James Gray: The Hospital Parade procession turning from Conway Street into Conway Place. These parades were held annually, usually on a Sunday and were organised by trades unions and local workingmen’s associations. [Led] by a band, the procession toured the main streets of Hove collecting funds for the benefit of Hove General Hospital. The custom died out with the 1914-1918 War. jgc_14_069
James Gray: In 1960 Hove Corporation decided to make a comprehensive redevelopment of 5 acres between Sackville Road and Goldstone Villas. The area was to include the south side of Conway Street, the whole of Ellen Street, the north side of Clarendon Road and the intervening roads, such as Ellen Place and others. Some years were occupied in the purchase of the buildings to be cleared so that it was not until 1965 that demolition commenced. The scheme will be carried through in four stages starting from the Sackville Road end and is estimated to take ten years to complete. These photographs and those on succeeding pages show the streets and houses involved in this major project. Conway Place, consisting of 18 houses, extending from Ellen Street until ended by this forbidding brick wall. Most of the houses faced north looking at the rear gardens of Conway Street. jgc_14_092
2018: The north-facing houses in the original image in the old Conway Place have gone. In their place stands a commercial building currently occupied by Decon Laboratories Ltd. To its right (south) stands Honeycroft Nursery and the back of Conway Court flats (not visible).
James Gray: Two photographs of this little known backwater tucked away between Conway Street and Sackville Road. A Salvation Army outing in the summer of 1923. The expectant party waits in the char-a-banc hard by the Salvation Army Citadel in nearby Conway Street. The indispensable corner shop, with its small quantities and cheap prices, was well patronised by the many people living in this rather poor area. jgc_14_093
2018: Miss S. Veasey’s shop at 18 Conway Place has gone. In its place is a commercial building currently occupied by Decon Laboratories Ltd, a cleaning agent manufacturer. Its surrounding metal fencing is visible in the 2018 photo.
James Gray: The empty site in 1968, after the clearance of all these old houses as part of the Conway Street Redevelopment Scheme. Compare this with [other photographs of the same site]. Note Ellen Street School then still standing. jgc_14_094
2018: Clarendon House and Ellen House flats can be seen in both images. The wall on the right-hand side of both pictures is the corner of Honeycroft Nursery, a registered charity which has given access to low-cost care for local children for many years. Goldstone House, flats on Clarendon Road obscured in the James Gray image, can be seen in the distance here.
James Gray: Two photographs of 2 March 1969, when the project had been developed for a few years. The extreme western end of Conway Street, showing the cleared site of Conway Place. On this empty site it is proposed that commercial premises be erected but as yet there is no sign of activity. jgc_14_109
2018: The extreme western end of Conway Street (running east-west) has been renamed Conway Place. Conway Place then turns to run north-south, parallel to Sackville Road. The houses in the original image remain essentially unchanged. The Salvation Army Citadel, to the right in both images, has been painted cream.