Brighton & Hove Urban Legends

[daveinprague]

Always wonder whether that Southwick tunnel rumour stems from Southwick just outside Portsmouth as there are major military installations up on the hill there.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

The Children of Mile Oak are all descended from Russian soldiers captured during the Crimean War

 

[Spun Cuppa]

In the 70's, some bloke knocked down a nipper in his Rolls Royce, and was so grief struck, he had a firm dig a hole up on the Downs and had the Roller buried

 

[AK74]

Always wonder whether that Southwick tunnel rumour stems from Southwick just outside Portsmouth as there are major military installations up on the hill there.

No, definitely a Brighton and Hove 'story':

Southwick Tunnel is From The Argus)

 

[Stoichkov]

The West Pier trust have the financial means to build the i360

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

There is a cave, accessible from the undercliff walk, that contains the skeletons of 100s of TB victims.

Tony Bloom victims?

 

[8ace]

How else do you think he made his money?
Do you want a new stadium or not?

 

[Lush]

Not sure if it's true or not but was told that the walled garden on the North side of The Level (across the road) used to house rare and exotic animals bought back by Victorian explorers and travellers.

That is true. It's the gated gardens for Park Crescent. I think there are animals on the large metal gates.

 

[Buzzer]

Apparently, Aleister Crowley's remains are buried at B&H crematorium (not half a mile from me right now.) Spooky or what?

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Palmeria Square is the same size as Noahs Arc

This can't be true, how would you fit all them animals into something the size of Palmeira Square?

 

[Buzzer]

This can't be true, how would you fit all them animals into something the size of Palmeira Square?

Well, it's not to be taken literally. It's obviously Palmeira Square and surrounding side roads although I would probably draw the line at Brunswick Terrace. That would just be silly.

 

[Taybha]

Gary Hart has roamed the earth for over 400 years occassionaly feinging death in the penalty area only to be re encarnated 4 months later as a spritely winger OGH

 

[timbha]

Jimmy Case (when our manager) was hungover and fell asleep in the changing rooms when he should have been giving the team talk before the replayed York match (rearranged and played the day after the players end of season night out). Fozzie wasn't much better but played!

 

[Chicken Runner61]

Pool Valley used to have a pool of water and they used to keep the fishermens catch in it.

Juggs lane gets its name from the women that used to walk from Brighton to Lewes with big juggs - ooh er missus!

 

[wolfie]

"A Ghost ship-The Nicholas- is sometimes sighted off brighton and presages doom"

Last spotted on 26th April 1997

 

[Deleted User X18H]

Apparently the Goldstone goalposts are in Dick Knights garage.

 

[Jesus Gul]

The Hollingbury GC Roman Encampment has complex laylines that attract off centre strikes by magnetism hence rendering them OOB...possibly

 

[Trufflehound]

...how would you fit all them animals into something the size of Palmeira Square?

Two by two?

 

[matt]

Isn't that St Bartholomew's Church?

That's what I heard (or should that be herd).