Five Children in Oxford Court, 1935: This cul-de-sac off Oxford Street included 14 cottages, stables, and stores for shops on Oxford Street and London Road. Known as "the black spot of Brighton" due to its poor hygiene conditions. There was a slaughterhouse on its Western side, behind the houses on the right of this photograph. Washing lines ran across the passage between the cottages, as there were no back yards. Oxford Court was demolished in 1935 as part of slum clearance, and is now a car park adjacent to the Open Market.

Image reproduced with kind permission from Brighton and Hove in Pictures by Brighton and Hove City Council