[Brighton] Ariel Pic of Brighton 1929

[hart's shirt]

Well it is a High Church (One for the religious posters)

There's always the temptation for navel-gazing.

 

[Silverhatch]

The big brown building in the foreground of St Peters is the Northern (pub) Hotel (now Hobgoblin) on Cheapside just opposite Aldi. That should help people orientate themselves. Great picture.

 

[vagabond]

I heard told that story too

The vast building, in Italian Gothic style with a large rose window and a statue of St Bartholomew in a niche below, completely dominated the surrounding houses and was built to the supposed dimensions of Noah's Ark, 180 feet long, 58 feet wide and 140 feet to the top of the gilt metal cross.

Interesting. I always thought that was quite an unusually big church.

So that explains that. And we’re supposed to believe a dude got 2 of each animal around the world inside that? Hmmm.

 

[NorthLainer]

So that would be Whitecross St straight ahead. My uncle used to live there, always wondered what it looked like with houses. He tells a story of when he came home from National Service to find another family happily sitting in the kitchen. Turns out his parents had moved whilst he was away. The new residents told him where he could find his parents.

 

[Jack Straw]

That's Fairy interesting. Surf-ice to say, I'll make a Bold prediction and say that h'Ecover-ed himself in glory.

Sadly, time and Tide wait for no man.

As soon as the washing powder puns appeared, I thought Omo, not again!

 

[clockend1983]

The photo is taken from that church

Exactly that city college is almost opposite St Peters

 

[clockend1983]

Taken from St Bartholomews ?

Defo nowhere else to take it from in 1929

 

[clockend1983]

So that would be Whitecross St straight ahead. My uncle used to live there, always wondered what it looked like with houses. He tells a story of when he came home from National Service to find another family happily sitting in the kitchen. Turns out his parents had moved whilst he was away. The new residents told him where he could find his parents.

I think it is Pelham street straight ahead
Whitecross Street is the next one up
and the one above that is Blackman St
where today I lay my hat I’m very interested in this
fantastic picture
Thanks for posting

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

Inside St Bartholomews there are old maps showing the terraces around the church. It had a large local congregation at one point. Also, always worth a visit on a Saturday afternoon if there’s a concert in the evening. There is often a rehearsal.

 

[Chicken Run]

I think it is Pelham street straight ahead
Whitecross Street is the next one up
and the one above that is Blackman St
where today I lay my hat I’m very interested in this
fantastic picture
Thanks for posting

You can see the Hobgoblin Pub there on the corner