end is of the Mud Larkers, these were the youths who used to dive around in the mud as the wealthier folk would throw them money.
Lovely sky, thanks for another awesome video!
Thank you too!
nice little tour darren
Loved it please do more of these walking history tours.
More to come. Thanks.
Thank you for this video, found the link in Portsmouth Nostalgia. played it again with the sound off and slowed it down drastically so I could really look at the buildings I haven't seen in so many years, we don't have red brick building like that in my part of the USA. These are views I usually see (birds eye level) from the HMS Warrior web cam and it was so nice to see these places at ground level. I'll be sharing this video on my personal fb page too so I'm glad to see you've put a link to the Southsea walk as I was wondering how to go about including that in my post.
Amazing area of the world, very underrated city, used to work nearby to there, fantastic day and video as always
Beautiful place I loved visiting my nan in the summer and exploring this magical place
A great little outing thanks 4 posting, love the way you speed up the bits that drag 👍
think I might have to venture down old Portsmouth.
Love it all around there, always something going on.
I was a student at Pompey and felt a bit nostalgic so thanks for this. Can’t believe how different it is now and forgot how beautiful it looks in the sun!
Our pleasure!
I was born in Portsmouth and grew up in Gosport, now in my 60s thinking of moving back....you make it look very tempting, with a lot of new developments since my youth!
Been looking forward to the continuation of your walk from Southsea. We stayed in the Premier Inn by the pier a few years ago and got the Hovercraft over to the Isle of Wight, as well as walking along your route to the Dockyard
Great video, has certainly made me homesick 😕 reminds me of the school trips to the dockyard and surrounding area.
Glad you liked it.
So lovely to see this video brings back lovely memories of my visits to Southsea and Portsmouth...love the seafront and Canal Lake...Gunwharf Queys so lovely to walk around... Also my friend who lives in Southsea worked on the HMS Warrior as an engineer for 2-3 years and loved to chat with the tourists and even took me on a tour round the ship which was fascinating...Looking forward to going back sometime as I have great memories of my visits. I was taken up the Spinnaker Tower and a trip over to the I.O.W. on the Hovercraft where we enjoyed a few hours at Sandown Beach... we went to Ryde and took the train to Sandown...was a lovely day and we had great fish n chips and a drink not sure name of pub but was a lovely day... Back on the Hovercraft later but really enjoyed that day trip...😁😎👍👌
Many a time have I made the journey across from Portsmouth harbour station to Gosport on the ferry to visit dad! Sadly, in the past!
Good video and walk around in Portsmouth
Fantastic video thanks 👍
No problem 👍
Another brilliant video Darren what a place.
Thanks 👍
This is a great video - the Round Tower was not just a fortification, there was a chain across to a sqaure tower in Gosport; the chain rested on the sea bed, but at times of threat a capstain in each tower would be turned to raise it up and block the entrance to the harbour. Also in Old Portsmouth is the house where George Villers, Duke of Buckingham,was assassinated in 1629 - it was then the Greyhound pub. Such a lot of histoey in a small city.
Thanks for the tour 😊
The scenes made me miss summer...
My pleasure 😊
Wow I spent time in pompey whilst in the navy, the whole area around the harbour train station is like outer space compared to 96 when I left, its unbelievable.
Thanks very much for the brilliant vid.
Nice to see the Ship Anson is still open, I got very drunk there multiple times, like a good matelot, I loved this vid 👌
Thank you for this video. I was born here but moved away many years ago. Gun wharf is built on the site oh HMS Vernon & my dad was stationed here. The ‘bust’ is actually a figurehead which would have been mounted on the bow of the ship of that name. The museum of the Royal Navy is situated inside HM Naval Dockyard which is still in use today as a dockyard.
You were a long way from your beloved Yorkshire. But what a lovely visit and such glorious weather you had. Much enjoyed. Cheers
Thanks mate.
Really enjoyed this. Was born,. grew up and lived in Portsmouth betwen the 50's to 90's and then moved away. Made me feel quite homesick watching it. They've certainly.done a good job of the area in Old Portsmouth, the round tower and Gunwharf. Hope I can visit again one day.
Thanks for watching
Thanks Darren I enjoyed that wander by the sea, its nice to see the sun I could almost feel the heat. It looks like a lovely place I've yet to visit.
Thanks 👍
Thanks for that very enjoyable tour of my old home town of Portsmouth. Did you know the Tolpuddle Martyrs left England from the Spice Island jetty when they were deported to Australia? Also the Merry Monarch Charles II was married in the Royal Garrison Church?
I didn't. Very interesting. Thanks Aled.
Rare indeed for me to watch a video of length from start to finish. Really uplifting to see enthusiasm for my hometown. It has had its problems over the years.
Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching.
Love it mate!
1:03 Nelson walked through that square arch and bridge to go to Trafalgar. Long Curtain Lane was his last time on British soil
4:00 The brown ones are modern modern buildings that replaced a shipyard.
11:58 Nearly!.. Gunwharf Quays WAS HMS Vernon. It was a Navy Shore Establishment, and the Old Customs House is the only complete building left from the HMS Vernon days.
17:57 Arthur Conan Doyle helped form Portsmouth Football club and was one of the first goalies
you've done a decent job there mate, far better than a lot of videos about the area. Hope you don't mind me adding some points there....I'm biased as I'm Portsmouth born and raised and History is a favourite topic !.... one thing I would add is that Portsmouth Historic Dockyard is free to enter. They only restricted access because of COVID. you pay to go on attractions like Victory and Mary Rose, but to walk round is free.
Great looks lovely, another nice day and places open, a day more like what we want to come back to. Somewhere else I’ve never been. 😎
Glad you enjoyed it
Hi Darren, Finished watching both parts of this, very enjoyable to watch. The photography was really good, well done!!
I used to do this walk quite regulary when I used to live in Milton, no better place to end a walk than The Still and West!!.
There is so much history in such a small place that its impossible to do it justice in a short video, but reading the comments youve really woken the interest of a lot of people. There are lots of other places slightly off the beaten track there as well, like the Southsea branch that you have already done. Lots of blue plaques, at the end of the video just round the corner you would have come across the one for IKB, his father was responsable for the Blockmills in the dockyard one of the first uses of machines for mass production. The dockyard was where the first ever dry docks were built, over 500 years ago.
Good luck from Spain!!
Thanks David. Still lots for me to do in Portsmouth
If we ever can get back to visit the UK, my wife and I have to come visit Portsmouth! What a fantastic place. Thanks for the great video.
Please do!
It’s a shame you couldn’t get into the dockyard/museum - it’s fantastic! Everyone should visit HMS Victory at least once in their lifetime. It’ll make a first rate video next time you’re down there. Keep up the good work!
Maybe one day! I went with school when I was a kid, but can't remember much about it.
I don't live so far from Portsmouth but not been along the front for so many years. Your video is so very interesting. Filmed in the summer makes it bright and colourful too. You seem to have some footage in the box ready to pull out during these times. Nice one. Take care and thanks for sharing. W :)
Awesome! Thank you!
Very interesting Darren really enjoyed the trip on the sea front
Thanks 👍
Thank you very very much. Watching this video make me happy, we are living in such beautiful place👍
My pleasure 😊
Darren we visited Gun Wharf keys last summer and loved it. It was my first time in Portsmouth and i want to go back.
You should get back there.
Great video.
Very proud residente of Pompey.
Highly recommend a visit when things allow. Enjoy our fantastic city.
Thank you! Will do!
Thanks for the tour Darren! Haven't been to Portsmouth for ages. Last summer all looks so normal compared with now :-/
Glad you enjoyed it
of all the cities i visited Portsmouth is the only one i would like ( and i will ) to go again!!i spend there such a nice time.thanks to you for this wonderfull trip i m from Belgium
Thanks for watching.
oh Darren
ich schreibe gleich mal auf deutsch. Dankeschön für dieses tolle Video mit soviel historischem Hintergrund. Einfach nur genial
danke, freut mich dass es dir gefällt
Really enjoyed it.
Thanks Harry
Looks like a nice place for a weeks holiday when covid finally go's but any place is better than staying in. Looking forward to next weeks adventure
It really is!
Thank you for video , it takes me back a few years love it down there , I have family in Gosport , the big blue and white yacht , opposite Spinnaker tower is owned by the guy who owned the NCP car parks.
Do you mean NCP car parks? The big yellow sign ones? Even so I had no idea that was his yacht always parked there always see that!
Yes sorry typing error
Glad you enjoyed it
Portsmouth is a very interesting place, we had many great days out at Gunwharf Quays. I have not returned to the UK for fifteen years or so and your coverage was good to see. Chichester is an interesting walk around too if you are ever close.
Thanks 👍
Very enjoyable.
One day, you'll go somewhere I've never been. Brings back memories of being dragged to the Isle of Wight every year by my grandparents.
Thanks for your most interesting video. Just a note - HMS Warrior was the first steam powered war ship combining boilers below deck and sail above. It must have been hell working with those boilers.
Thanks for watching, more to come.
Nice video!
Thanks Winston
lovely video
Thanks
3:09. Hot walls to the left. Where we dare to jump off the walls and clear the shallows. people always get hurt but it’s almost become tradition. The ballsier jump from round tower
There were some doing it the day I was filming.
Portsea boys used to jump off the round tower at high tide.
Brilliant Brilliant xx 😀
Very interesting versitile place.
Until Gun-wharf Quays was build ,this was the sight of HMS Vernon, which was a land-based training centre for the Royal Navy.
My husband has promised me to me here ❤ Hiwa I see u 😂
Just became a fully pledge member xx 😊
Thanks Natalie. Means a lot.
Never saw Portsmouth on my visits to the UK. My mistake, obviously. Thanks so much.
Yes, it's a must see. Lot's of history.
Ahhhh the hospital is in shot that I mentioned in the comments of part one. I like how you only mention the French. Since the Spanish armada did try, but never got this far oops. I remember the little beach from all the Falklands task force footage, as the navy left, every place was full of people, as still seen today if certain ships are arriving or departing on occasions, like recently with HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales, and their carrier groups. I thank the people of Portsmouth, for their never-ending dedication to preserving so many aspects of our history. Both physically in the town, and of our illustrious naval history too. Pardon my audacious pun. My comedy is far from invincible. I could remain indomitable, but I'm sure most would get furious, if I maintain this eagle-eyed approach to hiding such a list of venerable ship names, that were to triumph in conflict. So much glory to each warrior of war. So indefatigable and majestic. So magnificent and powerful. Each a leviathan of naval defence against such an arrogant and terrible axis during WWII. Ok, I'll stop now. I managed 20 names of aircraft carriers. If you only counted 19, that's because there was no way to slip in Ark Royal with subtlety, so I kept her until the end, to throw her in like a brick 🤣 God Save the Royal Navy and God Save the Queen.
Thanks for watching.
WOW! New Hampshire is so waterfronty and pubby. The Ricky Nelson monument was a groove. Goox video°
Not New Hampshire. Just Hampshire lol
Its Hampshire UK not New Hampshire
opposite gunwharf was HMS Dolphin in gosport. a submarine naval base. you can see the tall diving tower.used by the RN to train escaping from a sunken sub also houses HMS Alliance. the Explosion museum is not too far away.
Fantastic video mate - I live here but from Aussie my friends always ask what it’s like here you actually walk past my apartment hope you don’t mind me sending a link to this to a few friends back home - far better then what I can do…….
No problem mate. Glad you liked.
Never been there Darren, looks a top place for a mini break
Yes it's a nice place, lots to do and see.
Great place to visit but avoid the city centre, there's nothing there. Instead visit Gunwharf Quays, Port Solent, Albert Road for a good old fashioned pub crawl and Palmerston Road/Osborne Road Southsea for decent restaurants.
The glass lift never worked lol xx
A couple of points about the cathedrals in Portsmouth. Portsmouth is one of very few cities to have two cathedrals, the Anglican cathedral in Old Portsmouth and the Roman Catholic one by the town centre. The Anglican cathedral is the closest cathedral to the sea in the UK.
Some time since i have been there ..all changed ...
Carry on...
More to come. Thanks.
I didn’t know Portsmouth was a really nice place to visit I love the way it is not littered with rubbish
It was quite clean.
I'm glad you noticed that. I grew up in Portsmouth but now live in Bath. Two very different cities but the one thing Portsmouth can out-compete Bath on is cleanliness and lack of litter.
I've lived in Pompey all my life (61 years) a great city with naval & maritime history unmatched anywhere in Britain, pomponions are a breed apart , a very proud and loyal bunch , also let's not forget Portsmouth is an island ( portsea island) ...and with the amount of forts , castles , and ramparts around a city built to keep enemies out . For me Pompey is a unique city with great people and fantastic history and I'm convinced there's still a great community spirit in this city so let's cherish living here because trust me there's a lot worse places to live .....PUP
You showed HMS Warrior, this was the first iron clad warship, and the guns on board have never been fired in anger.
She was about 3 times the size of the French ships of the time so if there was a battle between the French and the English Warrior would show up and the French ships would retreat rather than trying to take on such a large ship.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, BEST engineer ever.
I second that
@@AdventureMe Maybe do a video on Isambard, Joseph Bazalgette and Augustus Pugin. It would be like a "Triple Crown" video.
Found out recently, I have an ancestor who was born there. Cool place
Me too
Nice
Thnaks for like this video. i like walking video.
Glad to hear it.
royal garrison church has no roof as it was bombed in WW2. the 'battery' as he calls it, is called the square tower.the defensive wall between here and the round tower is known as 'the hot walls'. all guns were primed, loaded and aimed to the fleet at anchor in the solent when there was a general naval mutiny( for better conditions). gunwharf was built on the site of HMS Vernon, a naval bomb disposal unit. nerdy fact = the spinnaker tower was purposely built 6 feet out of line. the weight of the concrete pulled it back into line when finally topped off. it is built on loads of 30 ft pilings.
The old part is the best bit and you did a good job of showing it off. Blowed if I'd queue for 40 mins at Gunwharf!!!!!
I had no choice, I needed to film parts of it.
It’s back to normal now (November 2021).
@@JollyGraham Ah, crowded still then and nothing for "blokes"!!!!!
Could you tell me what is the nicest Hotel on the water front to stay in?
Best place to buy any designer gear at a really cheap price!
Couldn't agree more!
Nice video & Quality : ) Next time your down - give me a shout & I'll show you 'real' Portsmouth!!
My family already have, although it's the non touristy stuff. Even had the unfortunate experience of "Shorties" lol
@@AdventureMe I bet that was a real treat!!
Outstanding . First class filming. The sea looked really clean. Just loved it. You are so entertaining. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks so much!
"defend the harbor from the Frenchs" ... We just wanted to let you taste all our wonderful cheeses ... 😆 ... Once again a wonderful walk, nice idea to share it, nice comments.
(min 10:52 😅)
And now we have a tunnel across lol. We love France these days.
10:52 😋
Would have liked more research, but some very good comments down here.
Actually, the most famous Dockyard is Devonport in Plymouth, it's also the biggest in Northern Europe.
Can't be that famous. I've never heard of it haha
Ya gotta get in the starforts brother
What's that James?
@@AdventureMe zoom above portsmouth ...many forts lay in a pattern around the city some shaped like stars they are huge ... and surround every city in the world at one time or another in evedy country the world ...some are the largest structures known to man ..starforts portsmouth is one of many uk forts left google starforts fornpart of the story or peter rumseys maps site and look for ancient map of portsmouth or any city if you look hard enough