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Fishing and fishermen

Brighton Fish Market c1900s

By Jennifer Drury

This photograph was taken between 1900 and 1914. Notice the visitors watching from the promenade.

Image reproduced with kind permission of The Regency Society and The James Gray Collection

A colourful and lively scene

When the King's Road Arches were formed in the 1880s, numbers 216-224 were set aside for the use of the fish market with a hard provided in front for stalls. The colourful and lively scene attracted many visitors who watched the proceedings from the promenade above. Although the fisheries diminished in importance at Brighton, the market continued for the wholesale of 'imported' fish until it was closed by the council on hygiene grounds in 1960.