Albert Road, Southsea - the Street of Fun | Nostalgia
With its theatres, cinemas and pubs it became known as the Street of Fun – a moniker which is perhaps even more apt today.
![Albert Road in 1905, before the Kings Theatre was built. It opened on September 30, 1907.](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjFhM2IwOWUzLWQ0MGYtNGZlOS1iMGRhLThmMmJjNjcyZGI4NjphYTUwYTg0YS02ZGNhLTQ5MTItOTAxOC0xMzMyYTMxYmVlZDg=.jpg?crop=3:2,smart&width=640&quality=65&enable=upscale)
![Albert Road in 1905, before the Kings Theatre was built. It opened on September 30, 1907.](/img/placeholder.png)
Albert Road, Southsea, is the most Bohemian thoroughfare in Portsmouth… especially after dark.
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