Old pics of Hove Town Hall, the Clock Tower, Circus Street

This was how Hove Town Hall looked in 1938 – what a fabulous building.

Sadly, of course, it is no more.

Hove Town Hall in 1938

We still have the Clock Tower in the middle of Brighton, though.

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Apparently the building about to go up on that site next to it was Burtons, which dates the picture to about 1928.

Clock Tower, Brighton, 1927

More building work was going on in Wild Park at around that time – the picture shows the cafe and changing rooms going up. In the distance is Moulsecoomb.

Wild Park, Brighton, 1928

On the right is the old school which became Brighton Polytechnic. The “Circus Street Annex” was later used as art studios and then photography courses.

Circus Street, Brighton, 1936

Our last picture is a little later, about 1936, and shows the building of the Circus Street fruit and veg market.

These great pictures have been colourised at www.spcolourcollection.com.