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from JSG collection: Attree villa in Queen’s Park in 1966 BRIGHTON SOCIETY AUTUMN WALK LOOKING AT LONDON ROAD THE JAMES GRAY COLLECTION OF HISTORIC IMAGES OF BRIGHTON & Sunday 25 October 3.00pm HOVE Meet on the South side of St Peter’s church. Geoff Mead will lead the walk for about an hour BRIGHTON SOCIETY APPEAL along London Road ending at Preston Circus, Some Brighton Society committee members have run 3 looking particularly at the glimpses of the villas bric-a-brac stalls which raised about £150, sold blank showing above the shops. card notelets (see design overleaf) which raised about We will be inviting members of the group ‘Another £60, and some members have kindly given donations, all of which adds up to £364. London Road’ to join us on the walk. We are trying to raise a further £636 in order to sponsor Another group from Roundhill are campaigning to another volume of the James Gray collection. Only 6 get London Road designated as a Conservation volumes remain to be sponsored and the target date to Area. We think that there has been too much raise the remaining sponsorships is 22 November 09. damage to the architecture for this proposal to The remaining 6 volumes are: succeed, but that the best buildings should 3 The Seafront: West Street to Queen’s Hotel certainly receive Listed Grade III status, which 5 The Seafront: Chain Pier, Madeira Drive means that they are of local interest. 14 Hove central: from Wilbury Road to Sackville Road We would also like to see the shopfronts including Blatchington redesigned, particularly the fascias which should 15 Hove West: from Hove Street to Kingsway be much reduced in depth. 17 Hove north east: from from the Brighton boundary to See what you think - while Geoff Mead tells us the top of Dyke Road about the history of London Road. 21 North Street, Dyke Road, Queen’s Square, Princes Place If any members can help in any way, large or small, we would be most grateful. Cheques should be made out to the Brighton Society and sent to the Treasurer: Lyn Lynch White, 4 the Village Barn, Church Hill, Brighton BN1 8YE NEW PLANS FOR THE OLD MARKET (above) BH2009/02015 Although better than the previous plans, we have still found it necessary to object to this latest scheme.

THE BRIGHTON SOCIETY BLANK NOTELETS OF THE BIRDCAGE BANDSTAND A black pen drawing on white card 10.5 x 14.7cm with envelopes in packs of 4 price £1.00 + 50p p&p. 2 -4 packs £1.00 per pack + 70p p &p, 5-8 packs £1.00 per pack + £1 p & p. All proceeds from sales, apart from the cost of postage, to our James Gray Collection appeal Cheques should be made payable to the Brighton Society and sent to the Treasurer: Lyn Lynch White, 4 the Village Barn, Church Hill, Brighton BN1 8YE ROYAL ALEX CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL in 1881 Following the dismissal, at a recent public inquiry, of the latest plans for the replacement of the Royal Alex with an enormous block of flats the Council have been consulting local amenity societies (including the Brighton Society and the Montpelier & Clifton Hill Association) about the contents of the brief detailing our expectations, along with those of the Council, for the development of the site. We are all insisting that at least part of the original building is incorporated into the new development.

CARLTON HILL CONSERVATION AREA American Express has recently submitted a planning application BH2009/01477 for 5 and 7 storey glass and steel office block immediately adjacent to the recently designated Carlton Hill Conservation Area, and its listed buildings: St John the Evangelist church (now the Greek Orthodox church), Tilbury Place (both just off the photo on the left) and the Mighel Street farmhouse (behind the office block). The proposal is to build the offices up to the pavement edge, making them particularly dominating, especially on Carlton Hill school (just to the left of the photo). Note that the police station (on the right) is set back from the Another photo from the James Gray collection of the pavement. This conservation area is described in the pond in Queen’s Park recent edition of the Brighton & Hove Pevsner guide. The Story of Queen’s Park Brighton A new book about the Park - past and present - is PIERS OF SUSSEX by Martin Easdown available from the publisher Brighton Town Press 10 Special offer @ £10.99 ‘til 31.10.09 free p&p Clermont Road Brighton BN1 6SG price £9.99+£2 p&p www.brightontownpress.co.uk or from some local A new book on the history of Sussex's seaside bookshops including: the Pavilion shop, the History pleasure piers. Available from The History Press, tel: Centre at Brighton Museum, Books for Amnesty, Step 01235 465577 quote: HPPOSBS609 for discount for Back in Time, City Books in Hove and the Kemp Town Brighton Society members www.thehistorypress.co.uk Bookshop or to order from Borders or Waterstones. Normal price £12.99 BrightonSocietynewsletter events autumn 2009 M & M HISTORIC TOURS Wednesday 3 March 2010 7 pm Sunday 4 October 2009 LOCAL ARCHITECTS AT WORK IN THE CITY OF BRIGHTON & HOVE c1860-1914 DORNEY COURT & ETON COLLEGE Speaker; Nick Antram, co-editor of the Pevsner Dorney is one of the finest Tudor manor houses in guide ‘Brighton & Hove’ and editor of the Pevsner England with a Great Hall, oak and lacquer ‘Buildings of East Sussex’. furniture and panelled rooms. Lunch at the nearby Palmer Arms then a visit to All the above Regency Society lectures will be Eton College founded in 1440 by Henry VI. held at the Old Market, Upper Market Street, Staff at the manor house and the College will give Hove BN3 1AS. Non-members £5 a full conducted tour. Our tour guide Michael The Old Market bar is open from 6.30 - 10.30pm Robbins (01273 773052) will accompany the visit. and you are welcome to meet members and Contact: Martin Foster, 11 Victoria Street, Brighton friends there before and after the lectures BN1 3FP (01273 729998) to check whether there are still seats available Wednesday 14 April 2010 7pm before the Society’s AGM in the Music Room at the Royal Pavilion REGENCY SOCIETY OF BRIGHTON & HOVE JOHN NASH ARCHITECT OF THE ROYAL PAVILION AND HIS WORK www.regencysociety.org.uk Speaker: Geoffrey Tyack, architectural historian, Lectures and meetings are detailed on their who is writing a book on John Nash website Wednesday 7 October 2009 7pm WHO WAS CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH? HOVE CIVIC SOCIETY Speaker: John McKean: who has published 4 www.hovecivicsociety.org books on Mackintosh’s life and works For more information on their programme of talks

Wednesday 4 November 2009 7pm Thursday 22 October 2009 2.30pm SINGLED OUT - THE STORY OF TWO MILLION Following the Society’s AGM WOMEN LEFT WITHOUT THE PROSPECT OF A WEEK IN THE LIFE OF THE MAYOR MARRIAGE AFTER WW1 Speaker: Cllr Gary Pelzer Dunn, Mayor 08/09 Speaker: Virginia Nicholson, the grand daughter of Vanessa Bell, Deputy Chairman of the Trustees Thursday 19 November 2009 7pm of Charleston, the former home of the Bloomsbury TOURISM IN BRIGHTON & HOVE Group. Speaker: Adam Bates, Head of Tourism, Brighton & Hove City Council Wednesday 6 January 2009 7pm CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY AND THE GEORGIAN Thursday 10 December 2009 2.30pm GARDEN CAN BUILDINGS MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER? Speaker: Roger White architectural historian, an Speaker: John Wells-Thorpe, architect, poses the expert on Georgian gardens, question, illustrated with slides

Wednesday 3 February 2010 7pm Thursday 28 January 2010 7pm GEORGE IV AS A PATRON AND A COLLECTOR THE INS AND OUTS OF WATER Speaker: Giles Waterfield, Chairman of the Speaker: Trevor Povey will present an illustrated Trustees of Charleston and well known for his story of the water supply in the coastal area from work on the Regency period. 1830-1974

10 Clermont Road Brighton BN1 6S email: [email protected] September’09 HOVE CIVIC SOCIETY continued Tuesday 8 December 2009 2 for 2.30pm Thursday 18 February 2010 7pm SWEET BELLS JANGLED OUT OF TUNE MAKING BRIGHTON & HOVE A MORE A lecture on the original Brighton mental hospital SUSTAINABLE PLACE opened at Haywards Heath in 1859, by James Speakers: Helmut Lusser, environmental Gardner - historian, sociologist and author of the consultant and Thurston Crockett, Head of book ‘Sweet Bells Jangled out of Tune’. Sustainability & Environmental Policy Brighton & Hove City Council. Tuesday 19 January 2010 2 for 2.30pm HUBERT DE BURGH Thursday 18 March 2010 7pm John Lockyer tells the inspiring story of the Lord WEST BLATCHINGTON WINDMILL Warden of the Cinque ports - a great yet largely Speaker: Peter Hill gives an illustrated talk about forgotten man of the middle ages. Hove’s windmill and West Blatchington village Tuesday 16 February 2010 2 for 2.30pm All the above Hove Civic Society meetings are THE CONTRIBUTION OF HOVE TO THE CITY’S held at Courtlands Hotel, The Drive, Hove ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE A lecture by Dr Sue Berry, editor of the Victoria County History of the City of Brighton & Hove. KINGSCLIFFE SOCIETY www.kingscliffe-society.org.uk Tuesday 16 March 2010 2 for 2.30pm Watch their website for details of talks and visits AN ARMY AT BAY A lecture by history teacher Michael Corum telling how military morale was rebuilt in World War II. NORTH LAINE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION www.nlcaonline.org.uk Tuesday 20 April 2010 5.45 for 6.30pm Watch their website for details of talks & meetings THE TWITTENS AND BYWAYS OF BRIGHTON A spring early evening lecture by Geoff Mead, local historian. THE ENGLISH SPEAKING UNION : BRIGHTON, A pay bar will be available and access to the HOVE AND DISTRICT BRANCH garden. Tuesday 6 October 2009 6 for 6.30pm Lecture meetings of the English Speaking Joyce Rolf Memorial Lecture Union are held at the Hove Club 28 Fourth CHURCHILL AND EUROPE Avenue Hove (opposite Hove Town Hall). A lecture presented by Vernon Bogdanor CBE Visitors are welcome at all meetings (a donation is FBA, Professor of Government University of normally expected). Oxford and Fellow of Brasenose College. Refreshments are available before these meetings. Admission by ticket

Tuesday 20 October 2009 2 for 2.30pm BRIGHTON MUSEUM & ART GALLERIES LOUIS XV - THE MONARCH, THE MAN AND Saturday 10 October 2009 10am-4pm THE FALL OF THE BOURBONS THE WAR AT HOME A lecture by Arthur Collins to mark the 250th A one-day series of presentations in the Old anniversary of the capture of Quebec. Courtroom Lecture Theatre, Church Street, Followed by the AGM at 3.45pm Brighton Speakers: Dr Frank Gray from Screen Archive Tuesday 19 November 2009 2 for 2.30pm South East - Wartime film clips, Professor Dorothy THE ORIGINS OF THE CONTEMPORARY Sheridan MBE from the Mass Observation Archive EASTERN CONFLICT war diaries and Marguerite Patten OBE, iconic A lecture by member Dr Gerald Adler who has wartime home economist and cookery writer, in studied the legal and historical background. conversation with Sarah Tobias, who will also give a presentation on wartime fashion. £40/ £25 concessions & Friends of Royal Pavilion. To book: 03000 290902