James Gray: Two of the original houses of this small street, Nos 5 and 6 boarded up and condemned, 4 November 1910. Most of the houses on the north side were in the same condition and were later rebuilt. For a view of several of the rebuilt houses, see overleaf. [See jgc_10a_034 and 037 below.] This site of these old houses is now part of Bellman’s store. jgc_10a_032 and jgc_10a_033
2019: The property was absorbed by a grocery store that eventually became a Co-op. The modern building shown here will soon be demolished and replaced by a five-storey block of student flats with retail units at street level. (Photographer: Kate Ormond)
James Gray: 9-13 Oxford Place, on 10 June 1955, soon after the Nos 1-8 on the north side had been demolished, for the extension of Bellman’s London Road premises. Formerly called Union Street North, this small street was built about 1850. jgc_10a_034
2019: The houses were demolished for offices and student housing blocks. (Photographer: Kate Ormond)
James Gray: Four more of these squalid buildings, 4 November 1910. This photograph numbers 12 and 13, then closed but later rebuilt. They are seen in the photograph of 1955 [jgc_10a_034] on an adjoining page. jgc_10a_037
James Gray: Nos 18 and 19. These were demolished and never rebuilt. Whoever named 19 as Sunnyside was an optimist. It faced north and got little or no sunshine. jgc_10a_038
2019: Nothing in the James Gray photograph remains. That façade is now the side of the new Kings Brighton, an independent international school. (Photographer: Kate Ormond)