[Sussex] 50's Brighton Video

[albionalbino]

I found this 1950's video of Brighton which I hadn't seen before.
It's got a rousing vocal version of GOSBTS at the start and is narrated by Alec Clunes, father of Martin.
It's a quaint and charming peek back at a bygone time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7Bn27GVvMw

 

[Knightsworld]

The Brighton Belle was a thing of beauty.

Just a shame i was too young to ever have seen it.

 

[Jack Straw]

Enjoyed that. Thanks for posting.

 

[studio150]

a great find, enjoyed watching that

 

[blue-shifted]

If you've not much time.

Go to about 18:30 in the video and see the brass band playing SBTS on a resplendent Madeira Drive

How have we let things slip so badly?

 

[AmexRuislip]

Great watch

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

A good overview of Brighton during the 1950's and made just a year before l was born, loved the shot of the bus outside the station at the start.

Martin Clunes has quite a resemblance to his father too!

 

[jamie (not that one)]

Really enjoyed that, thanks!

 

[Mexican Seagull]

Wonderful view back to my childhood - summer days on the beach & in the paddling pool!!

 

[Pint of Ale and a Burger]

Great video.
A clever idea having a ghost from a bygone era revisiting modern Brighton.
The 50s really was a time when the Brighton of yester year could still be felt,like the end of one era and the beginning of another so not too dissimilar.
Its difficult to feel the ghosts of old brighton these days as some parts are too modern and the old parts are falling into decay.
Excellent watch thanks for posting.
Martin clunes talks exactly like his father too.

 

[Gwylan]

Great video.
A clever idea having a ghost from a bygone era revisiting modern Brighton.

There's an error in the timings though. The ghost remembers visiting Dr Russell but Russell died 20 years before John Eld was born. Some sloppy researchers on that part of the film

(having said that, it's a great watch - Brighton before I was born)

 

[Doc Lynam]

I bet he came down from Croydon.

 

[Pint of Ale and a Burger]

There's an error in the timings though. The ghost remembers visiting Dr Russell but Russell died 20 years before John Eld was born. Some sloppy researchers on that part of the film

(having said that, it's a great watch - Brighton before I was born)

Yes I noticed that too.
I think it may be some confusion with the filmmakers around the name"Dr Brighton"which is a name I'm starting to research a bit after reading another thread on NSC.
Or it's possible that the film makers used a slight bit of licence so they could mention Russell as"Dr Brighton"and then link to show the character having a pint at"Dr Brighton's"(the star and garter on kings road.)
I will be looking into this John eld character a bit more after watching this vid that is for certain.

 

[jimhigham]

Fantastic. I didn’t show up on Planet Earth until 1972 and even then I was stuck on the Isle of Sheppey. I like to imagine the child version of my Dad walking along the coast on a day trip down from Ringmer.

No glass animal man?

Edit: Just checked. Apparently he didn’t come to Brighton until the early 60s.

 

[Official Old Man]

Great film, from the year of my birth.
Loads of stuff on the net if you search in the right places, just never come across this one.

 

[rocker959]

Just wonderful So many memories . That little bird in a cage in The Lanes I remember as a kid and so much more .