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Photographs from 1930-1954

Photo:This photographic print was made by the Borough Surveyor's department in about 1930. It shows Dockerills Ironmongers on the northern side of Edward Street, Brighton. The Salvation Army Citadel is visible on the left of the photograph.

This photographic print was made by the Borough Surveyor's department in about 1930. It shows Dockerills Ironmongers on the northern side of Edward Street, Brighton. The Salvation Army Citadel is visible on the left of the photograph.

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Photo:This photographic print was made by the Borough Surveyor's department in June 1951. It shows Edward Street, Brighton, looking east toward Dorset Gardens.

This photographic print was made by the Borough Surveyor's department in June 1951. It shows Edward Street, Brighton, looking east toward Dorset Gardens.

Reproduced courtesy of Royal Pavilion, Libraries & Museums, Brighton & Hove

Photo:This photographic print was made by the Borough Surveyor's department in October 1954. It shows the corner of Edward Street and John Street, Brighton. Three buses can be seen in a car park on the left of the photograph. In 1965 the police station opened on this site. The building was designed by Percy Billington, the Borough Surveyor.

This photographic print was made by the Borough Surveyor's department in October 1954. It shows the corner of Edward Street and John Street, Brighton. Three buses can be seen in a car park on the left of the photograph. In 1965 the police station opened on this site. The building was designed by Percy Billington, the Borough Surveyor.

Reproduced courtesy of Royal Pavilion, Libraries & Museums, Brighton & Hove

This page was added on 16/11/2006.

Comments:

When the Police Station was designed, Percy Billington was the Chief Architect. The Borough Surveyor was Dennis Howe.

By Ron Burtenshaw (28/02/2007)

My grand parents' and parent's secondhand furniture shops were formerly on the cleared site in the 1930s.
The addresses were of the two shops were 15 & 16 Edward Street. Grandfather was Frances Clifton Hay and died in 1935 soon after the compulsory purchase order. I am told that long after the two shops were demolished, builders rediscovered one of the cellars containing a load of WW1 equipment that grandfather bought as a job lot.

Wish I had a picture showing the shops when they were there.

By Roy Grant (28/02/2008)

My dad, George Sullivan (born in Brighton 1918), worked for the scrap metal firm Freemans just off Edward Street when I was young in the 1950s. He used to be a lorry driver, and came from the Queen's Park area. His mother was Mary Sullivan, born in Brighton in 1895. I am looking for more information about the Sullivans in Brighton.

By Jan Sinkfield (13/08/2008)