From spy mysteries, to ship building, to a busy and lively high street, the Sally Port Inn has seen it all...
In 1956 the inn came briefly into the international news spotlight when the disappearance of one of the guests, Commander Lionel ‘Buster’ Crabb, led to a huge political row and one of the all-time great spy / mystery stories...
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Today the High Street is a fairly sedentary place largely residential in nature. In the mid 20th century, though, the son of a previous owner of the Sally Port Inn remembers it as fairly industrial with soot belching from the nearby ship building stations...
Read moreA selection of stories from the long history of the inn...
In 1956 the inn came briefly into the international news spotlight when the disappearance of one of the guests, Commander Lionel ‘Buster’ Crabb, led to a huge political row and one of the all-time great spy / mystery stories.
Read NowIn 1189 Richard I landed at Portsmouth and the strategical advantages of the island probably induced him to build a town there. Judging by the number of conveyances of houses in the town, by early in the thirteenth century it seems to have grown to a fair size...
Read MoreToday the High Street is a fairly sedentary place largely residential in nature. In the mid 20th century, though, the son of a previous owner of the Sally Port Inn remembers it as fairly industrial with soot belching from the nearby ship building stations...
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