"When my father and mother visited Portsmouth in 1941, your Guildhall, which my great-grandfather had opened, had been in ruins for less than a month. I am glad today to continue that deep interest which my family have always taken in your affairs by coming here to see this fine building that has risen from those ashes."
An extract from the speech the Queen gave when she opened the newly restored Guildhall on 8 June 1959. The Guildhall had been devastated by German bombing in 1941.
An extract from the speech the Queen gave when she opened the newly restored Guildhall on 8 June 1959. The Guildhall had been devastated by German bombing in 1941.
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