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Introduction to North Laine

A changing cityscape, 2006
In 2004 the Brighton and Hove City Council approved numerous plans for city centre redevelopments, to include the web of ...
Always something going on
The thing I really like about Brighton is the North Laine shops. They’re different and individual, and run by independent ...
From open fields to Bohemian quarter
Before anything else, please be aware that this area is always called The North Laine. It’s never called the North ...
Originally one of five open arable fields
Please note that this text is an extract from a reference work written in 1990. As a result, some of ...
The Harp Gardner Street
Now, this picture really is The Harp in Gardner Street. I used to go there regularly when I was about ...
The hero of the North Laine
Ken Fines is the planning officer who gave the North Laine its name. Ken was born in Hove and his ...
The land that time forgot
“Slowly, we were moving into North Laine, which is Brighton’s hippy area. This really is the land that time forgot. ...
The shops are my favourite places
Lots of interesting shops I just love the shops in Brighton as they sell sparkling jewellery, fascinating old paintings and everything! ...
Welcome to North Laine!
Your editor Your editor for the North Laine is Peter Crowhurst. If you’ve got any queries about this area, or can ...
Where the heart of Brighton beats
“OK, not a very original choice but being a student, predictably, this place for me just says “Brighton”. Many would ...
Window dressing
This gallery of photographs shows a set of ground floor windows in North Laine houses. The residents and the traders of ...

'Mapping the Past'
19th century photograph
1st XI Football Team 1950/51
2nd X1 Football team 1950/1951
52 & 53 poulter and pork butcher
62 Queen's Road
A barrow hire yard, 1915-75
A central home for community groups
A chorister remembers
A detailed history
A dingy alleyway
A family business
A family business serving the local community
A gem of a street
A history
A history of number 101
A large municipal art collection
A magical place
A major commercial thoroughfare constructed in 1845
A market place since the 1890s
A mediaeval field boundary
A mystery chimney
A mystery solved
A Personal view
A real leafy bower
A revival of the area
A sedate aunty
A shop retailing architectural salvage
A surreal shop window
A tiny patch of green
Aerial view, 1991
An ex-pat remembers
An exiled 'Kensington Gardener'
An ordinary working class place
Became part of the Royal Pavilion estate in 1820
Beginnings and today
Bison Club dance
Bison Magazine 1950
Bison Magazine 1953
Bison Magazine May 1951
Bison Magazine May 1951
Bison Magazine May 1952
Bison old boys 1953
Black and white images of St Nicholas Church c.1910
Blue Post pub - a family connection
Blue Posts Tavern
Bond Street in the 1960s
Brighton Lesbian Group 1980s
Brighton Rock, 11 Sydney Street
Butchers and the North Laine
Changing times: regeneration
Class 1A photographed in 1951?
Class 2B 1953
Class photo 1B 1951/2
Coffin delivery
Colonnade: then and now
Compelling and frightening
Croucher Cup 1950
Curator of Photographs:Kevin Bacon
Day trippers in 1953
Deb's Deli
Demolition in 1935
Demolition in preparation for Jubilee Street
Do you remember the 1950s fish and chip shop?
Do you remember this?
Do you remember where it was?
Emery's Hotel
Established originally in 1860
Expansion in the early 19th century
Eye Infirmary and Dispensary
First developed in the 1810s
Football practice in Preston Park
Form 2A, 1951
Form 5A circa 1955/56.
Form 5A circa 1955/56.
Form IV A 1955/56
Friends made my experience fantastic
From brewery to auction rooms, 1830-1913
Giant family snapshots glow after dark, 2006
Graffiti on a car park wall
Green Spaces Association
Heart of the antiques trade
Hippies and liquorice sticks
History notes
History notes
History of the Blue Posts Tavern
History of this place
Home Sweet Home
Home to one of Britain's greatest champions
Images of Brighton Museum
In 1931 the road had ten public houses
Industry and agriculture
Inter-school rivalries
Interview with former Curator John Roles
Jonathan Harmer terracotta tomb ornaments
Learning the social graces
Life in the graveyard
Like a bazaar in Tangiers
Like pencils in a box
Like walking back in time
Map of the area c1990
May Day Blossom 2010
Mead & Co. Premier Brighton Removers
Meet Francis, the resident
Meet the Royal Pavilion Gardeners
Memories from the 1970s
Memories of a bygone time
Memories of a clairvoyant
Memories of a student in the 1950s
Memories of the 1950s
Memories of the war years
Memories to take to America
Miles Ahead, 61 Queens Road
Mr Bert White with Class IIC 1956
Music and the charismatic 'Mac'
My favourite things
My walk from Portslade (aged 5!)
New found confidence through learning
North Road Timber Company
North Road Timber Company
Number 111: a potted history
Nuts about fruit and veg
One of my favourite haunts
One of the richest collections in the country
Opening in 2002
Original Cafe in 1944
Originally known as 'North Back Side'
Origins
Origins of the name
Panoramic school photograph 1956
Parochial history
Photo from the mid-1950s
Photograph of prefects 1949
Photos then and now
Photos: then and now
Playing in the graveyards
Points of interest
Prefects, Group Photograph 1956-7
Reconstruction and additions commenced 1853
Recorded in the Domesday Book
Red Lion: then and now
Redevelopment
Regent Cinema
Residents of the terrace in 1901
Rest Garden: Dyke Road
Running for Russell House
Secondhand clothes: a fashion statement
Snapshot in time
Snell's Dining Rooms in the 1920s
Somewhere for a weekend retreat?
Speech Day 1965
St Nicholas' Church Brighton: Grade II*
Straps, canes and dark sarcasm
Street Sounds, 40 Sydney Street
Streets and places in the area
The 1934 trunk murder scene
The 5th Form in 1949
The Bison Club c1959
The Cottage, 111 Church Street
The cultural legacy of Brighton
The Express Dining Rooms
The Foundry: formerly Pedestrian Arms
The legend of Phoebe Hessel
The Leisure Shop, 36 North Road
The lesser developed western side
The most lively area in Brighton
The Norman Font
The oldest building in Brighton
The Record Album, 34 North Road
The Record Box, 24a Gloucester Road
The secret to empty deckchairs
The Staff 1951
The tale of a butcher's boy
The Youth Club
Then and now photos
Thoughts on the collections and galleries
Trafalgar Street to Upper Gardner Street
Two storey cottages built in 1820
Two up - two down cottages
Two Way Books, 54 Gardner Street
Virgin Records shop
Weekend market in 1971
Where I live
Who is buried in St Nicholas Churchyard?
Writing a history: can you help?
Bond Street to Frederick Gardens
Gardner Street to Kemp Street
Introduction to North Laine
Kensington Gardens to Queen's Gardens
Robert Street to Tidy Street

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