BLACK Rock on Brighton seafront is in the news again, with long-awaited redevelopment work said to be starting this year.
This great Argus archive picture shows the Black Rock pool in its heyday in 1937, with crowds of happy swimmers enjoying a day out.
It was closed in 1978 when the changing rooms and cafe building were demolished though it was not until 1984 that demolition of the pool itself began to make way for the development of the marina.
Construction of Black Rock swimming pool in 1936
Another picture shows the pool being built in 1936.
This picture of the seafront road is dated 1929. The area later succumbed to cliff erosion
Our other picture, dated 1929, shows Blackrock House and the Abergavenny Arms, close to Rifle Butt Road, Brighton.
This part of the old Rottingdean Road was completely obliterated by cliff erosion several years later.
These pictures have been colourised at www.spcolourcollection.com
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