Image: (c) Carol Homewood
Mrs Hobden died in 1988 when the running of the shop was taken over by Mrs. Ashdown.
When I popped in for a chat today I was told that the shop will be closing in two weeks time and relocating to Old Boat Corner on Carden Hill. The counter in the shop was the original used by Mrs Hobden to measure the cloth that she sold.
End of another era in Elm Grove.
I always knew this shop as Betty’s. My Mum spent a lot of time chatting to Betty and her husband whilst I stood with her in the shop watching Betty’s husband slice meat with a meat slicing machine.
From 1891 to at least the 1970s this house used to be the Baptist Mission Hall.
A selection of my photographs available mounted from just £10 each.
Work has now commenced on controversial plans to alter the traffic flow and accessibility of the area between St. Peter’s and Pool Valley.
Days are numbered for most of the buildings along Pelham Terrace, Lewes Road.
Demolition has started of the old Pink Coconut Night Club.
Built in 1933. Closed as a cinema in the late 1970s, it became a Bingo Hall. This closed in 1997.
A fantastic place to share your old Brighton pics and memories with other Brightonians.
