James Gray: These two photographs [jgc_33_058 and 059] have me beaten as I do not know when they were taken nor have I been able to identify the location of the shack. It may have been a farm building, a relic of the period when the area was farmed or one of the shacks put up by an early settler of the 1920s. At any rate it has gone now. jgc_33_058
James Gray: [See caption for jgc_33_058 above.] jgc_33_059
2018: See caption above. (Photographer: Ron Fitton)
James Gray: Two buildings are seen in all three [jgc_33_075, 076 and 077] photographs (following) – the small bungalow and (right) the Church. This photograph dates from about 1930 and gives a clear view of the bungalow, then named Hollywood, fronting Warren Road. The Church then little more than a hall, had been opened in 1928, to serve the spiritual needs of the early settlers in this remote area to the north-east of Brighton. jgc_33_075
James Gray: These photographs [jgc_33_097 to 101], taken on 4 January 1953, show the site of Brighton’s new South Woodingdean Council House Estate, as it was before development started. The somewhat derelict bungalows shown were mostly built before 1928, before the area was absorbed into the Brighton Borough and, therefore, not subject to the Borough byelaws. jgc_33_097
2019: Here is a view of the estate today, looking south-east from Old Parish Lane. The other photos taken on 4 January 1953 can be found on these pages – Norton Drive (jgc_33_098), Rudyard Road (jgc_33_099), ?? (jgc_33_100) and Crescent Drive South (jgc_33_101). (Photographer: Ron Fitton)