Keywords: St Marys church Preston Park 1914.jpg 1914 postcard photo of http //www stmarysbrighton com/2 html St Mary's church Preston Park Brighton Sussex England It is a Roman Catholic church and was built between 1910 and 1912 of Kentish rag stone with Bath stone dressing and a Cornish slate roof The card carries a note Erected by Messrs H Packham Sons Palmer 2 South Road Preston ;Notes of interest One of the men in the gateway wears a boater and carries plans presumably the architect The man next to him in cap and suit may be the foreman Clothes indicated rank within professions at that time Building workers are posed on the scaffolding The horse and cart are obviously posed at the entrance perhaps to show the builder's transport Scan of postcard in uploader's possession Postmarked 29 November 1914 but probably photographed 1910-1912 author Out of copyright PD-old Roman Catholic churches in East Sussex Preston Park Building construction sites in England Preston Park England in the 1910s Postcards of Sussex Preston Park |