The Arcadia had three prices in the 1930s.  Seats were 3d, 4d and 6d.  It was a cinema well used before the Gaiety was opened about 1935/6.  Saturday afternoons were always cowboy films.  I remember a person who was called Jack the 'chucker out ' and he was a busy man! Later this building was bought and became the shoe repair factory for the Brighton Co-operative Society.

Re the pease pudding and faggot shop on Lewes Road, as memory serves it was Mr Martin that used to be the owner. And while his faggots were good, the mouth watering item to me was the ham sitting in the shop window. Only once as a boy did I ever sample the same goods and all was well with the world. Thinking back now the two shillings and threepence it cost was money well spent. Not so nice down Lewes road any more.

I well remember the Arcadia ('The Scratch'). I think every town had a cinema like this. As a school boy growing up in Brighton in the 1950s and living on the other side of town, going to The Scratch was quite an outing.  I well remember films like 'Jungle Jim' and most of the serials, some of which I have been able to obtain on DVD. Then came the sudden move to London and, low and behold, I discovered another cinema like The Scratch - only this time it was known as The Bughole. Happy memories.

I remember the faggot and pease pudding shop. We lived at 128, Lewes Road, just by the arches. Our mum would send us off to the shop with a pudding basin. It would be filled with faggots, pease pudding and onions gravy. That would be our Saturday night treet. That tasted absolutely delicious. I also remember old 'Twitchen's' shop. He'd stand by the door with his white apron. There was also a Home & Colonial store along the Lewes Road. Does anyone remember the pie shop that was up Bear Road? They used to make lovely domed meat pies.

Hi June: the butchers was Hollis's.

I am Ron Trott's twin sister. I expect everyone would remember Bradshaws the toy shop at the bottom of Elm Grove. I remember saving my paper-round money to buy a bike. We both did a paper round at Scofields sweet shop at the bottom of Edingburgh Road. Also Marco's sweet shop, Our mum used to work there for a while and we would help out. We both used to go to Sunday School at the Connaught Mission just along from where we lived. I went to the Girls Guildry. Does anyone remember Mrs Pitman and Mrs Burtenshaw who used to run the Guildry? And of course old Mr Pitman who took us for Sunday School. We always thought he looked like Old Father Time.

I have been showing my friend your site. She used to live in Franklin Street and she remembers the butcher's shop on the corner street, Martin's Street, about 60 years ago called Hollis's.

My Grandparents Mary and Reginald Wells ran "The Bugle Inn" in St. Martin's Street. My Grandfather had lived in the pub since he was born. The Wells family left "The Bugle" in 1962/63 after my Grandfather died.

Yes the pie "shop" was in Riley Road, the Bear Road end and the pies were the best, my mum used to buy them hot and we would all eat them at her friend Bobbie Barries at 77 Riley Road. Those were the days and also of course Martins cook shop. I remember back in the 50s going to fill a basin for my brother, it all smelt so good- I kept dipping my finger in and by the time I got it home to him there wasn't a lot left, I remember he was not very pleased about that.

I too remember the pie shop in Riley/Bear Road  and waiting for them to open. They were called Millers Pies, domed and full of tender meat and gravy......lovely.

The butchers on the corner of St. Martins street was Hollis's. I lived at Coldean. The son, Bob Hollis, married our next door neighbour. My parents when they realised who Bob was used to order their meat from him. Things were so neighbourly in those days.