James Gray: When the houses of Buckingham Place were built about 1850 the gardens were taken right back to Howard Place. More than a hundred years afterwards part of some of the longest of these gardens was used for the erection of old people’s flats known as Newstead. jgc_31_017
2018: The building behind the flint wall at the forefront of this photograph is the Newstead flats referred to by James Gray. The spire of St Luke’s Prestonville and the surrounding terraces are visible in both images. (Photographer: Google)
James Gray: Looking down Howard Terrace, across Chatham Place, past The Shakespeare’s Head to Howard Place. The business of Bakers and Confectioners at 35, Chatham Place was old – established, dating back to the 1860s though Lidbetters had it only from the early years of the present century. The exact year of the photograph is not known, though the dress of the boys suggests the period of 1912-1914. To be certain we would have to know the years when G. Lee was the landlord of the Shakespeare’s Head. jgc_26_160
2019: The building at the corner of Howard Terrace and Chatham Place, although structurally little different, is no longer a business premises but the Shakespeare’s Head across the road at the bottom of Howard Place has persevered for another hundred years as a drinking establishment. The old flint wall at extreme right has also survived. The railway line to Hove runs in a cutting to the left of both images. (Photographer: Mathia Davies)