Curious and very old photos of the Goldstone

Notters

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Just found this photo of the south-western corner of the Goldstone in 1931, with the "Goldstone Chemical Works" and a railway goods yard behind.

Anyone got any others that people may not have seen?

Anyone know anything about the chemical works? What about the funny little mock-tudory place?

 

Notters

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Another from the same year

 

Cowfold Seagull

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• Dec 10, 2014

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Notters said:

Just found this photo of the south-western corner of the Goldstone in 1931, with the "Goldstone Chemical Works" and a railway goods yard behind.

Anyone got any others that people may not have seen?

Anyone know anything about the chemical works? What about the funny little mock-tudory place?

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Wow, that's quite a find. I had no idea that the chemical works and those railway sidings ever existed, Does anyone have any idea when either were demolished? In fact the road that ran along the back of the south stand didn't seem to be much more than a rough track which petered out at the south-west corner of the ground.

 

symyjym

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• Dec 10, 2014

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Interesting. Newton Road was a later addition, and the railway had an extended yard up to the Sackville Trading Estate.

When did that all happen?

 

Dan Gleeballs

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• Dec 10, 2014

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Notters said:

Just found this photo of the south-western corner of the Goldstone in 1931, with the "Goldstone Chemical Works" and a railway goods yard behind.

Anyone got any others that people may not have seen?

Anyone know anything about the chemical works? What about the funny little mock-tudory place?

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Great photo. About the only buildings still standing now are the houses in the background. All fields where Hove park school is

 

Grassman

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• Dec 10, 2014

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The railway sidings were there until the 70s at least I think. We used to get our coal from there. Unless I dreamt it.

 

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• Dec 10, 2014

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Grassman said:

The railway sidings were there until the 70s at least I think. We used to get our coal from there. Unless I dreamt it.

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Yes, I remember it being a coal yard. So it wasn't a dream.

 

AmexRuislip

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• Dec 10, 2014

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http://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/page_id__7621.aspx

 

Spun Cuppa

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IIRC, you could still get to the Old Shoreham Road from one of the left turn rat-run roads from Sackville Road

 

Spun Cuppa

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AmexRuislip said:

http://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/page_id__7621.aspx

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I've got a couple of pictures of that in reverse, re: the West Stand, e.g. it being demolished

 

Theatre of Trees

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• Dec 10, 2014

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Grassman said:

The railway sidings were there until the 70s at least I think. We used to get our coal from there. Unless I dreamt it.

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Corals still have a small coal depot there.