THIS IS how the Norfolk Hotel on Brighton seafront looked in the late Thirties – the frontage is not too different today.
It was owned by the Feld family and there have been quite a few changes in ownership since. Now it is The Mercure.
The Aquarium roundabout, Brighton, circa 1930
Brighton’s Aquarium roundabout, however, looks very different to how it did in 1930 and, of course, it will soon be gone completely when the controversial Valley Gardens project is complete.
The clock going up at the Palace Pier, Brighton, in 1929
Another picture shows the clock being installed at the entrance to Brighton’s Palace Pier in, we think, 1929.
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Traffic lights being installed at Patcham Place, Brighton, circa 1938
Men are hard at work in our final picture too – installing traffic lights at Patcham Place in around 1938. The area is rather busier today with a big roundabout servicing the A27.
These Argus archive pictures have been colourised at www.spcolourcollection.com
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