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North Laine

Now lined with boutique shops and cafes, the North Laine was once the industrial centre of Brighton. After the Second World War, the whole area went into decline as manufacturing moved out to the Brighton estates.  The North Laine Community Association have their own website - it is very much worth a visit and you can see it here.

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  • A real leafy bower

    A real leafy bower

    Typical of the North Laine This garden in Trafalgar Terrace – a real leafy bower – is secluded behind a wooden ...
  • A revival of the area

    A revival of the area

    I moved to Robert Street, North Laine in 1997. How things were The huge, empty, old Argus printing works ran the whole ...
  • A sedate aunty

    A sedate aunty

    I like Pelham Square. It’s quiet, it’s green, it’s sedate. It’s not raucous like the rest of the North Laine. ...
  • A shop retailing architectural salvage

    A shop retailing architectural salvage

    With a wealth of tradesmen practicing a whole variety of crafts in the town it’s no wonder that there are ...
  • A surreal shop window

    A surreal shop window

    Surrealism wanted to shock people and did so by mixing together objects from different contexts. In the North Laine that’s ...
  • A tiny patch of green

    A tiny patch of green

    A greenhouse, under an apple tree, in the middle of town – this is Trafalgar Terrace. It’s a tiny patch ...
  • Aerial view, 1991

    Aerial view, 1991

  • An ex-pat remembers

    An ex-pat remembers

    I went to Fawcett School from 1969 to 1973. The teachers I remember were Harry Silverman, Des Moore, Bill Shields, ...
  • An exiled 'Kensington Gardener'

    An exiled 'Kensington Gardener'

    I lived in Kensington Gardens from my birth in 1947 until 1962, when my family moved out to Patcham on ...
  • An ordinary working class place

    An ordinary working class place

    Kensington Gardens was, in my days, mainly composed of ordinary, working class shops.  There was a butcher opposite us, a ...
  • Became part of the Royal Pavilion estate in 1820

    Became part of the Royal Pavilion estate in 1820

    The Royal Pavilion Gardens was many years prior to this a cemetery for Saxons and Celts alike; the remains of ...
  • Beginnings and today

    Beginnings and today

    Infinity Foods was founded by three Sussex University graduates in the late 1960s. It became a co-operative in 1971 at ...
  • Bison Club dance

    Bison Club dance

    These two photographs were taken c1960 in the gym at Fawcett School at a dance held by the Bison Club. ...
  • Bison Magazine 1950

    Bison Magazine 1950

    I wonder if anybody can recognise the actors in this production or in the write up in the magazine of ...
  • Bison Magazine 1953

    Bison Magazine 1953

    Sports and events memories These are items from the September 1953 edition of The Bison, Fawcett School’s magazine. I think some names ...
  • Bison Magazine May 1951

    Bison Magazine May 1951

    With reference to the team photo published here of the 1950/51 football team, this was a report of that team ...
  • Bison Magazine May 1951

    Bison Magazine May 1951

    I found this report in the Bison Magazine May 1951. Hope you find it interesting and mind jogging.
  • Bison Magazine May 1952

    Bison Magazine May 1952

    These two photos were published in May 1952. Does anybody recognise these names or faces from the past? If you can recognise ...
  • Bison old boys 1953

    Bison old boys 1953

    These photographs were published in The Bison Magazine in September 1953. Does anybody remember these two ex-Fawcett boys? They were before ...
  • Black and white images of St Nicholas Church c.1910

    Black and white images of St Nicholas Church c.1910

  • Blue Post pub - a family connection

    Blue Post pub - a family connection

    The following additional information and photo about a query related to the Blue Posts pub was e-mailed by Janet Considine ...
  • Blue Posts Tavern

    Blue Posts Tavern

    The following query was posted on the website message-board by Janet Considine on 25/07/2002: “Does anyone have information on the Blue ...
  • Bond Street in the 1960s

    Bond Street in the 1960s

    Developed in the second half of the eighteenth century, Bond Street was the first road built northwards from North Street. ...
  • Brighton Lesbian Group 1980s

    Brighton Lesbian Group 1980s

    “This is the Dorset Arms at the corner of North Road and Gardner Street and it was where the Brighton ...
  • Introduction to North Laine

    Introduction to North Laine (11)

  • Bond Street to Frederick Gardens

    Bond Street to Frederick Gardens (1)

  • Gardner Street to Kemp Street

    Gardner Street to Kemp Street (2)

    Gardner Street was established on the site of a market garden owned by John Furner.
  • Kensington Gardens to Queen's Gardens

    Kensington Gardens to Queen's Gardens (1)

    Kensington Gardens did originally consist of houses with gardens; it was developed from 1808 onwards.
  • Robert Street to Tidy Street

    Robert Street to Tidy Street (1)

    Robert Street was the site of the Jireh Chapel which was a Calvinistic chapel opened in 1846.  In more recent ...
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