Talk – Portsmouth 4 – The final chapter

Andrew Negus will present this final chapter of his series on Portsmouth covering the period from the 1930s. We will hear about Portsmouth’s sewage system, Portsmouth’s moment of glory winning the FA Cup in 1939 and then how looking after the FA Cup nearly ended in disaster due to German bombing. Portsmouth suffered enormously during the Second World War, with some 40,000 buildings damaged or destroyed, including the Guildhall where the FA Cup was held. Despite the destruction, the Germans never succeeded in blowing up the enormous oil tanks buried under Portsdown Hill.