Buckland, Portsmouth built in the 1950s and '60s. Buckland has their own language barrier of rhyme and slang just like London back in the early 60s. Charles Dickens was born in Buckland in 1812. His father moved to Portsmouth to work at the Naval Base. He bought a terraced house in an area close to the base then called Newtown. The house of his birth is now a museum. It stands in Old Commercial Road which is to this day a very prestigious street containing many listed Georgian and Victorian terraced houses and town houses. There is no official boundary of Buckland,
Billy Smith (English footballer, born 1906) Billy Smith (English footballer, born 1906) William Henry Smith (9 June 1906 – 1963) was an English footballer who played as a full-back in the Football League for South Shields, Portsmouth and Stockport County. Smith, who played in either full-back position, spend the majority of his career at Portsmouth, having previously played League football for South Shields. He played in the 1934 FA Cup Final side that lost to Manchester City in April 1934. After leaving Portsmouth in 1937, he joined Stockport County, where he played 36 times in four seasons (although his two appearances in 1939–40 were subsequently struck