Hampshire Genealogical Society WEA Publications

We are pleased to offer the following publications from the Portsmouth Workers Education Association Local History Group. This is a splendid series entitled "Memories …..", covering various areas of Portsmouth. They contain fascinating detail of the streets and houses within the area using early records from Portsmouth Record Office. The books also include personal stories from inhabitants of the area. They are an invaluable source of social history and detailed observation of daily life in the 1920s and 30s.

Title	Content	UK	Overseas
Arundel Street Memories	Revised in 2002 with 9 new illustrations and the addition of streets lying between Arundel Street and the railway.	£2.90	£4.05
Memories of Charlotte Street	Illustrated booklet of the well-known market street and surrounding area. Second edition of 1993, reprinted 2001.	£2.50	£3.65
Memories of Downtown Portsmouth	This illustrated volume covers Commercial Road, the largest shopping street in Portsmouth. Reprint of the 1994 edition.	£3.15	£4.25
Memories of Fratton	Illustrated with maps and drawings, the booklet covers Fratton Road. First published in 1997, reprinted 2001.	£2.90	£4.05
Going to Work Volume One	Published in 2001, this book contains memories of starting work in the Portsmouth-Portsea areas in a variety of trades and occupations. This is an illustrated version of the 1981 booklet.	£2.50	£3.65
Going to Work Volume Two	Newly published in 2002, this book continues with more memories of starting work in the Portsmouth-Portsea areas in a variety of trades and occupations.	£2.50	£3.65
Highbury Memories	Published in 2002, this book deals with the area to the north east of Portsea Island between the Creek and the south coast railway line. The main housing in the area was started between the wars. 13 illustrations.	£2.50	£3.65
Memories of Lake Road and its Locality	This covers the area enclosed by Lake Road, Fratton Road, Arundel Street and Commercial Road. 62 pages with 8 illustrations. First published in 1980; revised and expanded in 1999.	£2.90	£4.05
Memories of Mile End and Rudmore	This book covers three adjacent areas on the west of Portsea Island: Flathouse along the western shore; Mile End surrounding part of Commercial Road, and Rudmore further north.	£2.50	£3.65
Memories of North End and Hilsea	New for 2006, this volume covers the residential and busy shopping area north of Kingston to the old city boundary and thence on through Hilsea to the north of Portsea Island.	£2.95	£4.05
Memories of Portsea	This volume incorporates the former Memories of Portsea and Memories of Queen Street booklets. It covers the area between the town of Old Portsmouth and the Dockyard, centred on Queen Street. There is also a new section on the history of the Gunwharf leading up to the modern Gunwharf Quays development. Published 2007.	£3.15	£4.25
Memories of Wymering and Paulsgrove	First published in 1998, this reprint covers the area to the north west of Portsea Island which was developed pre- and post-war to accommodate the expansion of Portsmouth.	£3.00	£4.10

Limited Stock available for the following titles. Please check availability before ordering, and ask for it to be reserved.


Title	Content	UK	Overseas
Memories of Old Buckland	Revised version of Buckland Memories (1991) covering the area between Commercial Road and Kingston Road, north of Church Street and Lake Road. Published in 2001.	£2.90	£4.05
Memories of Marylebone	This volume deals with the area around the Guildhall. Published November 1999; 64 pages with 13 illustrations.	£2.90	£4.05
Memories from Over The Lines	East of the railway lines from Ports Creek in the north down to the present Langstone Road in the south. Published 1995.	£2.50	£3.65

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