Memories of 1980s Brighton wanted

[Spunk Bubble]

Does anyone remember Soft Centre (Computer shop). It was right in the depths of Churchill Square where it always stank of piss.

 

[rusty redeyes]

Not B'ton related, though there are a couple of mentions, a book by Phil Thornton published in 2003 called "CASUALS" is a good read about football, fighting and fashion from the late 70's through to the 90's. Tells the story about how Wade Smith started out in Liverpool.

Just flicking through it for reminders and here goes;
Benetton rugby shirt
Desert boots, Clark Wallabies, Adidas Kagools, Berghaus and Sprayway jackets, Mullets, the back perm, CP Mille Miglia, M&S lambswool crewnecks

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Never mind the West Street Uncle Sams, the mother of ALL Uncle Sams was the one with the spiral staircase by The Clock Tower.

Oh, and random other memory, all the kids in Brighton used to lie about it being their birthday at the Dolphinarium - cos then you got to go in that wee rowing boat and get whisked around the criminally small dolphin pool by a real live dolphin. Oh, and the snack bar downstairs had HUGE glass windows onto the murky pool so you could watch the dolphins while your kids ate their Cheesy Quavers and slurped their coke.

 

[One True BHA]

Not B'ton related, though there are a couple of mentions, a book by Phil Thornton published in 2003 called "CASUALS" is a good read about football, fighting and fashion from the late 70's through to the 90's. Tells the story about how Wade Smith started out in Liverpool.

Just flicking through it for reminders and here goes;
Benetton rugby shirt
Desert boots, Clark Wallabies, Adidas Kagools, Berghaus and Sprayway jackets, Mullets, the back perm, CP Mille Miglia, M&S lambswool crewnecks

got that book recently. very good read

 

[Jamon Jamon]

Hove Dogs Orchard Road Stand and grass straights on the track

#wipe's tear from eye#

without splittin hairs though, I think the whole track was grass in the 80's





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[The Spanish]

Never mind the West Street Uncle Sams, the mother of ALL Uncle Sams was the one with the spiral staircase by The Clock Tower.

Oh, and random other memory, all the kids in Brighton used to lie about it being their birthday at the Dolphinarium - cos then you got to go in that wee rowing boat and get whisked around the criminally small dolphin pool by a real live dolphin. Oh, and the snack bar downstairs had HUGE glass windows onto the murky pool so you could watch the dolphins while your kids ate their Cheesy Quavers and slurped their coke.

That was the west street one? Right up the top by Hornes.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

That was the west street one? Right up the top by Hornes.

Ah, yeah, you're quite right, same one

 

[The Spanish]

Ah, yeah, you're quite right, same one

playing football at happy valley in woodingdean, waterhall or anywhere else on a sunday morning. bevendean barcelona beating everyone else out of sight with grim predictability like a sussex mini minor league premiership arab or russian oligarch owned giant.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

I was looking for photos of the great storm. I shall never forget walking around Hove Park the following day and seeing the descimation of the area. Brighton, as a whole, looked entirely different.

 

[¤DãŃn¥ §êãGüLL¤]

Wisdens in Duke St, Olympus at the clock tower, Hornes for blazers

How can I forget those sports shops man, every Saturday afternoon used to drag my mum in there begging her to buy me gear. Going slightly into the 90's now but can remember her buying me my first ever strip, the old Spurs (I know, I know...) Holsten kit so I could pretend to be Gary Lineker in the playground.


Nowadays, sigh, well I'm more like Gary Glitter in the Playground.

 

[rusty redeyes]

Head holdalls
Persil vouchers, did England in Paris Feb'84 for £30 return inc ticket for the match. Mayhem, with 2 of our group banged up overnight. Had to stand all night with their hands help up in the air against a wall and if they dropped or moved the old bill twatted them!

Kickers, Tacchini trackie bottoms

 

[Skaville]

That was the west street one? Right up the top by Hornes.

I worked in Hornes at the end of the eighties. There was a big scandal at Hornes/Olympus. Everyone was nicking gear and flogging it. Loads of us got the Spanish archer

 

[Skaville]

Head holdalls
Persil vouchers, did England in Paris Feb'84 for £30 return inc ticket for the match. Mayhem, with 2 of our group banged up overnight. Had to stand all night with their hands help up in the air against a wall and if they dropped or moved the old bill twatted them!

Kickers, Tacchini trackie bottoms

Addidas/Nike cagouls. They were the business (and back now it seems). Lacoste, Lyle and Scott, Pringle and Le Shark too.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Da-id Rose - Sport Shop

 

[rusty redeyes]

I worked in Hornes at the end of the eighties. There was a big scandal at Hornes/Olympus. Everyone was nicking gear and flogging it. Loads of us got the Spanish archer

Someone I once knew, allegedly, worked in Olympus and was probably on the same scam as you, possibly!!!! As was someone else from my not so distant past who worked in Dolcis next to M&S. He always said it was a crap job, but great for the up skirt viewing

Also believe that there was a clue in the small sport shop in Western Rd, possibly Olympus as well, who did quite well out the Ellesse Ski/Bubble jackets.

 

[Rowdey]

playing football at happy valley in woodingdean, waterhall or anywhere else on a sunday morning. bevendean barcelona beating everyone else out of sight with grim predictability like a sussex mini minor league premiership arab or russian oligarch owned giant.

I can see some misty eyed polishing of long forgotten medals happening later..




Beating Bevendean Badgers was always nice, and remember playing against Saltdean Tigers on that sloping pitch..

 

[The Spanish]

Da-id Rose - Sport Shop

every fucker in the world getting 10% off david rose just for turning up. that was always the deal.

 

[Ernest]

Coasters with the boys on a Friday and Saturday night followed by a large seafood pizza in Chattanoogas. I tried to do a runner one night from Chats but got CONFUSED and ran the wrong way and ended up in the kitchen where one of the chefs TRIED to attack me with a meat cleaver and SEPARATE my head from the rest of my BODY

 

[Skaville]

BBC3 just showed clips from the top of the pops that featured both The Stone Roses and Happy Mondays. That clip will be TWENTY years old next year

 

[Skaville]

Another place I worked (just about) in the eighties was the marina. People went MAD for the marina in the eighties and early nineties. The Katerina and the Master Mariner were the two pubs with the hightest turnover for their respective breweriees in the south east. We used to open the does in the Mariner on a Sunday at 12:00 and be four deep at the bar until it closed at 2:30. God knows why... the marina was and is f***ing shit.