History of Portsmouth city to new developments such as Paulsgrove and Leigh Park. On 4 July 1968, an estimated 250,000 people witnessed the return of Alec Rose, a greengrocer in Osborne Road, after he completed his single-handed circumnavigation in "Lively Lady"; he was immediately knighted and made a Freeman of the city. 400 motor-boats, yachts, catamarans and canoes welcomed him into harbour. The University of Portsmouth gained university status in 1992 In 2003 erection was started of a 552 feet high Spinnaker Tower sited at Portsmouth Harbour, and celebrating the city's maritime tradition. Completed in 2005, the tower has twin concrete legs meeting
The Quality of Mercy (album) in March 2006, Universal Music released the album in Norway. In February 2006, Harley was also in talks with a record company over releasing "The Quality of Mercy" in America. Such a release never came to fruition. In June 2005, before the release of the album, Gott Discs had released a 30th Anniversary Re-mix of the band's 1975 UK number one "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)" as a single. On the CD edition of the single, a preview of the forthcoming album was titled "The Quality of Mercy Taster". This preview track featured an extract of two