Review by Cherryl Driver

Back Street Brighton is a book that I am really pleased to have stumbled across. Two and a half hours after picking it up I was still sitting reading! Every little piece of information was kept short and supplied by the very people who experienced life in the back streets of Brighton. I guarantee that as you look at the photographs you will find yourself glancing at them to find out just where that street was, revelling in the personal experiences of the the story teller.

Reading through the book you learn what it was like to live in these streets by the very people who lived there. You find out about their whole way of life: from earning a living, to the way they were brought up and the games they played in the streets. I enjoyed learning about the busy little corner shops: what they were selling in them then, the goings-on and the people that supplied them with food to sell. You can imagine the quality and almost taste the freshness of the food brought from the sea- to the barrow- to the shop and all in the morning! Make yourself a cup of tea and sit down somewhere comfy and flick through this delightful little book.