James Gray: Three old houses, though not as old as they looked, 111, 113 and 115 Old Shoreham Road, adjoining the Southern Cross Inn, photographed during the 1960s. They were the subject of some controversy during proceedings to acquire them for road widening. Demolished, late 1970s. jgc_38_016
2018: View south across Old Shoreham Road. Tates car dealership has expanded to take up a large area on both sides of the road. (Photographer: Jeremy Knight)
James Gray: View across the Recreation Ground, to the houses of Old Shoreham Road, about 1920. jgc_38_019
2108: View north across Victoria Recreation Ground, towards the houses of Old Shoreham Road which are now almost entirely hidden by trees. Note that the steps on the left have now disappeared as have the five gables on the buildings on the left. (Photographer: Jeremy Knight)
James Gray: Three photographs [jgc_38_022, 023 and 024] showing this area as it was 50 to 70 years ago. One of two photographs of the Southern Cross Inn, this one dates from about 1910. jgc_38_022
2018: The Southern Cross pub was demolished in 1974 to make way for the widening of Old Shoreham Road and Trafalgar Road. (Photographer: Jeremy Knight)
James Gray: Looking east along the narrow road, half its present width, from the corner of Crown Road to the Southern Cross Inn. Period – about 1900-1910. jgc_38_023
2018: The houses on the right of the original picture were demolished in 1974 to make way for the widening of Old Shoreham Road and Trafalgar Road. (Photographer: Jeremy Knight)
James Gray: The golfer on the newly opened West Hove Course was the late Sir Harry Lauder, then in middle age. jgc_37_023
2019: A small football pitch and cricket pitch were built as part of the planning gain for the supermarket further up the valley The golf course (although technically incorrect as it was not adjacent to the sea) was known as the golf links. (Photographer: Mark Stephenson)
James Gray: One of two photographs of the Southern Cross Inn, this one dates from about 1910. A view from Trafalgar Road, across into Locks Hill, seemingly just a few years later. jgc_38_024
2018: The only building still recognisable is the detached flint house in Locks Hill at the centre of the picture. (Photographer: Jeremy Knight)