159-160, North Street, Brighton

Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 27 Sep 2015

Built in the early 19th century as the western end of a terrace that includes Image and numbers one to seven New Road all of which had part of a colonnade attached to their exterior. The sections in North Street were removed for road widening between 1919-1929. Both shops have been in existence since the 1820s. Number one hundred and fifty-nine was a hairdresser for fifty years and after a number of businesses passed through a confectioner or newsagent for nearly a century. After a brief period as a cafe it has became a hairdresser once more in 2015. One hundred and sixty was a carver and gilderer for fifty years then a succession of retailers including those selling sewing machines, typewriters and a wax chandler. After a gap in the late 1970s it was a jewellers then part of one hundred a sixty-one as a restaurant, then split again as a couple of hairdressers, one of whom still trades at Image 159 1822-1877 - PERFUMER & HAIRDRESSER (Hollins 1822, Mrs Ward 1833-77) 1879-1884 - TOBACCONIST (Henry Harris 1879, Thomas Tilley 1880-84) 1886 - THE NORTH STREET CAP STORE 1887-1890 - AUCTIONEER/ESTATE AGENT (Theo Wade) 1892 - JEWELLER (HJ Hatch) 1893-1894 - CAFE (The Colonade Luncheon Bar) 1895-1899 - BREWERS OFFICE (Ind Coope & Co) 1900-1907 - TAILORS (Zeff & Co 1900-05, Keith Henderson & Co 1907) 1908 - HATTER (Hamlin Baker) 1910-1911 - JEWELLERS (Stedman, Sanders & Co) 1914-2013 - CONFECTIONER/NEWSAGENT/TOBACCONIST (A Rozen 1914-17, Tom Robinson 1918-23, The Elite Confectionery Co 1924-25, Maynards 1926-85, Choice 1985-90, Milefoot Ltd 1991, Allsorts 1992-2013) 2013-2015 - COFFEE BAR (Bon et Prêt) 2015 - HAIRDRESSERS (Hair Mechanics) 160 1822-1873 - CARVER/GILDERER (J Folker 1822, Lawrence Coppard 1833-73) 1868-1874 - DRESSMAKERS (Geek & Pilford) 1874-1884 - SEWING MACHINES (Great Central Sewing Machine Depot 1874-76, Howe Sewing machine Co 1877-84) 1886-1909 - WAX CHANDLER (Marchant & Son 1886-88, William Sadler 1889-95, Edgar Swainson 1896-1902, The Colonnade Stores 1903-09) 1911-1914 - TYPEWRITERS (Underwood Typewriter Co) 1916-1917 - JEWELLERS (Silverman Brothers) 1918-1930 - ANTIQUE DEALER (Ernest Tapner) 1931 - RUBBER STORE (John Rain) 1932-1938 - COSTUMIER (Olivette) 1977-2001 - JEWELLERS (Scorpio) 2003-2005 - RESTAURANT (Quod) 2008-2015 - HAIRDRESSERS (Rush 2008-12, Forde Hair 2013-15)

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