My Wife has decided we are going for a day out in Littlehampton....

[Taybha]

File for divorce

 

[Dickyboy]

If you stay long enough you can have a good old fight outside one of the pubs in the evening

 

[wigman]

If you stay long enough you can have a good old fight outside one of the pubs in the evening

Steam Packet,Wickbourne Swan,True Blue,Gratwicke,Spotted Cow are now all boarded up so you might have trouble finding one which is open.

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

I went along to the Durch Bike shop last summer - and had a very nice walk along the front - and made a note to come back this summer.

We sometimes used to drive acoss to Littlehampton when we were young as one of the few sandy beaches around.

Remember the Micky Mouse (was it called that) roller-coaster ?

The big mouse mini rollar coaster was a horror, I do not remember straps and it always felt like you feel out but were caught at the bottom as the small car shot you back up.

Scary as hell when I was a kid.

 

[Man of Harveys]

Wild Mouse and remeber it very well.

That thing was quality, is it not there any more?

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

And it had that bit when you seemed to be outside of the structure. It was scary. But fortunately - it didn't last for long.

 

[Barnham Seagull]

The Beach and River are lovely on a nice day, and will suprise alot of people at how nice it is.

The Town centre is instantly forgetable, Wick estate is a dump but every town has its crap bits. I grew up in Lewes and Brighton so have now loyalty to LA but have to say the Beech and River are very nice.

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Wild Mouse and remeber it very well.

That was the name, I would live to see a picture of that, it always seemed so high when I was young.

 

[Man of Harveys]

And it had that bit when you seemed to be outside of the structure. It was scary. But fortunately - it didn't last for long.

Exactly, plus the fact that neither the building which had that rollercoaster on its roof, nor the rollercoaster itself, appeared ever to have been painted since about 1929.

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

That was the name, I would live to see a picture of that, it always seemed so high when I was young.

Don't know if this link will work.

Edit : Yes it does!

 

[dwayne]

Littlehampton , oh how the mighty have fallen

 

[Deleted User X18H]

Don't bother wish the East Beach Cafe. The menu is overpriced and pretentious. Also they have form for 'forgetting' to pay their staff.

Go and admire the wonderful Thomas Hatherwick architecture for all means, but take a walk to the other end of the prom and go and eat in the cafe next to the lifeboat station (underneith the look and sea centre). The food is cheaper for a start.

Actually, the look and sea centre is a good way to kill an afternoon, if the visability is good there are fantastic views over the harbour from the observation deck.

Unbelievable I was going to tarnish the East Beach Cafe on here later, we did do there for lunch after wandering around Norfolk Gardens it is a funny shaped building we wandered in, and were told we would have to book, on a Monday for lunch!!

The food was quite good and I had nice blonde lager the wife has a Sussex Apple Juice which she enjoyed however, the kiddies menu was baby fish and chips but the chips were salted!!! But my main gripe was the persistence of the staff to ask everyone if they required anything more or? They cleared away Mrs HB&B side of Chips before she'd finished (that's brave) and the ginger haired manageress was grumpy say the least!!! We walked back along the Adur passed the Look and Sea which appeared much nicer.

Littlehamptons OK !! A little Chavvy perhaps

Oh and Dwayne (Walter Mitty) I can experience Monday lunch in Littlehampton sunshine cos I have made my dough I'm not a wage slave like you. happy PAYE.

 

[Storer68]

if the weather's nice, riverfront and west beach

and this may be worth checking out -heard mixed reviews of east beach cafe but basically it's one of the few genuine talking points in la

East Beach Cafe, Littlehampton, West Sussex - Call 01903 731 903 to make your reservation

£9 for fish and chips

 

[empire]

Anyone wanting to go to a quality beach (roughly) near here should take the time to get to West Witterings beach (west of Bognor) - absolutely beautiful, fine sand.

- Best pic I could find, trust me it's gorgeous.

i agree,kids love it,and i live 2 mins from beach in lancing

 

[Taybha]

The big mouse mini rollar coaster was a horror, I do not remember straps and it always felt like you feel out but were caught at the bottom as the small car shot you back up.

Scary as hell when I was a kid.

I have yet to go on a ride of any description that compares with this ones f*** im going to die appeal,i cant believe that this is still there is it?

 

[Deleted User X18H]

Yeah where did the old rickety Roller Coaster go??

 

[strings]

Unbelievable I was going to tarnish the East Beach Cafe on here later, we did do there for lunch after wandering around Norfolk Gardens it is a funny shaped building we wandered in, and were told we would have to book, on a Monday for lunch!!

The food was quite good and I had nice blonde lager the wife has a Sussex Apple Juice which she enjoyed however, the kiddies menu was baby fish and chips but the chips were salted!!! But my main gripe was the persistence of the staff to ask everyone if they required anything more or? They cleared away Mrs HB&B side of Chips before she'd finished (that's brave) and the ginger haired manageress was grumpy say the least!!! We walked back along the Adur passed the Look and Sea which appeared much nicer.

Littlehamptons OK !! A little Chavvy perhaps

Oh and Dwayne (Walter Mitty) I can experience Monday lunch in Littlehampton sunshine cos I have made my dough I'm not a wage slave like you. happy PAYE.

I did say it was pretentious! They won't let you go in for a drink (even if the tables are all empty) because they are reserved for 'diners'. However my main problem is the way they treat their staff.

Yeah where did the old rickety Roller Coaster go??

It dissappeared a few years ago - now a crazy golf course.

 

[LABHA]

I live here,and yes,its a shit hole,but its our shit hole ; )

 

[Deleted User X18H]

I did say it was pretentious! They won't let you go in for a drink (even if the tables are all empty) because they are reserved for 'diners'. However my main problem is the way they treat their staff.



It dissappeared a few years ago - now a crazy golf course.

When did you work there then

 

[Stat Brother]

I was going to point a laugh, loudly, at this thread, as potentially the funniest thread title EVER.
But that wouldn't necessarily be fair.
The river and seafront are both fine, and do serve a purpose. Sadly for L'ton the further into it you get the worse it becomes, it's very much an 'end of the line' town.

If you were by the river just after 1 and 3 lycra clad loonies came past, on their bikes, I would have been one of them!.