Photograph Collections: Peep into the Past

Fire Station, Ditchling Road

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

Tagged as: Civic Buildings

Recorded in the directories as a Police Fire Station up until 1916. After this it was a Remand Home for boys up until the 1930s.

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

Also known as: Does anyone know the name of the Remand School?

Date of photograph/s: Mar 2015

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Carol Homewood

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10 St George’s Place

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5 Gardner Street

Herbert Cassey Hosiers were in business at 5 Gardner Street from c.1905 to the early 1960s.

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Left of the entrance to the Brighton & Preston Cemetery.

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