Zylo Works, Marine View, Brighton

Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 1 Nov 2015

Tucked away on the corner of Marine View and Park Road Terrace is one of the few manufacturing centres left in the centre of the city. The Zylo Works were established by Malby & Co formed 1810, a London firm, after the First World War to manufacturer nameplates. The works were extended during the 1930s and became the headquarters of the firm during the Second World War when they moved all production here to escape the blitz. During the conflict they made items for aircraft and maintained close links with the aerospace industry after. Still producing nameplates today under the London Name Plate Company and still run by the same family. The factory was one of the few buildings to survive along with the terrace to the right when the area bounded by St John's Place, Carlton Hill, Upper Park Place and Sussex Street was cleared of slum housing in the 1960s. Carlton Place, whose nameplate can be seen in the foreground was one of the streets completely demolished and replaced with flats truncating the street in the process.

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