Hi Folks.  Lovely photo of a bygone era but it seems the café could even be much older as the sign on the top of the building is advertising 'Bathing Machines'.  Another nice touch to the photo is the young girl obviously on her way to the Sports Stadium Ice Rink in West Street. In the 1950s the SS Brighton would have been in its heyday.

Does anyone rember Jaconellis at the bottom of Ship street? We used to spend a lot of time there in the 50s-60s before going to the Regent. I used to work in the Odeon, West Street,and the Princes News Theatre in North Street, also the Grenada in Hove, best jobs I ever had.

Hello John. For Jaconellis, go to 1950 topics, Brighton Memories.