Anyone recognise the location in the picture?
Lewes Road tram (now the bus) depot just south of Preston Barracks. ( Brighton Tram 53 Society - BCT History )
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Can anyone remember the shops in the old Churchill Square?
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Lewes Road tram (now the bus) depot just south of Preston Barracks. ( Brighton Tram 53 Society - BCT History )
Sk8er
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Norman Potting
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I have posted this several times but have not yet had an answer - what was the name of the shop on the LHS as you entered - downstairs was records but upstairs was toys and models - I am sure it became HMV. I have seen several mentions of Beatties but I thought their shop was over on the Dyke Road corner on the opposite side to the arcade that has (had?) Gamleys in it?
saltdeanseagull1
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- Aug 21, 2011
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Sorry cant answer your question but can agree that beatties was opposite IMPERIAL ARCADE, I think where Pizza Hut is.
SULLY COULDNT SHOOT
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Had a girlfriend in high school who lived for laura ashley and habitat... while I went into HMV and met celebrities ( ok, met Chritopher Timothy there ONCE)
Lord Bracknell
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I had a friend who was manager of Habitat in its early days in Brighton, long before it became a huge empire. Terence and Caroline Conran were always popping in to see how things were going.
Pretty pink fairy
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Saturdays have never been the same , how i miss the piss heads
and MR spoons performing
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SomptingSeagull
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I worked in Inter Sport which then became Sport & Ski.
We had Eddie 'The Eagle' Edwards open the shop with a celebrationary jump off the over hanging porch outside the shop.
We had Eddie 'The Eagle' Edwards open the shop with a celebrationary jump off the over hanging porch outside the shop.
Weststander
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A catapult, superglue and stink bombs?
spellfast
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Model Shop
The Model Aerodrome was at the end of Cranbourne Street and Beatties was in Churchill Square itself.
The Model Aerodrome was at the end of Cranbourne Street and Beatties was in Churchill Square itself.
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rouseytastic
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Great photo! Imagine Sex Waxing those railings!
Man of Harveys
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Wasn't it called the Solarium?
desprateseagull
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Tie Rack was on the outside, where the pie shop is now- opposite WHSmith.
I recall going for a job at office angels, who were upstairs in the spaceship thing, on main concourse.. Fosters(?) clothes shop around the back, about where the jewellers are now inside the new CS.
SouthCoastOwl
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That was the cafe/restaurant above the shops with views over to BHS and walkways/escalator that lead down to the Brighton Centre.
What was the name of the veggie cafe on the lower level by Tesco?
5Ways Gull
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I remember being in the old Churchill square once when the Red Arrows were doing Brighton - it was quite scary the noise was deafening. It was the year one of them flew too low, hit the top of a boat mast and had to ditch in the sea.
Ceej
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Yes. A jump up and grab scramble over the wall with the small black railings on top of it past Bullock's the butcher at the top of Cranbourne Street. Skate the bowl for a while then down past Family Fun at the bottom of West Street to grab the spare pennies (!) from the "tilt" ledge on the Avalanche machine then on to the ramp between there and the West Pier. Happy Days
By the way, what was the name of the shop at the back of Churchill Square past the Habitat that used to sell clock radios and other "modern stuff". Mini TVs too. I used to stare in that shop window for ages. Ha ha.
