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Photo:House in Lintott Avenue in Whitehawk

House in Lintott Avenue in Whitehawk

Photo from private collection of Ken Powell

A 1930s council house
Text by Geoff Mead, landscape historian

I picked this out as my favourite photo because I thought it was important that we looked at the everyday, and the council house was very much the face of Brighton in the 1960s. This house at Lintott Avenue in Whitehawk was probably built in the late 1930s. Many people who grew up the 1960s were living in 1930s housing projects, such as those at Moulsecoomb, Whitehawk and Patcham.

Geoff Mead, landscape historian, selecting winners in a 1960s photo competition, 16-05-04
Submitted to website at My Brighton and Hove 1960s photo event at the History Centre, May 2004
This page was added on 22/03/2006.

Comments:

Lintott Avenue used to be the eastern terminus of the No 1 bus route, so the name was well known in Brighton.
By Martin Nimmo (30/06/2004)
Not only was Lintott Avenue the end of the No. 1 bus route, it was at the junction of Whitehawk Avenue, which had the only four shops for the whole estate - unless you count the man with his horse and cart and the one with mobile van (cannot remember names now).
By R H Scott-Spencer (26/01/2005)
The house you show in the picture was occupied for a time during the war by a detactment of the RAFREG, who were manning a pom-pom gun that was set in the hillside above the sports pavilion of the football fields. These were situated along one side of Whitehawk Road.
By Peter Pryer (07/03/2005)
I remember visiting the sweet shop in Lintott Ave as a young boy. I lived in Manor Farm (Manor Hill and then Maresfield Road) for twenty years. The mention of Lintott Ave always makes me very sad as my father was killed in a road accident in March 1970 before my second birthday.
By Mick Kedian (15/03/2005)
The 'man with the van' was probably 'Berry's'. He did the rounds selling groceries, ciggies and sweets. A few years later, Tim Stables did a grocer's van round. I believe he moved on to become 'Tastables' greengrocers.
By An old Whitehawk resident (13/02/2006)
The man with the horse and cart was most likley Mr Robinson, who used to have a greengrocer's business in a large shed/hut at the rear of his house in Whitehawk Road.
By Brian Anderson (11/04/2006)

The greengrocer with the horse and cart I think you'll find was Mr Cracknell who owned the greengrocers in the Broadway. The horse was stabled in Sussex Mews in Eastern Road which is now Easton Road Petrol Station.

By Albet Back (25/05/2007)

Does anyone remember the Mears family from Lintott Avenue? Fred and Shirley, children: Andrew, Jane, Julie and Lisa? I am Julie's daughter and I am doing my family tree and would love someone to take me back to my family's childhood. Many thanks.

By Emma Lewry (10/06/2008)

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