I can remember Dewhurst Butchers, 'Seniors' sweet shop (where I regularly spent my 3d), 'Acres the Bakers' and 'Elizabeths'. Does anyone else remember these old shops?

Yes I remember Dewhurst's also Elizabeth's

Yes, I remember all of these shops Sylvia!!

I can remember all those shops too, plus the Co-op and there was a couple of newsagents and a fishing tackle shop, anyone else recall these? Acres the Bakers was the place to get your hot cross buns, my friend Richard's mother worked in Elizabeths and we used to help out there occasionally, unloading the truck which parked outside.

Yep, I remember all of those shops. Graham, wasn't the fishing tackle shop also a tobacconists called "The Book and Bacca Shop"?

Wasn't the Book and Baccy Shop next door [or next-door-but-one] to The Mikado Cafe, owned by a Mr Purbrook, and immediately opposite the Southdown Bus waiting rooms?

My memory is of two shops which shared a common entrance somewhere around where Pauls and Ladbrokes are in this photo. To the left was a model shop which sold loads of Airfix kits and to the right was (I think) a wallpaper shop -both had long glass windows at right angles to the pavement. This would have been in the early 1960s.

The two shops that shared the Ladbrokes site were a dry cleaners and Seniors sweet shop which was owned by my grandparents Mr and Mrs Stream from about 1963 til 1977 ish. Does anyone remember Marty Feldman filming in Newhaven in the early 70s. He did a cricket run up from Fort Road recreation ground and ran up the High Street.  I remember him coming into my grandads shop and buying a box of chocolates! I have had no luck finding any record of this film on You Tube etc. Please could someone prove to my disbelieving girlfriend that it really happened!

Hi Martin, yes I can remember Marty Feldman filming in Newhaven and Brighton, I was doing some spare time driving for Horaces Taxis at the time and spent a week driving Marty and his crew to various locations, never did tell Horace how much I had in tips. Marty was a very clever and talented man but also appeared to be very disturbed. I will always have fond memories of the time spent with him and his crew. As for the film, I did get to see it and will try and find some more "info" on it. So you can tell your lady, it was indeed true. My memory is not as sharp as it could be and I'm thinking it was more late 60's than 70's.