[Brighton] Old Brighton Postcard

[Is it PotG?]

The Ranelagh?

 

[Is it PotG?]

Black Lion Street?

 

[Is it PotG?]

Trafalgar Street?

Oh for more food shops.

 

[Jack Straw]

That old shot is fantastic. A great portrayal of Brighton life at that time. The clothes, hats, shops and even a horse and cart.

 

[Perfidious Albion]

Amazing! The old picture of Trafalgar Street has more people and traffic about than the new one.......

 

[rippleman]

There used to be a lovely little bakers just up on the left hand side of Trafalgar Street in the sixties/seventies. Happy days!

 

[A mex eyecan]

is it just me, but i think in 90% of the older pictures that the buildings and surroundings look far nicer than the modern.

 

[Jack Straw]

is it just me, but i think in 90% of the older pictures that the buildings and surroundings look far nicer than the modern.

I totally agree. It's such a shame that so much of our infrastructural history is gone for ever.

 

[A mex eyecan]

I totally agree. It's such a shame that so much of our infrastructural history is gone for ever.

i think the worst element is the signage on shops. Years back hand sign written and or even sculptured, nowadays cheap as chips horrid plastic rubbish, vinyl wraps stuck all over the windows and finished with uncleaned filthy doorways that haven’t seen a mop and bucket in years.

 

[Super Steve Earle]

I think Hove Motors was owned by Tony Blooms grandfather

I think you're right and I occasionally dine out on the story that my dad used to French polish the walnut veneers there on higher end car dashboards before they went back out for sale.

 

[A mex eyecan]

I think you're right and I occasionally dine out on the story that my dad used to French polish the walnut veneers there on higher end cars before they went back out for sale.

you may well be right, but I always thought he owned Hares garages? I’m most likely wrong

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

Not a postcard, but I came across this from 50 years ago.

 

[Jack Straw]

Not a postcard, but I came across this from 50 years ago.

Tremendous. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Bodian]

The good ole Caxton Arms?

That post outside the door looks about as drunk as I was last time I was in the Caxton!

 

[Is it PotG?]

Castle Square / East Street?

 

[Is it PotG?]

Edward Street / Mighell Street?

 

[Jack Straw]

That's amazing. I can't believe how narrow Edward Street used to be.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

That's amazing. I can't believe how narrow Edward Street used to be.

How on earth did they manage to widen it to the extent they gave done? Must have bulldozed an entire streetsworth of houses

 

[Is it PotG?]

How on earth did they manage to widen it to the extent they gave done? Must have bulldozed an entire streetsworth of houses

1962 / 63

 

[Wardy's twin]

How on earth did they manage to widen it to the extent they gave done? Must have bulldozed an entire streetsworth of houses

and about 15-20 pubs ..... It's not just the widening but the new building - police station, amex, court, dss place.