James Gray: Trains of the London to Brighton and South Coast railway in the cutting between Hove and Portslade Stations in 1906. Engine at rest just east of the Olive Road Bridge. The trees at the left are those masking Hove Cemetery, and on the vacant land now stands the houses of Isabel Crescent, built in 1927. Opposite, the empty land was used for the building of Hove’s first Council Estate at Ingram Crescent. jgc_16_033
2018: The bridge, made of reinforced concrete, was built in 1935. (Photographer: Geoff James)
James Gray: This complex of buildings owned by the Brighton Equitable Co-Operative Society Ltd. had a very modest start. In 1921 the society opened a bakery here, a small building erected on what was an empty field backing on the railway line as it approached Portslade Station. The present Olive Road did not exist, just a rough track leading to a farm accommodation bridge which was a relic of Aldrington Farm given up earlier in the century.
James Gray: This complex of buildings owned by the Brighton Equitable Co-Operative Society Ltd. had a very modest start. In 1921 the society opened a bakery here, a small building erected on what was an empty field backing on the railway line as it approached Portslade Station. The present Olive Road did not exist, just a rough track leading to a farm accommodation bridge which was a relic of Aldrington Farm given up earlier in the century.
James Gray: This complex of buildings owned by the Brighton Equitable Co-Operative Society Ltd. had a very modest start. In 1921 the society opened a bakery here, a small building erected on what was an empty field backing on the railway line as it approached Portslade Station. The present Olive Road did not exist, just a rough track leading to a farm accommodation bridge which was a relic of Aldrington Farm given up earlier in the century.
James Gray: These four cottages stood about 100 yards north of Portland Road, immediately opposite Portland Villas. They faced the railway line and were approached by a track running from Portland Road to the old farm accommodation bridge in what is now Olive Road. Originally farm cottages, they were probably built about 1870. When the works of Messrs H.J. Green and Sons were established here, the cottages passed into their possession and were reconstructed and improved. They were demolished in 1934. jgc_16_072
James Gray: [See caption for jgc_16_072 above.] jgc_16_071