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ST. PETERS CHURCH AREA

These two photographs date from 1902, during the early days of the trams. Note that the tram with destination New England Road is passing to the right of the church. At this period there were no trams in London Road, though these follow later, and the route lay via Ditchling Road, Viaduct Road and across Preston Circus. At the top of New England Road the trams went straight over what is now Seven Dials and terminated a few yards down Goldsmid Road.

Image Reference: JG_30_099.tif
Date: 1902
Image Details: Post Card
Size of Original: 134x71
Place: Brighton
Additional Information: Additional information has been offered that the Borough of Hove would not allow trams or trolleybuses, hence the Shoreham tram equally ended at the Aldrington boundary. The trams never terminated within Goldsmid Road, they turned round at the roundabout at the then Hove boundary until 26th June 1904, when they carried on up Dyke Road as an extension of the route north to a terminus with a tram shelter past the Grammar School (now BASVIC) over the Old Shoreham Road to Woodruff Avenue/Tivoli Crescent.

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