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CLARENDON ROAD

Clarendon Road

Neighbourhood:
Goldsmid
1910
2018

James Gray: The [Hospital Parade] procession [see also Conway Place and Conway Street] making its way westwards along Clarendon Road and approaching the junction with Sackville Road. The bandsmen seem to have acquired fresh uniforms since the previous year. jgc_14_071

2018: All the terraced houses on the south side (right) of Clarendon Road are still there, but those on the north were demolished in the 1960s and by the end of the decade were replaced with blocks of flats. From left to right here we can see Clarendon House, Ellen House, Goldstone House and Livingstone House, named after the surrounding streets. The latter three are linked by lower rise buildings. There is a fifth block (Conway Court) to the west of this view. Note the communal rubbish bins which are now part of the street furniture in central Brighton and Hove. (Photographer: Jane Southern)

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1908
2018

James Gray: One of the poorer streets of Hove in a working class part of the town. The photographs are all of the period 1900-1910 and show the north side of the street at the junction with Goldstone Street. This postcard shows the funeral of Sergeant S Elliott held on 18 April 1908. jgc_14_072

2018: In the 1960s the houses and shops on the north side of Clarendon Road were demolished and towards the end of the decade replaced with blocks of flats. Until then Goldstone Street, which still runs south to Clarendon Villas, intersected Clarendon Road at the forefront of this photo. The former line of Goldstone Street runs through the car park and through the low rise building seen behind the lamp-post. This is why the nearest block of 57 flats is called Goldstone House, while the block to the east of it is Livingstone House. (Photographer: Jane Southern)

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1900
2018

James Gray: Clarendon Road was commenced in the late 1870s and the greengrocer’s shop of John Lidbetter was there almost from the start. He was also a coal merchant with a yard a little way up Goldstone Street, seen in this photograph. The shop remained as a greengrocer’s until the whole area was cleared in 1966. jgc_14_073

2018: See the previous 2018 caption. (Photographer: Jane Southern)

1908
2018

James Gray: Another view of the funeral procession of Sergeant S Elliott. jgc_14_074

2018: See the 2018 caption above. (Photographer: Jane Southern)

1963
2018

James Gray: A composite picture of Conway Place, St Barnabas Hall and Clarendon Road, all affected by Stage 1. Clarendon Road being cleared on the north side as far as No. 107. jgc_14_096

2018: Clarendon Road is on the right of the James Gray image, Conway Place on the left.

All the houses visible in Clarendon Road in the James Gray picture have been demolished and replaced by blocks of flats: Conway Court (nearest) and Clarendon House. The corner property of Leslie Lutwyche, grocer, at 133 Sackville Road 1966 has gone, as has that of T Bullen, confectioner at No 135. At No 139 was B.D. Sanders, fruiterer, greengrocer and florist. The property is now Vega Express, grocers and convenience stores. The houses that stood on the east side of Conway Place, behind the white car, have have been replaced by the Honeycroft Nursery whose official address is St Barnabas Hall, Sackville Road. (Photographer: Alison Minns)
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1967
2018

James Gray: The old and the new Clarendon Road. A contrast between the homes of the 1880s and those of the 1960s. jgc_14_106

2018: The Borough of Hove Housing Department building on the corner of Clarendon Road and Goldstone Street has gone, as have the houses to its left (west).

In their place is a low, grey link block between Ellen House and Goldstone House. The furthest block of flats, Clarendon House still stands and Ellen House (under construction in the original image) has been completed. The north part of what was Goldstone Street (running north-south between Clarendon Road and Ellen Street – visible on the right of the original photo) has gone and there is now a pedestrianised passage linking the two streets. ( Photographer: Alison Minns) 
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1967
2018

James Gray: This and the next photograph look from Goldstone Street towards Goldstone Villas showing the rear of the houses in Ellen Street and Clarendon Road. The gardens between seem surprisingly large for this district. jgc_14_107

2018: The houses in Ellen Street and Clarendon Road in the original image have all gone as has the part of Goldstone Street running north of Clarendon Road. There is now a pedestrian passage under a low grey link block between Goldstone House to the east and Ellen House to the west linking the two streets. The houses in the background, in Goldstone Villas, remain. (Photographer: Alison Minns)

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1970
2018

James Gray: Two photographs of January 1970. This one is taken from the corner of Ethel Street and shows the last of the five blocks of flats, Livingstone House, all but completed. jgc_14_111

2018: All the blocks of flats have now been completed, including the one in the foreground: Livingstone House. The houses on the south side of Clarendon Road still stand. Some of their low brick walls onto the street have been painted a light colour. Several street lights and telegraph poles have been replaced but remain more or less in their original positions. The houses on the extreme right of the original image have been demolished. In their place stands a commercial unit. The spire of St Barnabas is just visible in the background. (Photographer: Alison Minns) 

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