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STANFORD ESTATE

Shirley Avenue

Neighbourhood:
Hove Park
1955
2020

James Gray: About a year after the photographs on the previous page [see jgc_17_113 and 116 on the Tredcroft Road page and jgc_17_117 on the Goldstone Crescent page] were taken, in the summer of 1955, preliminary work commenced on the roads needed for the houses and bungalows about to be built on this remaining parcel of land. This view shows the rough builders road, now Benett Drive, looking south east to the junction of Goldstone Crescent and Tredcroft Road. [See also jgc_17_115 on the Goldstone Crescent page.] jgc_17_114

2020: The rough builders road referred to by James Gray became Shirley Avenue, not Benett Drive, though it does lead to Benett Drive.  This 2020 photograph was taken from the front path of the bungalow at 2 Shirley Avenue. It is called The Knab and is where James Gray lived towards the end of his life after moving from Nevill Road. It looks south-east across Shirley Avenue to the properties on the east side of this short road. (Photographer: Alan Hobden)

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