[Brighton] Old Brighton Postcard

[Sid and the Sharknados]

Lewes Rd gyratory?

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I've only just noticed looking at these two photos, that the architect will have been having ecstatic convulsions at the thought of "evoking" the old railway arches in the facade of Sainsbury's.
And I'm sure lots of people have appreciated the hard work.

 

[Is it PotG?]

c.1900 shows Mr Fuggle’s Grocery Shop, 117 North Street, at the corner of Queen Square. The business was founded here in 1866 by Mr. T. Fuggle, who later amalgamated with Mr. J.S. Unwin.

 

[Is it PotG?]

I've only just noticed looking at these two photos, that the architect will have been having ecstatic convulsions at the thought of "evoking" the old railway arches in the facade of Sainsbury's.
And I'm sure lots of people have appreciated the hard work.

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

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That just looks like one of the 50,000 pointless photos I take every day whenever I do site supervision.
"Here's the signs out as they should be. Again. It was a bit cloudy that day."

 

[Is it PotG?]

Police Station, Upper St James's St ?

 

[Is it PotG?]

The Green, Southwick

 

[Jack Straw]

St James's St

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Silver's clothes shop on the corner. I used to buy a lot of my skinhead clothing from there in the late '60s.

 

[Jack Straw]

Police Station, Upper St James's St ?

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I live just around the corner from here. I never knew it used to be a Police Station. You learn something every day!

 

[Greg Bobkin]

104, 105 and 106 North Street, which faced downhill towards the Clock Tower, were three of the oldest houses in the town.

They were built in the latter part of the eighteenth century. Originally all three had the attic room, the extra storey of 106 being added in recent times.

Demolished in 1955. Three tiny ancient flint cottages, 101, 102 and 103, previously stood hidden from view in the space behind these houses, adjoining Haselgrove’s smithy.

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Any idea why it shifted from North Street to Dyke Road – and when?

 

[Is it PotG?]

Southern Cross?

 

[Weststander]

Southern Cross?

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Wonder why a beekeeper was Jaywalking?

 

[Is it PotG?]

Prince's Cinema, North St ?

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Neon lit in 1938

 

[Weststander]

Neon lit in 1938

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Catherine the Great showing, dating the photo at 1934?

 

[Is it PotG?]

Where all our parents met, The Regent?

 

[Is it PotG?]

Boots?

 

[Is it PotG?]

The Oriental?

 

[Weststander]

Thank you @Is it PotG? , amazing.

Anyone know the name of a small nightclub in Oriental Place in the 80’s? Was it The Oriental?

 

[Is it PotG?]

Thank you @Is it PotG? , amazing.

Anyone know the name of a small nightclub in Oriental Place in the 80’s? Was it The Oriental.

Brighton Belle?

 

[Super Steve Earle]

St James's St

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Love this thread. The Bush sign on the right denotes the shop where I bought my first real stereo system. A Bush Arena HiFi with Garrard SP25 Mk2 turntable and Bush branded speakers that were actually Wharfedales. Loved that set up and wish I still had it. Although I had an LP collection at the time, I bought 'The Smoker you Drink, the Player you Get by Joe Walsh to christen it. This picture sent me happily down a rabbit hole looking up Bush Arena HiFi.

 

[Is it PotG?]

By The Aquarium?

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