Southsea: From shiny dustcarts to ‘hurricanes’ via the Savoy | Nostalgia
![A fleet of Portsmouth City Council Bedford dustcarts and drain cleaners lined up on Southsea Common. They were provided by USG in 1969.](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjVkZjU0Y2RhLWRkN2EtNDkxNC04MDlhLThlNjI0NTY3N2NkMTo0OTY5OTZlOC1kNTU2LTQwODQtOWIzOC05OGJlNjFmYzY0NzM=.jpg?crop=3:2,smart&width=640&quality=65&enable=upscale)
![A fleet of Portsmouth City Council Bedford dustcarts and drain cleaners lined up on Southsea Common. They were provided by USG in 1969.](/img/placeholder.png)
All today’s Looking Back pictures were taken in the 1960s except the one of beach wreckage which is from October 1987.
That was captured the morning after south-east England was torn apart by a ‘hurricane’.
To see the rest of the pictures in this Southsea gallery click here.
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