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Albion Street

Photographed in March 1957

By Jennifer Drury

Albion Street was acquired by the Council under the 1955 Albion Hill Compulsory Purchase Order. Although the street survived the redevelopment of this area, and still exists today, many of the buildings shown here were demolished in about 1959.

Albion Street

Image reproduced with permission from Brighton History Centre

This page was added on 29/10/2006.

Comments:

I lived at No. 39 Albion Street from my birth in 1930 until we were bomb damaged in 1940. My mother worked in Billets confectioners at the lower end of Albion Street. The shop faced St Peters Church and the factory was at the rear of the shop. I remember they used to stable the brewery horses at the bottom end of the street. It was a close community, everyone knew everyone by name and the local grocers 'Whites', was on the corner of Albion Hill. Everything was delivered by horse and cart.

By Jean Guy (nee Elliott) (01/06/2008)