Monochrome Collection (#90)

Acetate mono negative
London race warehouse blaze. Carbetts rice warehouse in Shad Thames caught fire and blazed furiously. Photo shows, firemen directing hoses at the blazing building. 1 April 1936

Barking bypass widening. 28 May 1938

Westminster Bridge, London, traffic hold up. 14 January 1935

Join the army and learn !. Vocational training centres exhibit at Olympia show. The army vocational training centre is one of the 350 exhibitors at the 20 biannual building exhibition to be opened at

Demolition & reconstruction in Wapping, London

The empty shop window of Robins Stores at Grove Park. 1936

All Saints in New Eltham, London, hold a childrens party. 1938

Two Scandinavian new chiefs, on a visit to London, were shown round the Reuter building in Fleet Street, today, Tuesday. Here Reuters London News manager discusses the days news with Mr lauritz

Survivor amid the ruins. London house wrecked by explosion. One man, John Clancy, aged 68, was killed and eight other persons were injured when a gas explosion ripped a house in De Morgan Road

Cars parked along the front at Brighton. 27 March 1932

Re - shooting a scene from the film Nelson that was destroyed by fire. On board HMS Victory at Portsmouth. Donald Calthrop playing Admiral Nelson. 13th July 1918

Tudor stile at Penhurst. 1937

Surrey batsman, Douglas Jardine batting against Sussex, in their 3 day couty championship match. 1 June 1933

Territorial Army recruits at camp in Chichester, Sussex. A game of cricket. 1939

Shooting scenes of the Nelson film at Littlehampton, Sussex. The storming of the Mole. It had to be re - shot as the original was destroyed by fire. 16th July 1918

Prime Minister and his family attend funeral of his aunt at Ardingly. Mr Ramsay Macdonald, the Premier, with his sons, Malcolm and Alastair and his daughters Ishbel attended the funeral of Ardingly

Miss Mabel Allingham, a Horsham domestic servant, who was being crowned Queen of the Towns carnival this evening (Thursday)

Balcombe. Old Mill House

Great finish to London Brighton relay. Mitcham win by a second First man home in the London Brighton relay race was D Brickwood of Mitcham athletic club

Earl Beatty Unveils Brightons War Memorial Viscount Curzon at the ceremony 7 October 1922

Bursting in fury against the sea wall, huge waves lashed to a white fury by the gale, curl and break over the front at Hastings, Sussex. October Gales are reported along the whole of the south coast

Last painting by Dean of Westminster on view at Parsons Exhibition in London. Clergyman with artistic talent, are showing their works at the 14th annual Exhibition organised by the Society of

Great recruiting rally at Brighton

Sea defences broken by flood tide at Winchelsea, bungalows flooded and holidaymakers marooned. The sea defences for a distance of 75 yards along the coast at Winchelsea

Southwick Parish Church, West Sussex. St Michaels and All Angels. 1931

Reuben fine and his wife, at Hastings International chess Congress. Masters in a fur collar.. Many of the worlds leading chess masters are taking part in the International Hastings Christmas Chess

Balcombe Forest

Duchess of York opens new building to children at Chailey School. The Duchess of York opened a new building for the use of children when she visited the Heritage Craft Schools at Chailey, Sussex

S Flohr in play at Hastings International chess Congress. Many of the worlds leading chess masters are taking part in the International Hastings Christmas Chess Congress

Freddie Mills KOs Nilsson in first round. British cruiserweight champion Freddie Mills, of Bournemouth, scored a sensational first round knockout victory over the Swedish boxer John Nilsson at

Margaret beach photographed from the air, Easter Saturday, as thousands of holidaymakers basked in the warm sunshine. 20 April 1946

The second day of racing at Goodwood started today with another large crowd attending to watch horseracing at its best. In the first race, the Sussex Stakes

Open-air cricket practice has begun at the Hove ground of the Sussex Cricket club, and the players have plenty of enthusiastic young cricketers come along for advertisers

J. Cornford Sussex Cricketer Undated

G. Wicks - a leading National Hunt and steeplechase jockey. 15 December 1946

World champion cruiserweight boxer Gus Lesnevich is in training at Brighton for his forthcoming fight with Bruce Woodcock, of Don caster

Off for a trot at Brighton. Two girl visits to Brighton on Whit Monday, try a novel means of transport. 21 May 1934

Holiday invasion. Hastings was only one of the south coast resorts which were invaded by holiday crowds in search of the sea today, Bank Holiday Sunday

H Wragg on Light Sussex wins City and Suburban Race at Epsom. H Wragg riding Light Sussex owned by Major C Behrens, won the City and Suburban Race at the Epsom Spring Meeting

The parish church of St Leonards, Sussex, destroyed by a flying bomb, in July 1944
The parish church of St Leonard s, Sussex, destroyed by a flying bomb, in July 1944, will rise again from stone hewn from the ground by 12 German prisoners of war who today began work in a quarry

The 78th Trades Union Congress opened at the Dome, Brighton today. Several big issues of policy have to be decided in the Prime Minister Mr Attlee and two other Ministers

At Brighton, on behalf of the Ministry of Supply, Mr William Leonard, MP - Joint Parliamentary Sec of the Ministry, handed over the 10

Gus Lesnevich, Americas number one cruiserweight boxer, seen here on Brighton s
Gus Lesnevich, Americas number one cruiserweight boxer, seen here on Brightons West Pier taking his trainer for a ride in one of the miniature cars

Winston Churchill is given a great ovation as he visits the town of Brighton to receive the freedom of the borough. 3 October 1947

Floods in Sussex. Many parts of the country are seriously flooded. Now the recent heavy snow has thawed. Here at Robertsbridge in Sussex, is a view of fields underwater. 5 February 1947

Glyndebourne Again. The Glyndebourne Festival, was revived tonight (Friday). When Benjamin Brittens new opera The Rape of Lucretia was performed for the first time of the newly formed English Opera

Freedom of Hastings conferred on field Marshal. Viscount Montgomery of Alamein today. When the Mayor councillor F.W Chambers presented him with a piece of plate inscribed with the names of his

Race horses train on sands. Some of Britains leading racehorses, unable to train on the usual grounds, have been using the sands at Bognor Regis, Sussex

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