30/03/2025 Reinstated email contact. Cleaned up a few references 27/11/2022 London Road Tunnel Shelter - staying the night. 21/08/2021 Tales of the The Fuel Bunker (and Ged Hallam) 15/02/2021 Fort Southwick epic story continues. 14/02/2021 Fort Southwick Cold War COMMS Survey 14/02/2021 Fort Southwick Cold War COMMS radio operators memories 07-02-2021 Fort Southwick Cold War COMMS worker 20-01-2021 The sad state of St Mary Magdalene Church 02-01-2021 Cooper family-line updated 05-02-2020 Memories of Stockport Repeater Station 06-08-2019 Early photos of Portsdown Main added 06-08-2019 Childhood memories of Portsdown & the Wymering Shelter 21-07-2019 Is this a painting of St Mary Magdalene Church? 21-07-2019 The Farlington Aqueduct mystery deepens. 07-01-2019 Sgt D A Strong ATS - Fort Nelson WWII 08-02-2017 Wymering Tunnel Shelter nurse identified 01-05-2016 UGHQ communications equipment update 01-05-2016 Comprehensive memories of Paulsgrove & Wymering 06-02-2016 Vivid memories of the Wymering Tunnel Shelter 08-11-2015 Fort Widley and its Cold War, hi-tech, siren test 17-08-2015 Even more - Fort Southwick UGHQ in the early 1960s 04-07-2105 Fort Southwick UGHQ in the early 1960s 11-05-2015 A Fort Southwick UGHQ WREN's Secret 03-05-2105 A history of the Ship Inn, Cosham 03-05-2105 New photo of Langstone Redoubt 03-05-2105 Paulsgrove Girls' Life Brigade 18-04-2015 New Cafe recommendation 01-02-2015 New ideas on the Cosham photo 03-08-2014 GPO PR1 Protected Repeater Station - more useful info 25-04-2014 Fort Southwick UGHQ ventilation update 19-04-2014 A bit of praise and inspiration 04-04-2014 Lost Underground Civil Defence Room at Havant 15-02-2014 Portsdown Main - additional history 15-02-2014 Fort Southwick UGHQ - New introduction 01-02-2014 The giant race of Portsdown - a new mystery 05-01-2014 A long overdue update on the Falklands Plantation 05-01-2014 'Fair House' site demolished (again) 01-01-2014 A Detailed Account of an ASWE Apprentice 30-09-2013 Dead Man's Copse and F/O James Kelly 26-07-2103 UGHQ Diesel generator identified by Stoker Smith 23-06-2103 Removal of Diesel generator from Fort Southwick UGHQ - 1977 05-05-2013 Nellie Coleman and the Wymering bomb 25-04-2013 A host of Portsdown wartime memories 23-04-2013 Mysteries under Portsdown 19-01-2013 PR1 Station - 'Type 56' equipment update 19-01-2013 PR1 Station - 'Type 51' specification update 19-01-2013 Photo of the Oyster Catcher's House at Farlington Marshes 19-01-2013 Q-Site craters and Bob Milne 28-10-2012 Wendy Ayres and the Cooper family 19-10-2012 Serving in Fort Southwick during the Cold War 19-10-2012 London Road Shelter - discarded newspaper 19-10-2012 Dead Man's Copse - F/O Kelly remembered 29-05-2012 Baker's Island and the brick buildings 29-05-2012 Canadian memories of childhood Portsdown days 29-05-2012 Sheltering at London Road 09-05-2012 Claire and the Cold War COMMCEN 09-05-2012 Seeking news of Peggy Harwood 05-05-2012 More contacts from the Cooper family 29-04-2012 The Cold War COMMCEN and the young Lieutenant 29-04-2012 Trekking to the London Road shelter during WWII 29-04-2012 Two accounts of the Fuel Bunkers 23-04-2012 Horse power on Portsdown 22-04-2012 Cycling up Portsdown in the 1950s 20-04-2012 Old stories of  the Coopers 19-04-2012 First hand account of the Wymering Tunnel Shelter 18-04-2012 Photo of 'Q-site' remains on Baker's Island 17-04-2012 Photo of anti-tank blocks at Cosham Station 17-04-2012 Bert's story of the Wymering Tunnel Shelter 16-04-2012 Updated photo of Langstone Redoubt 15-04-2012 Photo of ASWE first aid team 1980 27-03-2011 Fort Southwick Cold War above ground COMMCEN - new photos 13-01-2011 The Rays and the Mystery of the Disappearing Grave Stones 13-01-2011 Paulsgrove Memories 19-09-2010 Exploring the sewerage tunnel Fort Purbrook 19-09-2010 The progressive demolition of ASWE 19-09-2010 A Fuel Bunker Fire Fighter 19-09-2010 The Wymering Tunnel Shelter 19-09-2010 Matelot's Memories 04-06-2010 Corrections to Portsdown Main History 04-06-2010 More from the Hayling Q-Site 14-02-2010 Portsdown memories of Garry Cole 14-02-2010 I'm a Paulsgrove girl! 14-02-2010 Shelley Avenue Paulsgrove 14-02-2010 Memories from down under 02-01-2010 Portsdown Hill playground 02-01-2010 Request for information about Cliffdene Cottage 02-01-2010 A message from Florida 02-01-2010 Fort Purbrook RADAR 02-01-2010 ASWE appeal- did you know Raymond Henry Cook? 23-10-2009 A Lad's memories of the Fuel Bunkers 23-10-2009 Fuel Bunker Construction 23-10-2009 A letter from America 23-10-2009 A Families memory of Portsdown 13-08-2009 Memories of a Paulsgrove girl 13-08-2009 King George VI at Fort Southwick- 16 November 1944 08-06-2009 Mystery tunnel at Drayton - can anyone help? 08-06-2009 Victims of the Hayling Island 'Q' Site 08-06-2009 Uncovering the Wymering shelter entrances 01-02-2009 Did you know this ASWE apprentice? 01-02-2009 The ASWE apprentice and the Fort Purbrook Tunnels 01-02-2009 Reunion in Oz? 02-01-2009 Portsdown From Down Under 02-01-2009 Fort Purbrook Service Tunnel 07-12-2008 The Farlington Aqueducts 07-12-2008 London Road Shelter 07-12-2008 Fort Purbrook Service Tunnel 07-12-2008 A Letter from America 12-11-2008 Dark Days and Dank Shelters 07-09-2008 Recollections of discovering Portsdown 07-09-2008 Football and the Fuel Pipeline 03-08-2008 Ron Cashes in at the Wymering Shelter 01-06-2008 Paulsgrove Chalkpit and the Wymering Shelter 01-06-2008 The Copper and the Admiralty Signal and Radar Establishment 01-06-2008 More on the Oyster Catcher's House 01-05-2008 London Road Tunnel Shelter - Additional technical information 26-04-2008 Memories of the London Road Tunnel Shelter 19-04-2008 Update to Wymering Shelter Photo - can you help? 19-04-2008 The Wymering Tunnel Shelter - a Child's Playground 19-04-2008 Correction to Fort Widley photos by Ian Spivey 13-04-2008 An Apprentice and the Fort Southwick UGHQ 30-03-2008 Memories of the Wymering Deep Tunnel Shelter 30-03-2008 Memories of Portsdown 22-03-2008 Fond Memories of Portsdown From Down Under 20-01-2008 Account by a former Chalkpit worker 08-01-2008 Another addition to the Cooper family page - update 27-11-2007 More Legends and Mysteries - addition 21-09-2007 Memories of Portsdown - addition 15-07-2007 Memories of Portsdown - addition 25-05-2007 A spooky Portsdown tale from Australia - addition 21-05-2007 Portsdown recollections from the USA - addition 06-05-2007 Memories of the London Road tunnel shelter - addition 06-05-2007 Beneath Portsdown - A childhood experience - addition 23-04-2007 Speculation about Burial Ground road dates - addition 13-03-2007 Views and memories of Portsdown - addition 07-03-2007 Recollections of ASWE - addition 09-02-2007 BBC Radio Interview with the Author at Radio Station - addition 25-01-2007 Two photos of an original Spigot Mortar - addition 25-11-2006 The Cosham Railway Hotel and an 1800s innkeeper - addition 12-11-2006 Can anyone remember tours of the London Road Shelter? - addition 03-11-2006 More memories of Paulsgrove - addition 02-11-2006 Additional history of St Mary Magdalene Church - addition 29-10-2006 Cooper family update from Edward Cooper - addition 29-10-2006 Date of Cosham photo revised - update 29-10-2006 Speculation about Burial Ground road dates - addition 17-09-2006 Account of Fort Purbrook tunnel No2 - addition 17-09-2006 Paulsgrove lad's memories - addition 17-09-2006 Member of the Cooper family added to the list - addition 21-08-2006 Paulsgrove girl's memories - addition 13-08-2006 Photo of the RAMC at QA Hospital, WWI - contribution 09-07-2006 WWII memories UGHQ Fort Southwick - addition 05-06-2006 Correction to ASWE photo text (HMS Bristol) - update 28-05-2006 Memories of ASWE - addition 19-05-2006 Memories of Paulsgrove - addition 15-05-2006 Fair House photos and memories - addition 26-04-2006 Fort Southwick WWII UGHQ. Additional information - addition 14-04-2006 Links to Google Earth aerial photos added to many pages 11-04-2006 Landmine at Farlington - readers account - addition 30-03-2006 Farlington Q-site. Commendation from Col JF Turner - addition 14-03-2006 Operational photos of Fort Southwick COMMCEN - addition 15-01-2006 Memories of Wymering Manor - addition 15-01-2006 Memories of the Nelson HAA Gunsite - addition 15-01-2006 Memories of a Cosham Traffic Warden! - update 15-01-2006 Confirmation of the existence of the Farlington Aqueducts 21-12-2005 Memories of Paulsgrove - update 17-12-2005 Memories of Paulsgrove - update 04-12-2005 Memories of Paulsgrove - update 24-07-2005 Personal account of Purbrook Tunnel No2 - addition 26-06-2005 Car parking on Portsdown - addition 18-06-2005 Personal account of Fort Southwick 1949 decommission - addition 16-05-2005 Photo of the London Road Teashop - addition 20-04-2005 Photo of the D-Day stained glass window in Christ Church - addition 25-03-2005 Hurricane Crash Site - updated text and new photos - update 06-02-2005 Interior photo of St Mary Magdalene Church - addition 24-01-2005 Fort Southwick WWII GPO Carrier Room photo - text update 15-01-2005 Cooper Shelter emails received - update 15-01-2005 Wymering Tunnel Shelter emails received - update 15-01-2005 London Road Tunnel Shelter emails received - update 05-12-2004 Digital camera donated to PORTSDOWN TUNNELS - update 27-11-2004 Photo: model of Portsdown Shutter Telegraph - addition 25-11-2004 Mystery cottage identified - update 19-11-2004 1870 map of the Crown Public House  24-10-2004 Email about the Hillsley Road mystery - addition 21-10-2004 Portsdown Main - email from former worker - addition 23-09-2004 Detailed  map of 'Q' decoy site installations - update 12-09-2004 Photo of the 10 WWII magazines at Fort Nelson - addition 24-08-2004 Fort Southwick cold war COMMCEN 2 new photos - addition 14-08-2004 Plan of the 1970s Fort Southwick COMMCEN - addition 10-07-2004 Fort Southwick cold war COMMCEN photos interpreted - update 21-05-2004 Photo of old Widley Church - addition 15-05-2004 Photo of Fuel Bunkers under construction - addition 09-05-2004 Fort Purbrook Cavern - text update and new photo 24-04-2004 Personal account of Cold War Fort Southwick - addition 14-04-2004 New photo and map of the Farlington Aqueduct - addition 13-04-2004 Fort Southwick COMMCEN more info from George French - add. 10-04-2004 1930 photo of Cosham - addition 10-04-2004 New colour photo of the Military Hospital - addition 05-04-2004 The legendary Farlington Aqueducts - addition 05-04-2004 1819 proposed tunnel through Portsdown - addition 12-03-2004 1911 photo of The George Inn - addition 12-03-2004 1916 photo of Candy's Pit - addition 05-03-2004 New photos of Fort Southwick COMMCEN - addition 02-03-2004 Text update on FGO Stuart Portsdown photo - update 23-02-2004 "The Purpose of a Repeater Station" - new page 22-02-2004 Fort Southwick COMMCEN - new email - addition 21-02-2004 Photo of Wymering Shelter main entrance exposed c1995 - addition 14-02-2004 Fort Southwick COMMCEN more info from Brian Wells - addition 14-02-2004 GPO PR1 Repeater Station further info - addition  14-02-2004 Fort Purbrook Tunnel No2 - more info from Brian Wells - addition 20-12-2003 1938 photo of Wymering - addition 20-12-2003 WWII Portsbridge roadblock photo - addition 13-12-2003 Photos of the UGHQ east portal - addition 04-12-2003 Cold War evaluation of  WWII shelters - text addition 04-12-2003 Deep tunnel shelter evaluation for Cold War use - text addition 03-12-2003 Hayling Island HAA battery and the Q-site - addition 14-11-2003 Dead Man's Copse - extract from email - addition 10-11-2003 Photo of German POWs at Cosham 1944 - addition 19-10-2003 London Road deep tunnel shelter - WWII photo - addition 19-10-2003 St Mary Magdalene Church photo - addition 17-10-2003 Print of Widley Windmill / Fort Widley construction - addition 16-10-2003 Fort Nelson WWII Magazine - new graphic and text - addition 14-09-2003 Map of Gob's Barrow location - addition 31-08-2003 New map of old Widley Church location - addition 30-08-2003 New map and accurate photo of Wymering Deep Shelter - addition 30-08-2003 Modern day comparison photo of bomb crater - addition 15-08-2003 Fort Nelson WWII Magazine new photos - addition 08-08-2003 Map of Widley Cottages - addition 04-05-2003 1967 nuclear target list for the Portsmouth area - addition 26-04-2003 GPO Repeater Station additional text - update 19-04-2003 Extract from William Cobbett - 'About Portsdown' - addition 12-04-2003 Photo of  foundations of Vent Tower at Fort Purbrook - addition 11-03-2003 Photo of Commcen at Fort Southwick - addition 08-03-2003 Gobs long barrow - addition 08-03-2003 1947 aerial photo of the ventilation tower Fort Purbrook - addition 22-02-2003 Photos added to "About Portsdown" page - addition 09-02-2003 Photos of the Cosham Home Guard - addition 02-02-2003 Fort Nelson 1950s AA control room - text addition