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James Gray: 2/2 more photographs of the early stages of [Albion Hill Redevelopment] this vast scheme – 1960. This shows Lewes and Newhaven Streets. jgc_27_096
2018: The original image appears to have been taken from the top of one of the recently erected tower blocks. The view at ground level is totally obscured by the modern housing. (Photographer: Ron Fitton)
James Gray: In these enlightened days these are considered to be slums, or at least, ‘houses unfit for human habitation’. So, they are scheduled for early demolition. The future use of the site is uncertain. It may form part of a new inner ring road so meantime it may be used for car parking. Date of photograph – 19 June 1966. Compare these with the slums of the 1920s and 1930s to see how our standards have improved. jgc_27_059
James Gray: [See caption for jgc_27_059 above.] jgc_27_060
2018: All that remains of the northern end of Lewes Street now is a short stub of a street leading to a car park. (Photographer: Ron Fitton)
James Gray: These two photographs [jgc_27_061 and 063 of Lewes and Newhaven Streets] are interesting when considered with those on the previous page [see jgc_27_059 and 060 above]. Soon after those were taken most of the houses in Lewes Street were demolished, leaving just those which are seen in the photograph above. The remaining houses can easily be picked out in the earlier photograph. The photograph on this page was taken on 21 October 1973, when there was talk of early redevelopment. However four more years were to elapse before the site was finally cleared. jgc_27_061
James Gray: This view is seen from the end of Lewes Street, across Albion Hill to St Peter’s Church. The photograph on this page was taken on 21 October 1973, when there was talk of early redevelopment. However four more years were to elapse before the site was finally cleared. jgc_27_062
James Gray: Newhaven Street looking south to Albion Hill. All that was left of this early Victorian Street after the clearances of the 1960s. jgc_27_063
2018: Kelly’s directory for 1973 confirms that there were only five occupied houses left by the time Gray’s photograph was taken. The whole street had been redeveloped by 1980, with the Phoenix student halls of residence taking up the first half of the western side. The bottom image shows a plaque commemorating the completion of the redevelopment on the side wall of No 13 Albion Hill. (Photographer: Ron Fitton)
James Gray: Looking north along what little was left of Lewes Street, with the same houses in Newhaven Street shown in the previous [jgc_27_063] photograph, but from the other direction, at the lower level. At the left, the Watney buildings to make way for which the whole of the houses on the west side had been removed. Date of photographs – 21 October 1973. jgc_27_064