Ethel Street

2018: All the buildings on the left of the 1968 image have gone. The road remains but not as Ethel Street. The building at the far (north) end of the street in the James Gray image has gone but the light-coloured Cliftonville Inn can still be seen in the middle distance. The backs of the houses in Goldstone Villas to the right of the James Gray image remain essentially unchanged though with some extensions protruding west. The area behind the wooden doors and wall to the right in the James Gray image has been replaced by two up-and-over garages. One telegraph pole remains but the street lamp has gone. (Photographer: Alison Minns)

2018: The Percy Vye & Co. building which was at 4 Ethel Street has gone. In its place, the rear of an industrial unit (currently occupied by Essential Hygiene and Catering Supplies Ltd) is visible. The tops of four blocks of flats are visible in the current photo: Goldstone House, Ellen House, Clarendon House and Conway Court. Ellen Street School (visible on the extreme right of the James Gray photo) has gone. This building also features in jgc_14_102 (on the Conway Street page) as well as the next three images, jgc_14_114 to 116. (Photographer: Alison Minns) 

The entrance is in Ethel Street and it backs onto the south side of Conway Street. The various flint and brick walls in the original image have also gone. Replacement brick walls and wire fencing surround the building. In the background of the current image stands The Agora, a commercial unit housing 13 companies. A modern lamp post has been added.  (Photographer: Alison MInns) 

2018: All the houses and gardens in the foreground of the original image have gone. In their place stands a low greyish building – a commercial unit currently occupied by Essential Hygiene and Catering Supplies Ltd, Unit 3 Ellen St BN3 3LS. Ethel Street has been relocated (and is wider than the original) to the west and is visible in the current photo. St Barnabas Church still stands but is not visible in the current photo. Now visible are blocks of flats: Goldstone House, Ellen House and Clarendon House. Ellen Street School has gone. The houses to the right of the original photo have gone and, in their place stands an extension to the Brighton & Hove Bus and Coach Company garage. The commercial building with a domed roof in the current photo houses 13 companies – The Agora (Ellen Street BN3 3LN). The low, wide tower below the horizon that James Gray refers to still stands to the south-west of the Fonthill Road railway tunnel. If by the ‘Leighton Road Chimney’ James Gray means the very tall slim chimney on the horizon, it has gone, as has the other tower to its right on the horizon. (Photographer: Alison Minns)