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Collections: Then & Now

West Street

St Pauls in West Street in 1987 with the old cinema on the left (apologies for the water damage!).
Tagged as: Central Brighton, Entertainment Venues, Places of Worship

The cinema was demolished during the 1990s.  Photo taken again in 2012

 

1987 St Paul's West St, Brighton (c) Carol Homewood www.brightongirl.org.uk
(c) Carol Homewood
2012 St Pauls West Street (c) Carol Homewood www.brightongirl.org.uk
(c) Carol Homewood

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.

 

1991 Royal Oak Hotel West Street Brighton (c) Carol Homewood www.brightongirl.org.uk
(c) Carol Homewood
2012 Royal Oak Hotel West Street Brighton (c) Carol Homewood www.brightongirl.org.uk
(c) Carol Homewood

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The images and text on this site are the original work and copyright of Carol Homewood. Please do not publish elsewhere without permission. Sharing posts is fine though! You can read more about image rights here, and find prints of my photography for sale here.

See more 'Then and Now' photos, showing how Brighton has changed over the years:

Corner of  North Road and Bread Street taken in 1990 (c) Carol Homewood brightongirl.org.uk

North Road

Various views of North Road, showing the changes over the years.

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The Seafront

The paddling pool by the West Pier taken in 1989. Sadly now filled in and used as a skateboarding area in 2012.

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1990 Foundry St, Brighton (c) Carol Homewood brightongirl.org.uk

Foundry Street

Foundry Street in 1991 and again in 2011.

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1991 The Reject Shop, East St, Brighton (c) Carol Homewood brightongirl.org.uk

East Street

62/63 East Street in 1991, and again in 2012.

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

Valley Gardens Redevelopment – Oct 2018

October 30, 2018

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Pelham Terrace on Lewes Road

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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.

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