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Trading signs

A miscellany from 1977
By David Fisher
Photo:Ship Street: Post Office mid-Victorian sign and caduceus logo
Photo:Church Street: The old Court House has the oldest sign, dating from 1793
Photo:Not sure where this was; maybe in Kemp Town
Photo:Pelham Street School: typical of signs over school doors in the late Victorian period
Photo:North Road: Heart & Hand pub window
Photo:Where was the Wheatsheaf?
Photo:Bond Street: Beall's shop front is now in Brighton Museum
Photo:Duke Street: Above the shop of one of the most famous names in English cricket
Photo:St George's Road, Kemp Town (I think)
Photo:Kensington Gardens: Where the worldwide chain began
Photo:North Road: Still there, just around the corner
Photo:Cranbourne Street: The butcher's shop where the steps now lead up to Churchill Square

These photographs of the variety of signs around Brighton were photographed in July 1977. More than half are still there, although one of them has been moved into the museum.

This page was added on 26/09/2006.

Comments:

Well done a great record of 1977. Although 1977 doesn't seem that long ago, the photos look as if they could have taken in 1877. Change was much slower between 1877 and 1977!

By Peter Groves (10/05/2008)

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