TODAY we move into the 1930s, for some a time of poverty, slum housing and illnesses such as TB and diphtheria.

The richer classes, meanwhile, dressed up in their Sunday best for walks along the prom – check out the fur coats and stoles.

It is thought this is the demolition of the original Volk’s Railway Station on Brighton seafront, the site where the Aquarium now stands

It is thought this is the demolition of the original Volk’s Railway Station on Brighton seafront, the site where the Aquarium now stands

Also note how men kept their waistcoats and hats on while doing manual labour – as in this great picture of what was probably the demolition of the original Volk’s Station.

The Arlington Hotel in the background later became The Hungry Years then the Charles Street Tap.

It is not clear where this bustling 1935 Brighton shopping scene was – maybe Hanningtons, Vokins or Wades

It is not clear where this bustling 1935 Brighton shopping scene was – maybe Hanningtons, Vokins or Wades

How different shopping was in those days. The bustling scene pictured here was somewhere in Brighton but we are unclear which shop.

This is the 1932 London Stock Exchange London to Brighton Walk, near the finishing line at the Old Steine, Brighton. The winner, in the black shirt, has a swastika emblem on his chest. Correspondence found in a Brighton Town Clerk’s file between Bri

This is the 1932 London Stock Exchange London to Brighton Walk, near the finishing line at the Old Steine, Brighton. The winner, in the black shirt, has a swastika emblem on his chest. Correspondence found in a Brighton Town Clerk’s file between Bri

These great Argus archive pictures, including this one of the winner on the last stretch of the London to Brighton Walk in 1932, have been colourised at www.spcolourcollection.com.

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