James Gray: Just below Claremont Place with a glimpse of the Lion and Unicorn Inn, at the left. The old houses on the right were between Nelson Place and Nelson Street and were demolished in 1938/1939. Date of photographs – 20 July 1938. jgc_27_022
2018: Following redevelopment, the barrier in the middle of Sussex Street was replaced by a flight of steps and the bottom part of the road was renamed Morley Street. The Lion and Unicorn pub (once known locally as the Blue House) has been replaced by a block of flats. (Photographer: Ron Fitton)
James Gray: Photographs of Sussex Street School on 29 April 1962, not long before they were demolished as part of the Albion Hill redevelopment. These old town schools were built in 1872 soon after the establishment of the Brighton School Board and lasted for 90 years. By their obvious similarities they seem to have been the work of the same architect. jgc_27_025
James Gray: Looking up this old town street from the corner of Ivory Place. It provides a good view of Sussex Street School, built in 1872. Also seen is the Lion and Unicorn Inn, and in the distance, the modern houses built on Tarner Land about 1932. On the cleared ground beyond the school were the three Claremonts – Row, Street and Place, removed in 1959. The photograph probably dates from about 1962. jgc_27_027
James Gray: Looking North from Sussex Street to Ebenezer Baptist Chapel in Richmond Street, 1935. Demolished later the same year. jgc_27_028
2018: On a modern map of Brighton, the former site of Claremont Row runs (north to south) from Nelson Place on Morley Street to where Ashton Rise crosses Richmond Parade. (Photographer: Ron Fitton)
James Gray: The same area 16 years later. Seven small pre-fabricated houses instead of 38 old tightly packed houses. jgc_27_029
2018: See caption for jgc_27_028 above. (Photographer: Ron Fitton)
James Gray: Looking south from Richmond Street to Sussex Street. The building on the right is Richmond Street School. Hemmed in between Claremont Place at the back and Claremont Street in front, it was still not by any means the worst of Brighton slums of the 1930s. jgc_27_030
2018: See caption for jgc_27_028 above. (Photographer: Ron Fitton)
James Gray: From Richmond Street to Sussex Street, showing the gaunt backs of the old houses in Claremont Street. Compare this with the photograph of the same corner in 1935 on the previous photograph. jgc_27_031
2018: See caption for jgc_27_028 above. (Photographer: Ron Fitton)
James Gray: Looking north along the back yards of these old houses in 1935. Showing also the high dividing wall with the backs of houses in Claremont Street. Year 1935. Claremont Row was removed in the same year, but Claremont Street remained until 1959. jgc_27_032
2018: See caption for jgc_27_028 above. (Photographer: Ron Fitton)
James Gray: Circus Street in those days had a very different look from its appearance today. Then it was a very mean slum street of a few old houses, with Circus Street Schools at the corner of Carlton Hill. The view here is from the Yacht and Anchor public house looking up Sussex Street to St Margaret’s Mission Church, previously a Baptist Chapel. After these old buildings were swept away and Sussex Street widened, the Vegetable Market was erected on this site, facing into Circus Street. jgc_24_055
James Gray: This photograph of 1965 was a bit of a poser and it took some time to determine its location. Work on the Albion Hill Redevelopment had reached this area and this photograph looks north to Richmond Street and the back of buildings in Richmond Parade. jgc_22_077
2018: Morley Street at the junction with Ivory Place, looking north: the tower blocks are now obscured by later buildings on the west side of Ivory Place. (Photographer: Jayne Paulin)
James Gray: 2nd of 4 photographs [see also jgc_27_086 (Richmond Parade), 088 (Grove Hill), 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. Some of these Ivory Place buildings, looking up to the southern façade of Richmond Street School, which was removed in 1962. jgc_27_087
2018: The modern southern entrance to Ivory Place, showing where the southern end of Richmond Street School stood before demolition in the 1960s. (Photographer: Ron Fitton)