James Gray: View from the Three Cornered Copse across the wheat fields of Tongdean Farm to the Dyke Road, date 11 July 1936. The trees on the skyline are those also seen in the previous photograph, but from the reverse side. jgc_17_104
2018: The view in the old photograph approximates now to the view from the Three Cornered Copse over 79 Woodland Drive (in the foreground) towards Hill Brow in the centre, and Dyke Close, off Dyke Road Avenue in the distance. (Photographer: Alan Hobden)
James Gray: This was the first school playing field. No clue as to the period, but certainly before 1900. The field was to the west of Dyke Road, between Hill Brow and Tongdean Road, adjoining Tongdean Farm, parts of which are seen in the background. Now covered by the large houses in Dyke Road Avenue, Hove. jgc_17_103
James Gray: I do not know when this farm was established, nor have I been able to obtain any information about its early history. Old directories do not help. The end of the farm came in 1936 when the farm buildings were demolished and the land sold for development. Here, taken from the south, are photographs of the long byres, this on 10 June 1936. In this photograph the house seen in the bottom corner is 48 Dyke Road Avenue. jgc_17_126