[Brighton] Flickr find- Old pics of 7 Dials area, Brighton

[desprateseagull]

Oh look, a large roundabout..

https://www.flickr.com/photos/rpm-brighton-hove/sets/72157626928657558

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

What a dump!

 

[Cadiz Seagull]

Trolley buses at 7 dials? That's going back a bit! I'm guessing before 1959 which is when I started going through there every day on my way to school

 

[osgood]

aaah, The Good Companions, when it was a pub, those were the days !

 

[osgood]

Ps , thanks Desperate !

 

[theboybilly]

The Traff was a W-W-W-atney house?

 

[gullty]

Trolley buses at 7 dials? That's going back a bit! I'm guessing before 1959 which is when I started going through there every day on my way to school

Stanford Road or the Grammar? My route 1951 to 1963. Remember Bunny?

 

[Cadiz Seagull]

Stanford Road or the Grammar? My route 1951 to 1963. Remember Bunny?

Hove Grammar. We moved from Surrey to Hassocks in 1959 and I got the train to Brighton and the bus to school till I left in 1962.

Who was Bunny? Maybe one of the bus conductors?

 

[Surf's Up]

Nice to see the BOT in there and amazing to see those roads virtually deserted of cars and buses

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Oh look, a large roundabout..

https://www.flickr.com/photos/rpm-brighton-hove/sets/72157626928657558

Thank you - love seeing old photos of Brighton although these were clearly taken a bit before my time.

Couple of questions for those old enough :

1. What on earth were flowers of sulphur used for ?
2. Where was that windmill ?

 

[Gwylan]

Thank you - love seeing old photos of Brighton although these were clearly taken a bit before my time.

Couple of questions for those old enough :

1. What on earth were flowers of sulphur used for ?

It's used for treating infections in farm animals (and people in former times). I had some in my chemistry set that I had in my teens for any experiments that involved suphur

 

[Diego Napier]

Nice to see the BOT in there and amazing to see those roads virtually deserted of cars and buses

I think they've all been photoshopped, I mean, how on earth could anyone get to work and generally cope and survive without cars?

 

[Dick Head]

Thank you - love seeing old photos of Brighton although these were clearly taken a bit before my time.

Couple of questions for those old enough :

1. What on earth were flowers of sulphur used for ?
2. Where was that windmill ?

That's Hodson's mill on West Hill Rd. It was demolished in 1866. I remember it well.



http://j.mp/1EMgfbv

 

[desprateseagull]

anyone know when the large roundabout got changed to the small one?

I had doubts about recent change back to larger one, though it's easier to get across on foot now/ A bit jerky, if on the bus, mind, with sharp turns.

 

[Stat Brother]

That's Hodson's mill on West Hill Rd. It was demolished in 1866. I remember it well.

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You're older than you look.

 

[Dick Head]

You're older than you look.

You don't know what I look like.

 

[Jack Straw]

You don't know what I look like.

I would.

 

[The Rattler]

aaah, The Good Companions, when it was a pub, those were the days !

Not been back to that part of Brighton for years - what is it now if not a pub?

 

[Lincoln Imp]

I was born in one of those photos' as were several other regular posters.

 

[Dick Head]

I would.

I have.