DavePage
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Actually they became famous in Brighton, winning the Eurovision song contest at the Dome with Waterloo. Reasonable call actuallyYou will get the hang of this soon
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Name A Famous Brightonian
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The Birdman
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Gordon Smith if he had scored also he would have been given the freedom of the city!
Kalimantan Gull
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Karen Pickering
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Come on!
If you mean Theakston he lives in Ditchling.
hitony
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Disagree, on that basis you could name hundreds of Brighton Players, or people who have done nothing more than resided in Brighton, the title clearly states, "Name a Famous Brightonian" to me that says people who originate from Brighton.
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Indeed.
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Surprised no one has mentioned Abu Hamza. Allegedly lived off Lewes Road in the 1970's
Bruntburger
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Alan Partridge - once dropped him at Gatwick whilst taxi driving. Great guy, gave me a nice tip.
Devon Seagull
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Sir Herbert Carden
The historian, Timothy Carder, has called Sir Herbert Carden (1867 - 1941) "perhaps the greatest figure in Brighton's civic history since incorporation". Praise indeed.
Surprisingly Carden stood for the council in 1895 as a socialist, six years before the Labour Party was established. Within 8 years he was an alderman, and he served as mayor for 3 years from 1916.
Carden was a patrician socialist from an old Brighton family, and a wealthy solicitor.
He was an strong advocate of municipal enterprise or municipal socialism at a time when all parties could see the value of it. He was the political force behind municipal telephone and tramway systems.
But his greatest legacy is perhaps the city's downland landholding. which today stands at around 14,000 acres. Carden believed that the Downs should be preserved both for the residents' enjoyment and to protect the city's water supply, and this became a settled policy. He used his own money to buy land when it was available and resold it to the council at no profit.
In this way the Devil's Dyke estate of 190 acres was acquired in 1928. Today it belongs to the National Trust.
The historian, Timothy Carder, has called Sir Herbert Carden (1867 - 1941) "perhaps the greatest figure in Brighton's civic history since incorporation". Praise indeed.
Surprisingly Carden stood for the council in 1895 as a socialist, six years before the Labour Party was established. Within 8 years he was an alderman, and he served as mayor for 3 years from 1916.
Carden was a patrician socialist from an old Brighton family, and a wealthy solicitor.
He was an strong advocate of municipal enterprise or municipal socialism at a time when all parties could see the value of it. He was the political force behind municipal telephone and tramway systems.
But his greatest legacy is perhaps the city's downland landholding. which today stands at around 14,000 acres. Carden believed that the Downs should be preserved both for the residents' enjoyment and to protect the city's water supply, and this became a settled policy. He used his own money to buy land when it was available and resold it to the council at no profit.
In this way the Devil's Dyke estate of 190 acres was acquired in 1928. Today it belongs to the National Trust.
The Large One
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Don't disagree with any of that, and he was a great Brightonian, BUT...
He also wanted to pull down the entire elegant Georgian seafront and replace them with functional seaside accommodation.
oldalbiongirl
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Chris Rea. Dont know where he lives now but I was best friends with his niece at playschool and he used to come round to her house as lived in Brighton. Obviously I had no idea who he was at the time but my mum knew who he was.
Devon Seagull
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Indeed he he had some ideas which looking back now thankfully didn't happen. He would idealy have had the seafront buildings replaced with art deco style 'miami style' buildings as well as replacing the Royal Pavillion with a conference centre...people doubted that you would never get people to fill a 10,000 seated conference centre..well he proved them wrong as we have the Brighton Centre..he was radical but secured Brighton with a green belt saving the downs and Devil Dyke from development and also paid for one of the Pylons to be erected on the A23. He was nicknamed the "Founder of Greater Brighton".
Pinkie Brown
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Pah, you beat me too it. Studied engineering at Brighton University, or Polytechnic as it was back then, apparently.
Came to this Country on a student visa in 1979.
pasty
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Seann Walsh. Didn't know that until I saw him last night.
Pinkie Brown
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I think only one was born in this area, although the band was most certainly formed in Brighton when they were all living here at the time.
CorgiRegisteredFriend
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Raymond Briggs once lived in Brighton and taught illustration at Brighton Art College.
greyseagull
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Shane Warne, Eric Bana and Cathy Freeman are all notable residents of Brighton, Victoria, Australia.
What - you didn't say Brighton, UK....?
What - you didn't say Brighton, UK....?