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BRIGHTON CORPORATION DEPOT

Hollingdean Lane

Neighbourhood:
Hollingdean
1964
2018

James Gray: Until just a few years ago not many Brightonians could have known of the existence of these two houses. They were within the privately enclosed Depot and Abattoir and were approached by a narrow private road, leading in from Ditchling Road, which widened and ran down to emerge through large gates into Hollingdean Road, just opposite the Skew bridge.

Doubtless senior staff at the depot occupied them. Now, with the road open, they are more accessible to the public. Note the Depot chimney and the building in Florence Place, by the Jewish Burial Ground. No number could be found on the adjoining house. Date of these photographs [jgc_20_084 and 085] – 29 November 1964. jgc_20_084

2018: The handsome house displayed in the 1964 image has been pulled down and replaced by a chalet bungalow. Behind can be see the unusual octagonal red-brick mortuary chapel in the Jewish cemetery. The chimney in the Brighton Corporation Depot & Abattoir has gone and Nettleton Court, a 15-storey block of flats in Upper Hollingdean Road, now takes up the right of the 2018 photo.  (Photographer: Max Page)

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1964
2018

James Gray: See caption for jgc_20_084 above. jgc_20_085

2018: Next door to the modern bungalow shown in jgc_20_084 above, this 19th century home, called The Old Cottage, has survived remarkably unchanged apart from the removal of its chimney stack. (Photographer: James Newell)

1964
2018

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