OLD BRIDGE TO DENTON ISLAND
Lower High Street and Riverside
By Andy Gilbert
Brian Prevett, Admin of the 'Memories of East Sussex' Facebook group has kindly allowed me to share some of his Newhaven photos here on Our Newhaven, as not everyone 'does' Facebook. (For those that do, Brian's group has a lot of fascinating old photos and postcards of old East Sussex locations and is well worth a look!)
I'm starting with these views of the lower end of the High Street and the old bridge to Denton Island. Not much, if anything remains of the buildings near to the bridge, but the Bridge Hotel is still there, of course.
The small boats in the first photo belong to the RNVR or the Sea Cadet Corps, by the look of things, I think the larger one is a 'whaler'.
The second photo is almost a reverse view, looking down towards the bridge from the High Street. The Bridge Hotel is at the right, with Mrs Warnes' shop at the left.
The date for these photos is given as 1956.
The old bridge
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Looking from the High Street
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