Image (c) Carol Homewood
The Ginnetts moved to Brighton in the early 1870s, and setting up their circus at Park Crescent Place (now Devonian Court).
In the early 1890s the family moved from Park Crescent Place to North Road where they opened the Hippodrome Theatre which later became known as the Eden Theatre and later as the Grand.
John Ginnett died in 1892.
Born and brought up in Ipswich John Cordy Burrows trained as a surgeon. He moved to Brighton in 1837.
Henry Pagden Tamplin was born in Brighton in 1801, and was the son of the brewer Richard Tamplin and Elizabeth Pagden.
John Urpeth Rastrick was a Civil Engineer who was responsible for overseeing the construction of the London to Brighton Railway amongst many others across the country.
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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.
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