Author: charlespaddick

Postcard of the Sunken Gardens in Brighton, looking west towards the Peace Angel.

The peace angle is a memorial to Edward VII, sculpted by Newbury Abbott Trent. Newbury attended the Royal College of Art and Royal Academy Schools, and went on to create numerous statues, including the Angel of Peace in Bath.

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Photograph of Hodshrove Road, Moulsecoomb under construction, 1930s.

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Photograph of the Scala Cinema, c1922.

This cinema first opened as the Electric Bioscope in January 1909 after the existing shop was converted to a cinema. It was acquired by George Beyfus in 1922 who changed its name to Scala.

Although its name changed several times, it remained in operation as a cinema until c31 August 1979. The last film shown here was Disney’s  The Spaceman and King Arthur.

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Photograph of the entrance to the Aquarium, early 1900s.

Although chiefly designed by Eugenius Birch, the clock tower, gateway and toll-houses at the entrance to the Aquarium were added by T Boxall in October 1874. They were removed during modernisation work in the 1920s and replaced by two square kiosks.

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