Roller-skating at the rink on Southsea Common | Nostalgia
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Roller-skating was huge in the post-war years and Southsea’s rink on the Common was enormously popular, as these pictures show.
There’s also one unusual shot from the Edwardian period of a couple skating on South Parade Pier.
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