Earlier news
Design Competition 2002 - Lord Mayor unveils the plaques
The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress radiated jolliness and enthusiastim when they visited the winning schemes.
Broad Street Bus Museum under threat
A unique and popular visitor attraction in Old Portsmouth is being threatened with closure.
Manhatten on Portsmouth Harbour - high rise at Gunwharf?
26 storeys - that's the latest new plan for more housing at Gunwharf but we're concerned at the quality of the design.
Vulcan Building Gunwharf - sacrificed to flats?
Magnificently restored but threatened segmentation into private flats, the south wing of the Vulcan deserves better.
Portsmouth Society's 30th Anniversary
We're nearly 30 years old! But how shall we celebrate?
The Impact of the Signing Strategy
300 signs at every major intersection have brought protests at the siting and design of this new street furniture.
Brent Goose Strategy
Remember the Farlington football stadium plan? This new strategy clarifies and resolves some of the planning issues associated with these garrulous birds.
The New Road Centre
Conversion to housing of part of the former New Road School in Buckland has now been agreed.
Sale of the Centuries
"the greatest exchange of property since the dissolution of the monasteries" is how the sale of MOD property has been described.
Commercial Road Fountain - a personal view
The Jubilee Fountain has been under threat!
St James's Hospital Grounds
The long-running story on the fight for village/town green status looks soon to reach a satisfactory conclusion.
Pompey as she is spoke - yet more readers' comments
A year after the publication of an article in our newsletter on the Portsmouth dialect, we are delighted to be still receiving readers comments and recollections.
Wymering Manor Update
Structural decay has meant that rooms in Portsmouth's oldest house, currently the city's Youth Hostel, cannot be used. We report on the efforts to finance the necessary repairs.
Book Review - Portsmouth Ships, Dockyard and Town
Dr Ray Riley, member of the Society, has recently published photographic survey of Portsmouth industries.
