Fascinating archive clip of Brighton, 1969

[desprateseagull]

http://player.bfi.org.uk/film/watch-brighton-revisited-1969/


Not so many weeds then, along Volks Railway..

 

[GOM]

That takes me back !

 

[Daddies_Sauce]

Me too, used to work on those motor boats by the side of the West Pier during the summer, and at the amumusments at the front of the West Pier, so many memories in that film, sea front lights, the sputnik, the original London Road market, Pool Valley, the picture sellers

 

[Jack Straw]

http://player.bfi.org.uk/film/watch-brighton-revisited-1969/


Not so many weeds then, along Volks Railway..

Now, a carpet of sea-tolerant native wild flowers! Valerian, Sea Lavender, Horn Poppies, Cineraria, and Sea Cabbage to mention only a few. No weeds at all!
Great film. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Prince Monolulu]

A bit earlier, but at 18 mins onwards a song we can all join in with

http://player.bfi.org.uk/film/watch-brighton-story-1955/

Dr. Brightons gets a good plug too

 

[Peter Grummit]

I worked for Mears' at the Open Market as a teenage student. Can still smell that fish hall. The other sensory experience I had watching this was the blue concrete and cold water of the paddling pool on my toes, eerily familiar.

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