James Gray: Ten more years, and the scene moves to a builder’s rough road situated just beyond the houses seen at the top right of the previous photograph. This was the continuation of Woodland Avenue, a road which started in 1938. This photograph was taken on 2 March 1969, and since then houses have been built on both sides about halfway to the horizon. Houses left are those in King George V1 Drive, and right a glimpse of Woodland Court Flats. jgc_36_139
James Gray: If you study closely the hedge above, traces can be seen of the remains of an iron fence. The hedge and railings marked the boundary between Tongdean Farm to the east and Court Farm to the west. They started at Dyke Road and followed the Copse down the hill, crossed what is now Goldstone Crescent and finished by the double row of trees in Hove Park facing Woodland Drive. Above, the long unmade stretch of Woodland Avenue, which has been in this state since 1938. Date of all photographs [jgc_17_146, 147, 148 and 150] – 21 March 1965. jgc_17_148
James Gray: See caption for jgc_17_148 above. jgc_17_146
2018: A great deal of house building has taken place since the 1965 photograph was taken.
James Gray: I had these three photographs [see also jgc_17_091 and 093 below] taken for me on 2 March 1969. The builder’s roads had not long been put in and it seemed that development would soon follow. This and the previous photograph [jgc_17_091] look north-eastwards along Sandringham Drive, to its junction with Woodland Avenue, which was built over in the late 1970s. jgc_17_092
James Gray: I had these three photographs [see also jgc_17_092 above and 093 below] taken for me on 2 March 1969. The builder’s roads had not long been put in and it seemed that development would soon follow. This and the next photograph [jgc_17_092] look north-eastwards along Sandringham Drive, to its junction with Woodland Avenue, which was built over in the late 1970s. jgc_17_091
James Gray: This view shows the continuation of King George VI Drive, where building has only just commenced, in summer 1983. It may be many years before it is completed. jgc_17_093
2018: This road has long since been fully developed, and in 2018 it extends northwards to meet the north end of a similarly extended Woodland Avenue.