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Brighton station car park

A photo journal of demolition, 2004
By Alan (Fred) Pipes et al
Photo:Harvest Forestry: after it closed down, it was squatted for a while, July 2002
Photo:Martha's Barn and Cliffords, March 2003
Photo:John's Camping, March 2003
Photo:Martha's Barn, looking north west along New England Street, 15/1/2004
Photo:What was Martha's Barn, looking north west along New England Street, 31/8/2004
Photo:Behind John's Camping from the road (now demolished) leading to the Station Car park, 15/1/2004. New England House can be seen on the right; the Clarenden Centre to the left; and the viaduct in the distance.
Photo:Behind what was John's Camping, 31/7/2004
Photo:Through the wire mesh: Brighton Station site - early September 2004
Photo:Behind Cliffords, March 2003
Photo:House behind John's Camping, March 2003
Photo:John's Camping, March 2003
Photo:Detail of the 'mural', July 2002

I've been documenting the demolition of a motley collection of buildings on New England Street, that were once part of the Locomotive Works. At the corner of Cheapside there was a small building with domes, last occupied by Harvest Forestry. Rumour has it, it was once a banana-ripening warehouse. Further north were Martha's Barn (once the Loco Works canteen), Cliffords (motor factors) and John's Camping, which had a house and various staircases and bridges behind it.

This page was added on 22/03/2006.

Comments:

You are quite right Alan, in the fifties and sixties it was a banana warehouse for Fifes bananas. I've heard tarantulas used to run about out of the imported banana bunches stored there.

By David Maynard (30/04/2007)

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