Village Street and Duck Pond, Rottingdean, East Sussex 1957
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Elevated view across the centre of Rottingdean in 1957, looking down towards the village pond and the main street as it curves through the historic core. Cars are parked along the roadside and moving through the village, giving a sense of steady but unhurried traffic in this well-known Sussex coastal settlement.
In the foreground are tiled rooftops and garden walls, while beyond them the duck pond and surrounding cottages form one of Rottingdean’s most recognisable scenes. The mix of flint, brick and rendered buildings reflects the village’s long architectural history, much of which survives today with relatively little alteration.
This view captures Rottingdean before later traffic management and conservation measures reshaped the village centre, preserving a snapshot of everyday life in the late 1950s.
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