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[Travel] Don't Drive Into Brighton







Official Old Man

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Aug 27, 2011
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I was planning to take the kids down for a mooch on the pier and to attempt to get the shirts we couldn't get printed last Saturday done at Churchill Square on Monday. Hadn"t got as far as sorting parking yet but was planning to book something. Is that a stupid idea? It's a 2 hour drive as it is but train is four hours with 2/3 changes so not really an option.
Park in the marina, multi storey is free ASDA YOU'LL GET BOOKED. Bus from there into town.
 














WATFORD zero

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Jul 10, 2003
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It that part n parcel of any UK urban area these days? Even Lancing, Eastbourne and Worthing have emboldened teenage thugs shoplifting at will en masse, attacking security guards, stabbing innocents.

I remember in the 70's when if you went along the Lower Prom after 8pm you were more likely to get mugged than a latte. And don't mention the Race Hill razer gangs of the 40's.

But these days :wink:
 




Fignon's Ponytail

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Jun 29, 2012
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On the Beach
Preston Street is also completely closed atm (at least it was a couple of nights ago when I had to pick up Jr.)
So glad I rarely have to drive into town these days - thankfully its only a couple of times a week at 11pm when its quiet, & the lad finishes his shift at Nanninellas.
We try to avoid Brighton like the plague if we are in the car now.
 


Weststander

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Aug 25, 2011
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Withdean area
I remember in the 70's when if you went along the Lower Prom after 8pm you were more likely to get mugged than a latte. And don't mention the Race Hill razer gangs of the 40's.

But these days :wink:

@Harry Wilson's tackle is always good on these things too.

The faux halcyon days of Brighton. In the 70's and 80's West Street was violent, the German student murdered, the fountains were turned off, gay-bashing, run down half empty shops eg Courts on the seafront, WW2 wasteland eg now Jubilee Street and where the Floral Market had been.

Like any city, a mixed bag then and now. I think Brighton & Hove is an amazing place to live.

Grumpy old men emigrate to Durrington, Langney or South Lancing.
 
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WATFORD zero

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@Harry Wilson's tackle is always good on these things too.

The faux halcyon days of Brighton. In the 70's and 80's West Street was violent, the German student murdered, the fountains were turned off, gay-bashing, run down half empty shops eg Courts on the seafront, WW2 wasteland eg now Jubilee Street and where the Floral Market had been.

Like any city, a mixed bag then and now. I think Brighton & Hove is an amazing place to live.

Grumpy old men emigrate move to Durrington, Langney or South Lancing.
Exactly. It isn't and never was a town for Grumpy old bastards, it's a town for groovy young hipsters like us 👍

(Although I will admit driving around Palace Pier, West Street, Preston Street area is a bit of a 'mare at the moment :wink:)
 




Guinness Boy

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Jul 23, 2003
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@Harry Wilson's tackle is always good on these things too.

The faux halcyon days of Brighton. In the 70's and 80's West Street was violent, the German student murdered, the fountains were turned off, gay-bashing, run down half empty shops eg Courts on the seafront, WW2 wasteland eg now Jubilee Street and where the Floral Market had been.

Like any city, a mixed bag then and now. I think Brighton & Hove is an amazing place to live.

Grumpy old men emigrate move to Durrington, Langney or South Lancing.
Exactly.

As Keith Waterhouse said "Brighton is a town that always looks like it is helping the police with their inquiries". He didn't write that yesterday.

If you don't like Pride flags and drinking Brighton isn't the place for you. It's always had them and always will. Move to Salcombe (good luck affording it).
 




dejavuatbtn

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Aug 4, 2010
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Henfield
@Harry Wilson's tackle is always good on these things too.

The faux halcyon days of Brighton. In the 70's and 80's West Street was violent, the German student murdered, the fountains were turned off, gay-bashing, run down half empty shops eg Courts on the seafront, WW2 wasteland eg now Jubilee Street and where the Floral Market had been.

Like any city, a mixed bag then and now. I think Brighton & Hove is an amazing place to live.

Grumpy old men emigrate to Durrington, Langney or South Lancing.
…….. and Henfield ! 😂
 






maltaseagull

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Feb 25, 2009
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What choices do people have? Trains are flaky for consistency (as a season ticket holder) and buses suffer the same issues cars do.
We used to go to Eastbourne for shopping as Brighton was a nightmare. That was 20 years ago.
Seems nothing has changed.
 




Soul Finger

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May 12, 2004
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Driving into Brighton is never a good idea. It's an old town, not designed for cars.

They should have built a multi-storey car park on that site opposite Preston Park, next to the railway line.
 
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Harry Wilson's tackle

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@Harry Wilson's tackle is always good on these things too.

The faux halcyon days of Brighton. In the 70's and 80's West Street was violent, the German student murdered, the fountains were turned off, gay-bashing, run down half empty shops eg Courts on the seafront, WW2 wasteland eg now Jubilee Street and where the Floral Market had been.

Like any city, a mixed bag then and now. I think Brighton & Hove is an amazing place to live.

Grumpy old men emigrate to Durrington, Langney or South Lancing.
The Friday night bus from Churchill Square at around 11.00 full of 15-17 year old tossers was a great joy in 1973. Three to five years later the main danger for me was teds at Portslade station. West Street was for the New Regent. We'd steer clear of the notorious Bosun. As for Whitehawk.....<sigh>
 


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