James Gray: Two small buildings with associations with St James’s Church which was demolished some years ago. The lecture room was an old building, how old I do not know. The Parish Room, in High Street, was a much later building as the date, 1903, indicates. The buildings were photographed on 29 September 1968, and were demolished in January 1970, for Council flats to be built here. jgc_22_063
James Gray: Two small buildings with associations with St James’s Church which was demolished some years ago. The lecture Room was an old building, how old I do not know. Originally it was called the Bible Christians’ Chapel and later the Biblical Lecture Room before finally being known as St James’s Lecture Room. The buildings were photographed on 29 September 1968, and were demolished in January 1970, for Council flats to be built here. jgc_22_064
James Gray: The flint and brick dwelling 10 Cavendish Street awaiting demolition, period unknown. The house was never occupied after 1919 so it may have been removed soon afterwards or even as late as the 1930s. This was a street of common lodging houses. Individual houses were closed year by year and nearly all houses removed in 1938/1939. jgc_22_073
2018: View west from Ardingly Street at its junction with Cavendish Street, which exists now only as a short stub of road from St James’s Street to the 1960s Ardingly Court development. Street directories suggest No 10 in Gray’s photograph was on the west side of the street, centre-right in the 2018 photograph. (Photographer: Jayne Paulin)