brighton & hove places 1946-1963
Pictured through the lens of a Sussex Daily News photographer.
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A parade of shops in Warren Road, Woodingdean.
This was perhaps the most popular posts on Brighton Past Facbook site with 48 shares!
The car in the picture is a Mk1 Ford Zephry and carries a local registration plate.
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Lower Bevendean School, Brighton under construction in 1950.
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Western Road, top of North Street looking west. The shops on the left were demolished to make way for Churchill Square. The car in front of the disabled car is a Standard 8.
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The demolition of the Albermarle Hotel on the seafront Brighton, which has now been replaced by a block of flats overlooking the Aquarium. This is next door to what is now the Hungary Years.
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East Street, Brighton looking north to Castle Square, with the Indian Gateway to the Pavilion in the distance. Note the decorations marking the Queens Coronation celebrations.
Queen Victoria Avenue in Hove.
This photograph has been taken on the corner of Gardner Street and Church street, Brighton. More importantly it features Dockerills a feature of Brighton & Hove since 1915 and still going strong.
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The old Smythers Brewery, Drove Road/North Road, Portslade. The building which stands opposite the Le Carbone Building, Portslade has changed very little.
Stanmer Village, Brighton. It is thought this photograph was taken shortly after the Canadians had left the village after being billeted to the village.
On Brighton Past there were lots of comments from those that have lived in the village or visited it as a child, with lots of happy memories.
The village still has not changed much to this day.
The Open Market, London Road, Brighton. One poster on social media recalled buying Whale meat for their dog in the 50s and many people commented on the many characters that worked there.
What we do know for certain is that this is Shoreham Harbour.
Many posters on the Brighton Past Facebook site believe it to be the Gas works at Shoreham which apparently often produced a foul smell in the air.
Others believe this is the building of the Shoreham B Power Station.
Shoreham (Beeding) Cement works. The buildings were 'closed' in 1993 and has laid derelict ever since.
The site at Shoreham is situated within the Beeding Chalk Pit which has been used since the early nineteenth century. The Beeding Portland Cement Company was founded in 1878 and began cement production at the site in 1883, with a recorded output of 144 tonnes of cement per week. The location of the works was chosen due to the positioning of the River Adur in proximity to the west, allowing the transportation of raw materials to the site (clay, coal, sand and gypsum) by barge.
Shoppers mingling in Upper Gardner Street, Brighton.
This regular Saturday market still takes place today.
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Bristol Gardens, Kemp Town, Brighton.
Stanmer Village, Brighton. This picture had many comments on Brighton Past with somebody recognising themselves and identifying the dog as Toby (the power of social media!).
Stanmer Village to this day has not changed much.
Newhaven Harbour. Although, there was some differing opinions about where this might be. But I think the clue was the 'turret' that was identified by John Henderson on Sussex Past.
The boat in the distance appears to be sinking which is perhaps why this picture made it into the Sussex Daily News.
A storm at Hove seafront.
Tichbourne Street, Brighton.
This is the Dome, Brighton.
One poster on Brighton Past wrote: During the 2nd WW the Dome was used for dancing on a regular basis one night a bomb fell in the Pavilion Gardens. Everybody hit the floor, but Douglas Reeve the organist carries on playing. To this day one of the rear outside pillars of the dome leans outward due to the blast.
Sheepcote Valley Campsite or as it is also known - East Brighton Park, Whitehawk, Brighton.
Perhaps surprisingly the only official campsite within the borders of Brighton & Hove.
According to Peter Tarshis on Brighton Past the wooden hut also housed a pole with a loud speaker announcing any visitors or mail that had arrived.