Blackman Street developed 1836-41 with crowded terraced housing, encouraged by the coming of the railway and the needs of workers. Brighton directories give a glimpse of occupations within the street in the 19th century. The Post Office Directory of 1846 lists a boot and shoemaker, straw hat maker, greengrocer, shopkeeper, undertaker and (inevitably for the area) a beer retailer. Folthorp's Directory of 1848 records a boot and shoemaker, plumber/painter/glazier, dressmaker, greengrocer, shopkeeper, undertaker and beer retailer.

Much has changed today. Blackman Street was affected by the redevelopment clearance in 1962 with  Blackman St, , Whitecross St, and Wood Street all being demolished as well as most of the area north . Today, leading from Trafalgar Street to Fleet Street, are two old cottages and modern offices and it is used more for traffic circulation.

Photographs in the Regency Society James Gray Collection show small terraced housing in 1958 and 1959, apparently two storey (any cellars not visible) and part of the cleared area of Wood and Blackman Streets in 1962.

Blackman St

Blackman St c1958

Blackman St c1962 after demolition

Photos reproduced with kind permission from the James Gray Collection, The Regency Society of Brighton and Hove

North Laine History

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Introduction

Why North Laine? Historical Development of North Laine North Laine at War, part 1 North Laine at War part 2 Beer in North Laine Living in North Laine in 1900 Schools in North Laine A Snapshot of North Laine in 1957

The Coronation Cinema Gloucester Rd Drill Hall Model  Dwellings Church St Drill Hall Swan Downer School The Post Office Sorting Building Carluccios and the Waggon and Horses 15-16 Trafalgar St The Canterbury  St Nicholas Memorial School

Kensington Place Foundry St Queens Gardens Upper Gardner Street Pelham Square Kensington  Gardens Tichborne  Street area Trafalgar Lane Cheltenham Place Bond Street Kemp St Gardner Street Tidy St Trafalgar St North Road Robert St Marlborough Place Blackman St Frederick Gardens Gloucester Rd Over St Frederick Street

Tom Sayers Peggy Ramsay William Moon Mary Belton Ken Fines The Murder of Violet Kaye Pat Lettres Denis Hobden Alice Reynolds A Penny for the Gas Violet Pumphrey John Barber Rita Buckrell Bill Butler Mr Butt Dorothy Cooke Yvonne Dedman Terry Etherton Linda Freedman Hokey Pokey Man EWrnie Longhurst Christiana the Chocolate Murderess Roy Fowler Muriel Hart Mina Violet Monger Cyril Mount Roy Moffatt Tex Mcleod Michael Trotobas

A Walk from Brighton Museum to North Rd From Kensington Gardens to  Brighton Station

How did North Laine become a Conservation Area? Building Regulations Why is North Laine a Conservation Area? Listed Buildings What do I need Planning Permission for?