2015

TQ3004 : 12, Imperial Arcade, Brighton

taken 9 years ago, near to Brighton and Hove, England

12, Imperial Arcade, Brighton
12, Imperial Arcade, Brighton
Located on the bend within the arcade and thus visible from both entrances. The shop is currently empty with a sole notice on the window stating that the landlords have re-entered the property and cancelled the former lease of GirlBoy hairdressers. The first occupant was a watch seller which was followed by Hinds the jewellers who stayed here for over forty years. There then followed a succession of leather goods dealers prior to the arrival of the hairdresser.

OCCUPANTS
1925-1940: WATCHES (Ingersoll Watch Co)
1947-1988: JEWELLERS (Hinds)
1989-2006: LEATHER GOODS (4 Skin 1989-91, Spotslot 1993, Hardix 1996-2006)
2008-2015: HAIRDRESSERS (GirlBoy)
Imperial Arcade, Brighton

The arcade is a small covered shopping area that runs between Western Road and Dyke Road. It was built in 1923-24 on the site of a former brewery and originally had seventeen shops, nine on the southern side and eight to the north. When Western Road was widened near the junction with North Street in 1934 the shops on the southern side were removed along with those facing Western Road leaving just the eight retail units. Over the years this has been reduced to the current total of seven. As such the arcade has become a bit of a backwater with the small units in recent years vacated at regular intervals, however, those who do find a fit stay a long time. For many years the mainstay was Gamleys toy shop which occupied number 11 for 65 years whilst Forfars operated a bakery at number 12a for 44 years. With the latter's closure in June 2015 the current longest serving business is cafe Arcadia which opened I'm the early 1980s.


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Simon Carey   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 20 September, 2015   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 21 September, 2015
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 3074 0435 [10m precision]
WGS84: 50:49.4363N 0:8.7104W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 3074 0434
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North-northeast (about 22 degrees)
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