Not sure I agree with your explanation of the differing alignment of the gardens. Perhaps a visit to the Records Office in Lewes might be worth while.

Hi Pipin, thanks for your comments, I'm always interested in alternative opinion about the old Dyke Railway. While my info did not come from the Lewes Records office, (probably Hove Planning Dpt would have the Dyke Railway and house building plans) I'm very sure of the fact/accuracy about the alignment of the gardens. I've used four sources for my info about the strange alignment. However firstly seeing your comment, I double checked; more accuratly I now believe that the angular fence boundary shown on my "Maps Live" photo, was the LH border of the Dyke Railway, not the centre line of the Dyke Railway track. The four sources are as follows: a) The view of the area on Google Earth, you will see the alignment of the Dyke Railway as it passes through 17th Hove Cub Scouts, then its continuation on the Dyke Railway Trail. If you follow the curve of these two (which are definatley the Dyke Railway) you will see that the curve matches the strange boundary. b) I have the large scale OS map of the area c.1933, it shows the exact route of the Dyke Railway, of course before those houses were there! If you overlay the 1933 OS map with Google Earth, the route matches exactly with the strange boundary. c) If you are still not convinced please check out James Gray photos on the net, there are around five fasinating photos that state that the old line passed through this exact spot. You can find one photo here http://regencysociety-jamesgray.com/volume37/source/jg_37_098.html however please check them all, in particular the aerial one. d) Lastly, I lived in the area in the late 1950s and the 1960s. Although I'm far too young to remember the houses built on the corner of the top on Poplar Ave in the late 50s, I do remember that below those corner houses (built on top of the Dyke Railway) was farmland. This, and the James Gray website, confirm the land was purchased at two different times for house building, and that as I said much earlier in my story "Property can change ownership many times, but boundarys rarely change". All the best to the lads for the final push to the Dyke.

My understanding, for what it's worth, is that the Brighton & Hove Golf Course originally came down to Hangleton Way/The Downsman. In the 1950s land to the north-east was purchased by Hove Council for house building, and the golf course was reduced to nine holes. It was much later in the mid to late 1960s, that land to the south-west was purchased for more building.