AROUND MEECHING
High Street & Fort Road from 1888 to 1930s
Richard Beckett
Photo 1. Taken looking down the High Street from just below the Lewes Road, on the right hand side can be seen a gas lamp standing on the corner of Meeching Road. It is just possible to make out the flint wall on this side of Meeching Road which is curved and this curve was faithfully followed in the building which replaced it i.e. Parsons the Green grocers.
Photo 2. Believed to be taken from just inside the Lewes Road and where it joins the Brighton Road, which can just be seen at the right of the picture.
As can be seen from the titles on the bottom, both these photos were subsequently published as part of the "Arrow Series" of Postcards about Newhaven.
Photo 3. Yet another Meeching house of character which stood the test of time until it was decided to modernise and update the town. This is the beautiful old house called "Lorraine" which stood for many years in Fort Road until it was demolished and the present Fire station constructed on the site. The house stood out from its neighbours because of the tall elegant tower with the windows which gave views down the harbour as well as across the harbour and bay towards Seaford. It is believed that at one time Mr E. J. Coker lived in this house. He was the well known Headmaster of the Boys School (now the Hillcrest Centre) and later Town Councillor.
High Street 1888
Arrow Series postcard
High Street junction Brighton Road 1895
Arrow Series postcard
"Lorraine" c1930's
Newhaven Maritime Museum