James Gray: The junction of Crescent Drive North and Downs Valley Road, in 1929, when the Corporation water mains were being laid. This district had been incorporated in Brighton only in the previous year, 1928. jgc_33_070
2019: There is clearly no further room for development in the area today. (Photographer: Ron Fitton)
James Gray: Good examples of the early dwellings built here in the 1920s before incorporation. Here a shack in Crescent Drive North, February 1959, which has since been removed. jgc_33_092
2019: The part of the road where the embankment and old shack stood before the later developments of the 1960s. (Photographer: Ron Fitton)
James Gray: An even earlier photograph – 1926 – at the junction of Ridgeway and Crescent Drive North. jgc_33_072
2019: The junction of The Ridgway and Crescent Drive North, the shacks now replaced by modern bungalows. (Photographer: Ron Fitton)
James Gray: This one is easier to date. Though the postcard is stamped 1932 on its reverse side, the photograph was taken some years earlier, probably about 1927 before the incorporation with Brighton. In detail it does not differ much from the large photograph on the previous page [jgc_33_073] having been taken from nearly the same position and again it emphasises the large area of land which comprised each plot in this outlying part of Woodingdean. jgc_33_074
James Gray: The same old shack in Crescent Drive North as is seen in jgc_33_096. Probably built in the 1920s it looked bad enough when viewed from the road, but just look at its appearance from the back. One wonders how it was kept together for about 35 years considering its flimsy construction and exposed situation. jgc_33_095
2019: This was where the embankment and old shack stood before the later developments of the 1960s. (Photographer: Ron Fitton)
James Gray: [See caption for jgc_33_095 above.] jgc_33_096
2019: See caption above. (Photographer: Ron Fitton)