106, Western Road, Brighton
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106, Western Road, Brighton
Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 25 Mar 2016
A four storey building located on the south western corner of Bedford Place. It had become a bakers by the 1840s which it would remain until 1911. A steady stream of businesses followed until the mid 1930s when it became a men’s outfitters until the end of the 1960s. It was restaurant until 1981 and an estate agent who moved from Image until 2005 when the operator was declared bankrupt. Since then the premises has been a bureau de change. 1845-1911 - BAKER (Thomas Brown 1845-48, Joseph Mitton 1850-52, T Cowley 1854-91, H Mayston 1892-1911) 1913-1919 - FISHMONGER (F Smith 1913-14, W Durndell 1915-17, Bedford Fish Stores 1918-19) 1920-1925 - LADIES TAILOR (Lidbury & Weston) 1926-1927 - MEN’S OUTFITTERS (Holloway Bros) 1928-1934 - HOSIER (Athelstan Woods) 1935-1968 - MEN’S OUTFITTER (John Wady) 1969-1991 - RESTAURANT (Dolce Vita) 1994-2005 - ESTATE AGENT (Max Huizinga) 2006-2016 - BUREAU DE CHANGE (Dapa Forex 2006-15, Eurozone 2015-16)
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Image Location
Latitude
50.824887
Longitude
-0.153939