Running repairs

Early evening sky

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From the opposite direction

Medina Esplanade

Medina Esplanade (now called King's Esplanade) as it looks today; this is how Medina Esplanade looked in the early 20th century.

John Frere R.N.

Family grave of John James Bartholomew Edward Frere (1812-1864), his wife Anne and daughters Anne and Susannah, St. Andrew's Old Church, Church Road. On the 1851 census, John, Anne and daughter Anne were living at Clarence Baths, Stoke Damerel, Devonport; John's occupation was given as Commander, Royal Navy. On the 1861 census, Anne and their daughters were staying with her sister at Stanford Rectory, Faringdon, Berkshire; John was Captain of HMS Orion and away at sea.
You can see more gravestones and memorials over at this week's Taphophile Tragics.

Hove seafront on a damp June day

Receding wave

Wave

Mucky beige-coloured sea with floating seaweed = bad weather.

One heck of a rain cloud

Brooker Street, looking towards Blatchington Road.
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No BBQs

Peculiarly apt on the longest day of the year; it's far too cold, wet and windy to even consider eating outdoors...

Pink and green

Flowerbed, Viceroy Court.

Short lives

Gravestone of three children born to William and Augusta Olding, St. Andrew's Old Church, Church Road.
You can see more gravestones and memorials over at this week's Taphophile Tragics.

Water

Pavement, Stirling Place.

A breezy day

Turning brown

At first glance, many of the trees round where I live look as though autumn's arrived early. The leaf browning is actually wind and salt damage - we've had strong winds blowing inland from the sea over the last few days.

A welcome bit of blue

Lunchtime sky, Vallance Road.
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View from the balcony

Another photograph from yesterday.

Sniffing the air

It's beautiful weather today; Flossie's out on the balcony making the most of it. The sunshine is very welcome but judging by the forecast, we'll be back to rain and greyness tomorrow.

Sacred to the memory

Gravestone of Caroline and Richard Fisher, St Andrew's Old Church, Church Road.
You can see more gravestones and memorials over at this week's Taphophile Tragics.

Ironwork, Brunswick Square

Ironwork, Holland Road

Campanula on a wall

Walking by the sea

I'm ignoring the real weather today (it's cold with leaden grey sky and high winds) in favour of this view of Hove seafront taken last Sunday.
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Porcelain street sign

...and Now

Part of Walsingham Terrace is still standing (although the street has been renamed Kingsway) and some of the sunken garden remains. The Hove lagoon bandstand was removed at the very end of the 1960s and replaced by Babylon Lounge bar and club, now reopened as The View.

Then...

Postcard sent from Brighton & Hove, August 4, 1938.

Fluttering in the breeze

Jubilee bunting, Bath Court, Hove seafront.

About the church

Yesterday's church

Curves

Eastern corner, St. Peter's Catholic Church, Portland Road.
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