Photograph Collections:
Peep Into The Past
This page is dedicated to the remaining evidence of times gone by in Brighton.
If you look closely enough, dotted around town are signs of what used to be. Some obvious and some not so and some only revealed for a short period of time. Another work in progress, so if you know of any I may have missed, please get in touch.
It was run by a Mrs C Hall up until 1932 when another milliner named Winifred Ellen Silverthorne took over the business for a few years. It then swapped hands to Mrs P Remington. The Hat Shop had gone by 1949 and the shop became Brighter Homes, a wallpaper business.
From around 1908 4A Palace Place was listed as being a Telephone Exchange. Walter James Wolfe is listed here from 1914 up until 1932.
(I apologise for the wheelie bins! They seem to be over taking our town these days! )
You can read more about Henry Pagden Tamplin here.
This stone survives from the building which was previously on this site, The Oddfellows Hall built in June 1854 and demolished in 1969.
Knight & Wakeford were in busniess here until c.1920 when the business changed hands to Dawkins Ltd Drapers.
Dawkins survived up until the mid 1950s when it downsized to numbers 52-55 Western Road. Dawkins had gone by 1958 and the store was divided up into smaller stores.
The "KW" survives at the top of the building as a reminder of its past life.
This still exists today and you can get a small glimpse of the sign as you walk up the side of the Grand and look between the buildings.
From at least 1851 Jabez White was verger of St Pauls church in West Street. His wife Elizabeth a bookseller. They lived at 70 West Street.
Their son, also Jabez became a wood carver. After the death of his parents Jabez (jnr)and his wife Adele carried on with the family business.
Jabez died in 1902 leaving his wife Adele to carry on with the business up until c.1915. After this the premises became a restaurant.
Sadly this building no longer survives on West Street. I'm glad I captured it before it was demolished.
It reads 'East ward & stables'. Can anyone make out the rest of the lettering?
