James Gray: The Duke of Cambridge Public House at the corner of Richmond Street and Cambridge Street, in 1933. The first mention of this Inn was in 1864 when small private dwellings were doubtless converted for this purpose. In 1934 the premises were completely rebuilt and No.2 Cambridge Street was absorbed into the extended building. jgc_27_013
James Gray: In this view is a photograph of Cambridge Street, in April 1956. This was the next street above Ashton Street, to which it was similar in appearance and period. The same builder may have built them. This street was hit by bombs during the 1939-1945 War, and nearly all the houses on the east side were demolished. Those seen in the photograph went in December 1958. jgc_27_076
James Gray: Two photographs – this [jgc_27_078] and following [jgc_27_079] – of the strangely named Dinapore Street and the Live and Let Live Public House, from Richmond Street. Period 1962 and 1964. This street, along with Liverpool Street, was demolished in December 1965. jgc_27_078
2018: See caption for jgc_27_076 above. (Photographer: Ron Fitton)
James Gray: [See caption for jgc_27_078 above.] jgc_27_079
2018: See caption for jgc_27_076 above. (Photographer: Ron Fitton)
James Gray: Close up view of the Live and Let Live at the corner of Dinapore Street and the barrier across Richmond Street. jgc_27_080
2018: See caption for jgc_27_076 above. (Photographer: Ron Fitton)
James Gray: This photograph of 27 August 1960 shows two of the new blocks of flats under construction on the same site. jgc_27_083
2018: The tower blocks were opened in May 1961, the first of several on the redevelopment site. New roads (Grove Hill and Ashton Rise) were built between the tower blocks and across the slope of the hill that had been the middle section of Richmond Street. (Photographer: Ron Fitton)
James Gray: 3 of 4 photographs [see also jgc_27_086 (Richmond Parade page), 087 (Morley Street) and 089 (Albion Hill)] taken in 1960 as this vast area was being cleared so that several blocks of high rise flats could replace the many worn out mean streets in this area. jgc_27_088
2018: Brighton’s first tower-block flats were erected on Albion Hill in 1961 and the area is now dominated by seven 11-storey blocks. Highleigh was the first to be opened by the mayor, Alan Johnson, on 16 May 1961. (Photographer: Ron Fitton)
James Gray: Some years earlier. Bomb damage during the 1939-1945 War. The scene was in Richmond Street between Cambridge and Dinapore Streets. An official photograph, the date not being disclosed. Additional Information: The day the bomb fell was Tuesday 24 September 1940. jgc_27_092
2018: These flats now stand roughly where the bombs would have dropped. (Photographer: Ron Fitton)
James Gray: The early stages of the Albion Hill redevelopment. View of the first of the flats under construction – 1960. jgc_27_094
2018: Brighton’s first tower-block flats were erected on Albion Hill in 1961 and the area is now dominated by seven 11-storey blocks. Highleigh was the first to be opened by the mayor, Alan Johnson, on 16 May 1961. (Photographer: Ron Fitton)
James Gray: The vast Albion Hill redevelopment scheme still in progress, in 1965. To the left Ebenezer Baptist Chapel (1825) and adjoining school still standing, and centre right, a glimpse of houses in Richmond Street and Dinapore Street, the latter soon to be demolished. jgc_27_113
2018: The development has long been completed with seven 11-storey tower blocks plus several more three-storey blocks. The 2007 building which now houses the Ebenezer Chapel is on the opposite side of Richmond Parade to where it was originally. (Photographer: Ron Fitton)