[Brighton] Old Brighton Postcard

[Is it PotG?]

Ship St?

 

[Perfidious Albion]

The Unicorn Inn near the top of North Street above Windsor Street. This c mid 19th century. It was later rebuilt then demolished .We may remember it as the rear exit of the Regent Cinema.

Nowadays it is this

 

[Gotsmanov]

Ship St?

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The Seven Stars visible in the first picture!

 

[Is it PotG?]

Albion Hill?

 

[Is it PotG?]

Cranbourne Street / West Street ?

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[Is it PotG?]

The Regent, Queens Road

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

The Regent, Queens Road

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Interesting to see the church dominating the skyline in the old photo which is now something many people probably don’t even notice is there.

 

[Is it PotG?]

The Pier / Patterns?

 

[dolphins]

Not quite the same angle but similar...

 

[Is it PotG?]

Hove Fire Stn, George St ?

 

[seagurl]

I keep looking at the firestation lamp hanging from the window sill. Can't get the angle on it at all!

 

[Worried Man Blues]

That didn't work!!

 

[Perfidious Albion]

This is York Place. Seems to a publicity thing for Curry’s . Undated but I’d guess 1950s… You would never get me up on one of those!

Today it is hard to pinpoint exactly but it is along this run of shops

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

This is York Place. Seems to a publicity thing for Curry’s . Undated but I’d guess 1950s… You would never get me up on one of those!

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"Yes ladies and gentlemen, you only have to be this high to get any reception at all on one of our radios."

 

[Official Old Man]

This is York Place. Seems to a publicity thing for Curry’s . Undated but I’d guess 1950s… You would never get me up on one of those!

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Today it is hard to pinpoint exactly but it is along this run of shops

From the Currys web site
Currys was founded by Henry Curry in 1884 as a bicycle-building business, before the company diversified into selling toys, radios and gramophones when it listed on the stock market in 1927.
Noting that the shop in the picture seems to be mainly wheels and baskets I'd say this was earlier than the 50's.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

This is York Place. Seems to a publicity thing for Curry’s . Undated but I’d guess 1950s… You would never get me up on one of those!

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Today it is hard to pinpoint exactly but it is along this run of shops

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There's a big number 25 on the Currys sign in the old photo. So unless they've renumbered the street, which I guess is always possible, it's on the site of a fitness centre called New Fit Studio that occupied 24-25 York Place until it was put up for sale recently

 

[Perry's Tracksuit Bottoms]

This is York Place. Seems to a publicity thing for Curry’s . Undated but I’d guess 1950s… You would never get me up on one of those!

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I imagine it'd be hard to ride a normal bike if you had legs that long.

 

[Is it PotG?]

Palmeira Square?

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

Palmeira Square?

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Back in about 1979 I dropped my motorbike coming round that corner from Hove in to Western Road - spilt diesel was like black ice ....

G/f on pillion was none too pleased either ....

 

[Weststander]

This is York Place. Seems to a publicity thing for Curry’s . Undated but I’d guess 1950s… You would never get me up on one of those!

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Today it is hard to pinpoint exactly but it is along this run of shops

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1938. I remember it well.

[Just found it online ].

My aunt went to the girl’s school behind there at that time, the original Margaret Hardy School. Two gates next to other in a gap between shops, the other for Fawcett.