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Thrifty non-licker
Western Road / Hampton Place
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[Brighton] Old Brighton Postcard
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Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
North Street?
thedonkeycentrehalf
Moved back to wear the gloves (again)
- Jul 7, 2003
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One of those rare occasions where the new building generally looks better (ignoring the modern shopfronts)
I’d love to see the 1960’s/early 70’s menu of the Top 20 Restaurant. From the 80’s onwards, there was culinary sea change.
My great grandparents ran the pub that you can see with the Worthington sign . It was called The Central. I still have oil paintings from the pub given to my grandfather just before it closed in the 1920s. Western Road was widened and all the buildings on that side were knocked down.
Is it PotG?
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New Road - North Street?
Perfidious Albion
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Old Mill Mews ….Near to the junction of The Upper Drive , Dyke Road and HighCroft Villas there stood a windmill in late Victorian times . It was not then built up but on the edge of town .
The thing had once stood further down town but was moved, dragged by 86 oxen , quite a sight as this painting from Brighton Museum shows.
There is nothing to see nowadays, but the name remains…
The thing had once stood further down town but was moved, dragged by 86 oxen , quite a sight as this painting from Brighton Museum shows.
There is nothing to see nowadays, but the name remains…
Worried Man Blues
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What happened to the church, an act of god?
Perfidious Albion
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Just seeing if there is still interest in this thread. Western Road 1902 , the flags are out for King Edward vii coranation.
Today… it struck me how the road was widened and then narrowed for reduced traffic flow.
Today… it struck me how the road was widened and then narrowed for reduced traffic flow.
BrightonCottager
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I love this thread, but I have planorak / history / flaneur tendencies.
BrightonCottager
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I bemused, amused and bored my 91 yo mother, wife and 18yo daughter with this information, all in one week!
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
Stanford Rd ?
My first school. Walked down from Reigate Road. Some days via Dyke Road and the gate on Coventry Street, other times via the bridge on Highcroft Villas.
I recall Manny Frimpong leaning over the wall from his house, that backed onto the playground.
Loved that school.
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London Road ?
Perfidious Albion
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The Old Ship Hotel , Kings Road c 1905 with some interesting old cars
The building has not changed much
The building has not changed much
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Thrifty non-licker
A23, Patcham ?
The new Patcham Bypass.
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Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
The Station!
Is it PotG?
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Wild Park?
