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  2. History of Portsmouth - Wikipedia

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    In 1884, the Portsmouth Times gained a sister paper called the Evening Mail, ... 1950 – Portsmouth is twinned with Duisburg in Germany. 1960 ...

  3. Portsmouth, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Portsmouth is served by a variety of radio stations on the AM and FM dials, with towers located around the Hampton Roads area. [72] Portsmouth is also served by several television stations. The Hampton Roads designated market area (DMA) is the 42nd largest in the U.S. with 712,790 homes (0.64% of the total U.S.). [73]

  4. Landport Drapery Bazaar - Wikipedia

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    The business however returned as part of the Portsmouth rebuilding programme, with a new store within the re-constructed Town centre during the 1950s. But in 1965 the store was purchased by the United Drapery Stores and subsequently in 1982 the store was converted to an Allders. [4] The Allders store was sold in 2005 to Debenhams. The Debenhams ...

  5. Portsmouth - Wikipedia

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    Portsmouth was established as a town with a royal charter on 2 May 1194. [8] [9] The city is home to the first drydock ever built. It was constructed by Henry VII in 1496. [10] Portsmouth has the world's oldest dry dock, "The Great Stone Dock"; originally built in 1698, rebuilt in 1769 and presently known as "No.5 Dock". [11]

  6. Portsmouth Airport (Hampshire) - Wikipedia

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    The company changed its name to Portsmouth Aviation in 1946, with a view to expanding both the aviation and manufacturing sides of the business and, the following year, their newly designed Portsmouth Aerocar made its first flight. This five-seat aircraft had an unusual twin-engined, twin-boom, high-wing layout.

  7. Buckland, Portsmouth - Wikipedia

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    Due to this, and the slum nature of much of what housing was left, large parts were demolished and replaced with social housing built in the 1950s and '60s. [1] Charles Dickens was born in Buckland in 1812. [2] His father moved to Portsmouth to work at the Naval Base. He bought a terraced house in an area close to the base then called Newtown.

  8. Harbor Defenses of Portsmouth - Wikipedia

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    The Harbor Defenses of Portsmouth was a United States Army Coast Artillery Corps harbor defense command. [1] It coordinated the coast defenses of Portsmouth, New Hampshire and the nearby Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine from 1900 to 1950, both on the Piscataqua River, beginning with the Endicott program.

  9. William McIlroy (department store) - Wikipedia

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    In the 1950s the business started to struggle and changed hands. Stores were closed, including the Reading store in 1955. [10] The Swindon store however continued to operate. The famous clock tower was removed in the 1960s for safety reasons and replaced with a smaller, less ornate clock front. [11]