161-161a, North Street, Brighton

Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 27 Sep 2015

Located on the corner of North Street and New Road and part of a terrace that was built in the early 19th century and includes Image and numbers one to seven new Road. It too had a colonnade fitted to its exterior in 1823 but was removed between 1919-29. For thirty years from 1822 it was a musical library then a shoemaker for another thirty and a draper with the splendid name of Homer Herring for another twenty two. In 1913 it became Clarks bakery. One hundred and sixty one A is to the west of the corner block and became a separate entity in 1900 spending most of the inter war years as a tobacconist and over twenty years as a ladies wear shop. Both numbers were combined from 1980 onwards as a pair of sheepskin retailers. Since the beginning of the 21st century after extensive restoration it has been a couple of restaurants. OLD IMAGES Homer Herring, 1909 - http://www.brightonbusiness.co.uk/graphics/HomerHerring.JPG Clarks Bakery, 1927 - http://regencysociety-jamesgray.com/volume21/source/jg_21_123.html OCCUPANTS 161 1822-1852 - MUSICAL LIBRARY (Frederick Wright) 1854-1886 - BOOT & SHOEMAKER (W Tozer) 1887-1909 - FANCY DRAPER (Homer Herring) 1913-1974 - BAKERS (Clarks Bread Ltd) 161a 1900-1910 - HOME FURNISHER (Sanders) 1911-1914 - FLORIST (R Austin) 1918-1920 - MILLINER (Miss Violet Gray) 1921-1940 - TOBACCONIST (Walter Higgs 1921-23, Colonnade Cigar Stores 1924-31, Mentor 1932-40) 1947-1956 - BOOKSHOP (The People’s Bookshop) 1958-1981 - LADIESWEAR (Crosbie M&N Ltd 1958-62, TAO 1964-81) 161-161a 1980-1990 - SHEEPSKINS (Morlands 1980-82, Lakeland 1983-90) 2003-2015 - RESTAURANT (Quod 2003-05, Strada 2006-15)

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