Pound's Yard - Portsmouth.

I've found this powerpoint presentation about the regeneration of Tipner. Its quite interesting, lots of graphics and photos. See if you can spot the LST in there...

http://www.portsmouth.gov.uk/media/exec20080114r_app(3).pdf

It's all horribly fascinating - very different from my childhood when the likely lads went round the Stamshaw foreshore to get in and get a 'bit of metal' for some project or other - and yes, the black mud!!!

The current mums are probably happier - or do kids not filch metal for projects nowadays?

Ednamay

 

Paul
Thanks for the photo's there great.

Pounds Yard reminds me of a scrapyard/vehicle dismantlers near Keele University, I tried to get in there but the dogs were rather large and intimidating and never anyone around wonder what was in there

 

Hi,
Thanks for putting the photos up Paul.

I would certainly be interested in seeing the slides of the ships that were at Pounds if you get a chance to dig them out.

Under the mud there is at least one Landing Craft Infantry (small). They scrapped a few in there over the years.

If anyone has any photos of these being scrapped or used as houseboats in the area I would certainly be interested in seeing them.

Also scrapped after being there for many years was Landing Craft Flak 34.

Regards

Danny

Composite photo showing the end of one LCI(s) at Pounds

 

Hi,

Please bear in mind that these were taken when I was a lad and from a moving car over the motorway bridge also scanner is shite and they are low res.....more and Subs to come when I come across them.

Paul

 

Hello Paul,
Thanks very much for taking the time to dig them out and scan them. Its much appreciated.


Great set of photos.

Its amazing what they had go through there.

Regards

Danny

 

Nostalgic stuff Paul.
Pretty sure a lightship or two was still there when I was a kid, but much tattier.
Memory may fail me though - whenabouts are these from?

These are from early eighties, I went to School up that way in the seveties and the earliest big ship I remember was HMS VOLAGE and the sub conning tower in the first load of pictures when it still was a whole sub! But I didnt have a camera back then.

Up at the Fort site as I type they have a First World War sub conning tower rusting away along with some other bits ready to go inside. There is also a small guage railway that Mr Pounds has installed running round part of the Fort. The Fort is currently a business park but I had heard plans that Mr Pounds was going to open it up for the general public to look round hence displaying the old trucks etc.

Paul

 

I can remember being a passenger in an aircraft that flew over it about 30 or so years ago. There were certainly a number of sub hulls around he place.