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49-55 Western Road

Built in 1903 for Knight & Wakeford's drapery store.
Tagged as: Central Brighton, Shops

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.

 

49 - 55 Western Road (c) Carol Homewood brightongirl.org.uk
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49 - 55 Western Road 2 (c) Carol Homewood brightongirl.org.uk
(c) Carol Homewood

Also known as: Dawkins
Date of photograph/s: Jul 2014
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