Photograph Collections:
Then and Now
Back in the late 1980s and 1990s when there was nothing to do on a Sunday as all the shops were shut (yes, shut! Unbelievable, but true!), I got really bored and decided to go out and take photographs around town.
It was my little attempt at preserving a bit of our local history as most of which I photographed was in the process of being demolished. A lot of the photographs have been very damaged by water so extremely poor quality. Also my photography skills back then left a lot to be desired! But the photos still give you a glimpse of what was there before.
It’s been interesting to go back many years later to take a photo of how locations look today.
106 Trafalgar Street in 1989 and in 2012:
Trafalgar Street at the corner of Over Street. Bernard Luper's the tailors, in business in Brighton for many, many years. The first photo was taken in 1994 and the second photo in 2012:
No 73 Trafalgar Street in 1994 and again in 2012:
Trafalgar Street at the corner of Station Street in 1990 and again in 2011:
Trafalgar Street at the junction with what was Wood Street. A street demolished in the 1960s and remnants still there in 1989 when the first picture was taken. It was tough trying to get a picture of where is was today but after some research I managed to locate it. Second photo taken in 2012.
The cinema was demolished during the 1990s. Photo taken again in 2012
More changes in West Street: The building of the Royal Oak hotel in 1991. Built on the site of the SS Brighton sports stadium which had been demolished decades before this. Photographed again in 2012.
