State the most obscure fact about Brighton & Hove you can possibly think of...

[smillie's garden]

No sir. Olivier died in Steyning which is in a different county altogether.

Ashurst, to be precise

 

[perseus]

david beckham played his first game for man u at the goldstone

I was there. He (DB) was impressive, but not as impressive as Vicente @ Ipswich. I felt cheated that Giggs wasn't playing. At Old Trafford, I felt cheated because Giggs was playing.

 

[perseus]

Not quite true. Black Pool is the English translation of the Irish Dubh Linn (although, confusingly, that's not the Irish name of the city.




Didn't Chester City used to have a stadium that was partly in Wales or was that an urban myth?

Dubh is Scotitsh (Gaelic) is black, as in Clabachdubh.

I don't know if Deva is Welsh or Roman (forgot).

 

[perseus]

Falmer means

Fal = sandy coloured

Mere means a pond, boggy or somethink like that.

 

[Deleted User X18H]

david beckham played his first game for man u at the goldstone

Oh do leave it out.

 

[Dr. Notthenineo'clocknews]

more schoolgirls have lost their cherry behind the Morris's Newsagents in Moulsecoomb Way, than behind any other parade of shops in the northern hemosphere (except maybe Tilgate Parade, but that's in Crawley)

 

[ifuhatepalacestandup]

in answer to HOVE BORN AND BRED this is fact read his autobigraphy he came on in the second half as a sub

 

[Deleted User X18H]

in answer to HOVE BORN AND BRED this is fact read his autobigraphy he came on in the second half as a sub

Yes we know, but its hardly a bloody OBSCURE fact is it. I was there.

 

[NMH]

The beach of Brighton is not made up of stones, but large grains of sand.
The sandy beaches of the South Pacific for instance, is made of tiny stones.
It's all down to size perspective.

 

[Deleted User X18H]

The Dyke Tavern is in Brighton the Tesco Express 50 yards opposite is in Hove.

 

[Slippery Seagull]

The beach of Brighton is not made up of stones, but large grains of sand.
The sandy beaches of the South Pacific for instance, is made of tiny stones.
It's all down to size perspective.

Lol !

 

[perseus]

Obscure

Goldstone did not make its name as a spectator even just because of the football. They had hangings down there before, Mister Bellotti.

Rizpah

 

[perseus]

The beach of Brighton is not made up of stones, but large grains of sand.
The sandy beaches of the South Pacific for instance, is made of tiny stones.
It's all down to size perspective.

Wentworth Scale

 

[Seagull on the wing]

1894 House for sale Dyke road...5 bedrooms,3 reception rooms, large kitchen,two stables,large gardens....£800.

Fact ....yes
Obscure.....Not a lot of people knew that!!

 

[NMH]

Wentworth Scale

Our beaches are officially GRAVEL!

I like to skim gravel on the surface of the sea. Much of the ocean is made of water.

 

[perseus]

Our beaches are officially GRAVEL!

I like to skim gravel on the surface of the sea. Much of the ocean is made of water.

Better, perhaps? Wentworth Scale

 

[Return of the Rev]

IT TAKES LONGER TO GET OUT OF THE FALMER CAR PARK THAN IT DID TO TRAVEL BACK FROM GILLINGHAM

 

[goldstone]

I saw my first black person in London Road Brighton when I was 5 or 6. There were not many in Sussex way back then and I had never been to London or any other big city. And no TV.
Apparently I pointed to him and shouted "look, look" or something similar to my parents!
How things have changed!

 

[NMH]

Better, perhaps? Wentworth Scale

That's just someone's opinion, some Mr Wentworth or something ~ did he sit on Brighton Beach and measure gravel with his 'arris or what?