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Church Road, Portslade

Destroyed by fire..again

By Ray Hamblett

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The building with the distinctive round tower is at the junction of Eastbrook Road and Church Road, South Portslade, was originally a chemist in the 1930's era, as recalled by my father-in-law Bernard Langrish.

In the early or mid 1970's it was almost destroyed by a fire, then the shop and adjoining residence was taken over by the Harvey family who still run the theatrical costume shop in Trafalgar Road (as far as I know). In October 2007 it was again badly damaged by fire and has had to be demolished.

Any further memories or details of this building would be most welcome..

This page was added on 05/12/2007.

Comments about this page

Does anybody remember the Cub group which met in the old hut on the corner of St Andrew's Road? It had a good football team [1956-58] and we used to play on Portslade Rec every Saturday. Mrs Mower was Akela and Fred(?) ran both the scouts and cubs. This last bit may be a sign of failing memory.

By Dudley Whittaker (17/05/2008)

Hi, my cousin Derek Cottis ran the shouts about that time. I remember Mrs Mower. She had a daughter Sandra.

By Jac (21/11/2008)

Yep - I remember the cubs/scouts and the Mowera.

By Brian Phillips (07/06/2009)

I was looked after by the Mowers when my Mum was working. Vic, their son, was a little older than me and I joined the cubs later. Often got told off for mucking about, but eventually became a Sixer and carried the flag when the Queen came to the Goldstone Ground.

By David Foster-Smith (19/08/2009)

The Scout group was/is the 14th Hove. When I was on the fundraising/parents committee Ernie Woolgar was the Group Scout leader, assisted by his sister, Sylvia, as Akela and brother- in-law Arthur Watson as Scout leader. We raised enough funds to build the new HQ in Vale Park after the old hut burned down.

By June Churchill nee Bates (08/06/2010)