[Brighton] Old Brighton Postcard

[aberllefenni]

I lived just down the road from where this film was shot - where Cowley Drive merges in to Bexhill Road, from 1962 to 1975, in Foxdown Road. The no. 48 green bus terminated there, whilst the no.45 red bus terminated at Cowley Drive shops, about half a mile down that road. It used to cost 5 old pence (2p), to get to Brighton. I've got an older person's bus-pass now!

Wow, it seems we lived 200 yards apart at the same time. My mum remembers a bus stop outside the house which, if they haven't moved it in the meantime, would make it 270 Cowley Drive, opposite the junction with Foxdown Road. My mum lived there with my grandparents before she married, and when they moved to be caretakers of the Salvation Army hall in Moulsecoomb my parents took it over. I have no memory of it as I was 18 months old when we moved there in 1964 and we left in 1966 for the warmer climes of sunny Southwick.

 

[aolstudios]

Wow, it seems we lived 200 yards apart at the same time. My mum remembers a bus stop outside the house which, if they haven't moved it in the meantime, would make it 270 Cowley Drive, opposite the junction with Foxdown Road. My mum lived there with my grandparents before she married, and when they moved to be caretakers of the Salvation Army hall in Moulsecoomb my parents took it over. I have no memory of it as I was 18 months old when we moved there in 1964 and we left in 1966 for the warmer climes of sunny Southwick.

When I was quite little I had tea & cake with a friend of my mum's, opposite that Sally Ann Hall. I was petrified the whole time, as I expected an actual army to come out & shoot us. True story

 

[Weststander]

I lived just down the road from where this film was shot - where Cowley Drive merges in to Bexhill Road, from 1962 to 1975, in Foxdown Road. The no. 48 green bus terminated there, whilst the no.45 red bus terminated at Cowley Drive shops, about half a mile down that road. It used to cost 5 old pence (2p), to get to Brighton. I've got an older person's bus-pass now!

My parents lived at 320 Cowley Drive for 30 months until December 1959, they moved in when it was a new build (plot 32). Built by my Grandad.

 

[Zeberdi]

A charming film about a Regency period ghost revisiting Brighton in the 1950s - some great archive reels (and renditions of GOSBTS at the beginning and end!)

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[Jack Straw]

I thought this would fit nicely in to this thread.

 

[Weststander]

I thought this would fit nicely in to this thread.

Priceless.

 

[PeterOut]

I thought this would fit nicely in to this thread.

Excellent - many thanks, Jack.
I spent much of my childhood in the Carlton Hill area - this section of the video was particulalrly intersting to me - but there are many other areas of Brighton that are spoken about, and seeing what was there before the changes was fascinating, for me.

 

[AK74]

This is a good watch, too.

 

[PeterT]

This is a good watch, too.

Sounds like the West Pier might be open by 1983 then, good news for a change !

 

[Is it PotG?]

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[Is it PotG?]

Lewes Rd (Sainsbury's/Melbourne St) ?

 

[Is it PotG?]

 

[Is it PotG?]

Ziggys....I mean we ALL bought our loafers in there, didn't we?

 

[Worried Man Blues]

Ziggys....I mean we ALL bought our loafers in there, didn't we?

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Are those guys famous?

 

[Is it PotG?]

Somewhere in Hove

 

[Is it PotG?]

Are those guys famous?

Possibly The Lambrettas?

 

[BN9 BHA]

Are those guys famous?

Possibly The Lambrettas?

My guess is it’s The Piranhas, or 4 of them

 

[Official Old Man]

Somewhere in Hove

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Oh no, here we go again.
It was 1972 no 1981 no 1976
I was there, I remember it well.
Etc Etc.

 

[Crispy Ambulance]

My guess is it’s The Piranhas, or 4 of them

Great shout! Possibly Bob on the right and Zoot Alors in the black suit.

 

[BN9 BHA]

Great shout! Possibly Bob on the right and Zoot Alors in the black suit.

I definitely thought Bob on the right because of his hair, Dick next to him, I’m sure he wasn’t very tall.
I also thought it’s Zoot in the black suit as he looks like he’s wearing glasses and is tall.