Photograph Collections: Peep into the Past

Blenheim Place Astoria Theatre Stage Door

The Old Stage Door of The Astoria Theatre

Tagged as: Demolished Buildings, Entertainment Venues, Valley Gardens

The Astoria has since been demolished.

Blenheim Place Astoria Theatre Stage Door (c) Carol Homewood brightongirl.org.uk — (c) Carol Homewood

Also known as: The Astoria

Date of photograph/s: 2014

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Carol Homewood

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The side of the Old Market in Brunswick Street East

Built in 1825, the Old Market originally sold meat, fish and vegetables to the residents of Brunswick Town.

Ditchling Road fire station 4 (c) Carol Homewood brightongirl.org.uk

Fire Station, Ditchling Road

According to the stain glassed windows in the porchway this station dates from 1898.

Woolworths London Road (c) Carol Homewood brightongirl.org.uk

Woolworth’s Doorway in London Road.

How did that shop ever go into administration?

14 St Georges Place

C. Baker & Co., a wholesale tobacconists was at these premises from at least 1947 to the late 1950s.

Original Prints for Sale

A selection of my photographs available mounted from just £10 each.

Latest Happenings

Valley Gardens revamp Oct 2018 2 (c) Carol Homewood www.brightongirl.org.uk

Valley Gardens Redevelopment – Oct 2018

October 30, 2018

Work has now commenced on controversial plans to alter the traffic flow and accessibility of the area between St. Peter’s and Pool Valley.

Pelham Terrace on Lewes Road

October 1, 2018

Days are numbered for most of the buildings along Pelham Terrace, Lewes Road.

Pink Coconut 2018 1 (c) Carol Homewood www.brightongirl.org.uk

Pink Coconut Night Club / Sherry’s Dance Hall

July 27, 2018

Demolition has started of the old Pink Coconut Night Club.

Demolition of the Astoria (c) Carol Homewood brightongirl.org.uk

Demolition has started on the Astoria Cinema, Gloucester Place

May 30, 2018

Built in 1933. Closed as a cinema in the late 1970s, it became a Bingo Hall. This closed in 1997.

Brighton-Past Facebook Group

A fantastic place to share your old Brighton pics and memories with other Brightonians.