Beach Green
Ferry Road
Ropetackle
Photographs from SBS resident “Old Bean” taken between 2004 – 2009.
Ropetackle:
Little Buckingham Farm
High Street – South Side
High Street
This is a snapshot of the High Street in 2009. The photographs are ordered West to East, and starts at the junction of Victoria Road. All properties are numbered. Many thanks to Old Bean for archiving his photographs to enable us to republish them now.
High Street – North Side:
High Street – North Side
High Street – South Side:
1964:
As a comparison, here is the Kelly’s Directory listings for the High Street in 1964.
1958:
As a comparison, here is the Kelly’s Directory listings for the High Street in 1958.
History of Church Street
A HISTORY OF CHURCH STREET, NEW SHOREHAM 1782–1920
Due to its predominance of surviving older properties Church Street is probably the best known of Shoreham’s old streets. Luckily this is also matched by the records and deeds that still exist to provide us with a more complete picture than any of the other streets. Continue reading “History of Church Street”
Shoreham House, John Street
A Walk Along the High Street 100 Years Ago
Tales from the Postcards
Impressions of Shoreham and life 100 years ago by the writers of the old postcards
Shoreham’s early postcards were photographed and produced by a number of different people, the best known of them being W.Page of East Street, William Winton and his son who produced his cards at their printing works in Middle Street and sold them from their shops in the High Street and Brunswick Road, and Frank Rowe who developed and printed his photographs in the cellars of his shop at 18, High Street. Most people looking through collections of old postcards are attracted by the photo or view shown on the fronts – some however are equally interested in the messages on the reverse.
Continue reading “Tales from the Postcards”