Image: (c) Carol Homewood
Prior to this though it was a fish merchants. Arthur Allen had the business from the 1940s up until the mid 1960s. Previous to this it was owned by a John Marshall throughout the 1920s and 30s. Before this I cannot find any businesses listed at this address however there is a photograph of it as a shoes and boot repairers.
This is on the corner of Bernard Road. The earliest record I could find here was 1907 when the newsagents business was run by E. J Abel.
Known to most of us as Homewoods Store. Homewoods set up shop here in 1936.
From c.1954 this was Mrs Ayling’s wool store. When I was around 10 years old I learnt to crochet, and I often visited here in the 1970s.
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.
