A tiny sliver of Brighton’s history was briefly glimpsed this week when a modern sign was taken down, revealing a pre-war shop sign beneath.
Harry Ernest Taylor opened a chemist in Elm Grove in 1922, expanding into the unit next door in the 1940s, where he stayed until the late 1960s.
It then became Gower’s, and is today Kamson’s, but its history was peeled back yesterday when the original sign was briefly uncovered.
Carol Homewood, who took this photo, first spotted the sign when it was partly exposed last month.
She said on her blog Through the Eyes of a Brighton Girl: “Taylor’s chemist survived up until the late 1960s when it became Gower’s chemist.
“Taylor’s also had a chemist on the west corner of Cromwell Street which I have a vague memory of when I was very small.
“Originally the doorway was at the corner and there were steps leading down inside the shop.
“After Gower’s, Colin Gardiner ran the chemist for many years up until earlier this year. He’s sorely missed by many customers.”
