16, Imperial Arcade, Brighton
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16, Imperial Arcade, Brighton
Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 20 Sep 2015
The shop with probably the greatest turnover in the arcade with the longest occupants totalling just over 20 years. It began life as a tailors, was briefly a florist, followed by a gown shop, before a period of stability trading as a chemist. From the early 1970s the quick turnover returns with a bookshop, a couple of a fabric shops and delicatessen passing through. After a gap of ten years there follows stores specialising in condoms, pet goods who moved to Kemp Town and ladies accessories who moved to 79 North Street. The current occupants are hairdressers specialising in Afro-Caribbean hairstyles. OCCUPANTS 1925-1928: TAILORS (L Greenberg & Son) 1931: FURRIERS (The Brighton Fur Co) 1932-1935: GOWNS (Madame Baring) 1936-1972: DRUG STORE/CHEMIST (The People’s Prescriptions Ltd 1936-49, Groves 1951-72) 1973-1974: BOOKSHOP (Quadrant Books) 1978-1985: FABRICS (Stitch & Sew Fabrics 1978-82, Arcade Fabric Shop 1983-85) 1985-1989: DELICATESSEN (Arcade Delicatessen) 1999-2003: GIFT SHOP (The Condom Store) 2004-2006: PET ACCESSORIES (Pampermepet) 2007: LADIES ACCESSORIES (After a Fashion) 2008-2015: HAIRDRESSERS: (La Urban Chic)
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Image Location
Latitude
50.823936
Longitude
-0.145031