Image: (c) Carol Homewood
It was also known as St Paul's School for Boys and a little later as St Mary's School for Boys. It was a school up until the Second World War when it became the Education Committees work dept and later an Education supply store.
From 1891 to at least the 1970s this house used to be the Baptist Mission Hall.
The earliest records I could find for 210 and 210a Elm Grove was during the early 1890s.
From 1917 110 Elm Grove was a Drapers store ran by Mrs Hobden. The first mention of a Girl Guide’s shop was c.1958.
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.
