James Gray: A close up view of the bungalow built here after the dairy business closed in the 1920s. jgc_27_066
2018: Pike’s Directory for 1920 shows that No 34 Richmond Street was occupied by cowkeepers William Chate & Son – not something that you would expect to find in the centre of Brighton. The building that now occupies the site appears to have direct access to the allotments that stand where the original grazing field was located. (Photographer: Ron Fitton)
James Gray: In this view is a photograph of Cambridge Street, in April 1956. This was the next street above Ashton Street, to which it was similar in appearance and period. The same builder may have built them. This street was hit by bombs during the 1939-1945 War, and nearly all the houses on the east side were demolished. Those seen in the photograph went in December 1958. jgc_27_076
James Gray: Looking up Richmond Street at the same period. On the left side of the road can be seen the Ebenezer Baptist Chapel and the Duke of Cambridge Inn and the barrier across the road at Dinapore Street. jgc_27_077
2018: Every building in the James Gray image was demolished and replaced during the 1960s.
James Gray: Two photographs – this [jgc_27_078] and following [jgc_27_079] – of the strangely named Dinapore Street and the Live and Let Live Public House, from Richmond Street. Period 1962 and 1964. This street, along with Liverpool Street, was demolished in December 1965. jgc_27_078
2018: See caption for jgc_27_076 above. (Photographer: Ron Fitton)
James Gray: [See caption for jgc_27_078 above.] jgc_27_079
2018: See caption for jgc_27_076 above. (Photographer: Ron Fitton)
James Gray: Close up view of the Live and Let Live at the corner of Dinapore Street and the barrier across Richmond Street. jgc_27_080
2018: See caption for jgc_27_076 above. (Photographer: Ron Fitton)
James Gray: Liverpool Street, looking North to Albion Hill – March 1963. These two streets were built during 1859 and 1860. Dinapore Street and the west side of Liverpool Street were demolished in December 1965. jgc_27_081
2018: See caption for jgc_27_076 above. (Photographer: Ron Fitton)
James Gray: View along a street with an unusual name, Dinapore Street in April 1956. At the junction with Richmond Street and the ‘Live and Let Live’ public house. The barrier across Richmond Street, to stop runaway traffic, has been there for many years. The gap in the houses on the left was the result of bomb damage in the 1939-1945 War. jgc_27_082
2018: See caption for jgc_27_076 above. (Photographer: Ron Fitton)
James Gray: This photograph of 27 August 1960 shows two of the new blocks of flats under construction on the same site. jgc_27_083
2018: The tower blocks were opened in May 1961, the first of several on the redevelopment site. New roads (Grove Hill and Ashton Rise) were built between the tower blocks, across the slope of the hill that had been the middle section of Richmond Street. (Photographer: Ron Fitton)
James Gray: Ebenezer Baptist Chapel in 1960. It had five years more life left, being demolished in 1965. jgc_27_034
2018: A new chapel now exists on the ground floor of a small block occupying what would have been the northern end of Claremont Row. (Photographer: Ron Fitton)
James Gray: 1/2 more photographs of the early stages of this vast scheme – 1960. This shows Sussex Terrace and Dinapore Street. jgc_27_095
2018: The original image appears to have been taken from the top of one of the recently erected tower blocks. Unfortunately, not being able to obtain access to the same, my view looking across in the same direction but at ground level is totally obscured by the modern housing. (Photographer: Ron Fitton)