You will see dancing championships at the Savoy Ballroom, beauty contests on the pier, the usual sight of police directing traffic, the first trip for the Hovercraft Express and the St Mary’s Hospital site looking quite different back in the day.
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![Ballroom dancers at the Savoy, Southsea in 1965.](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmY5ZTViNTJhLTE0M2EtNGRjYi04NWMyLWI1OWM2YjIxOWU1MToxY2I2YTE0Yi1kMDkyLTQ0OTQtYjExYS00NzkyOTEzMmI1MWQ=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
9. Memories from 1960's - 1970's Southsea
Ballroom dancers at the Savoy, Southsea in 1965.Photo: The News archive
![The Rose Garden. Lumps Fort, Southsea in 1960. Picture: Courtesy of Helen Mabel Smith](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmEwMTJiODRmLTJlZTYtNDBiNC04OWI0LWMzYTNiOGYxNjA5NDo1MzZkZjBlNS0wZDI4LTQ1ZTctYTdjYy05M2NmYjRiZTI3NTk=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
10. Memories from 1960's - 1970's Southsea
The Rose Garden. Lumps Fort, Southsea in 1960. Picture: Courtesy of Helen Mabel SmithPhoto: The News archive
!['Miss Southsea Contest'Beauty contests were extremely popular in the 1950's and 1960's, this one was took part on South Parade Pier. Picture: The News 3957-5](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjk4NzcwNmM3LWJiYzQtNDBiOC1hMzdmLWQ3MjcwMTY1ODg2Mjo4MDU4MjQzZS00OTI1LTRjY2MtYjg4Ny0wMjAwNjFjNjc1YTg=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
11. Memories from 1960's - 1970's Southsea
'Miss Southsea Contest'Beauty contests were extremely popular in the 1950's and 1960's, this one was took part on South Parade Pier. Picture: The News 3957-5Photo: The News archive
![St Marys Hospital, Milton in 1967.](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmJkNThkZmMyLTgxMTUtNDEyZC05ZmRlLWM0MTdjOTU0OGM5NDo5OWZhOGM0NC1kOGM2LTRiYmMtOTQzZS0yMmQxZDMxMmU3ZDM=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
12. Memories from 1960's - 1970's Portsmouth
St Marys Hospital, Milton in 1967.Photo: The News archive