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

[Deleted User X18H]

I'll start- The Italian entry in the 1974 Eurovision Song contest was not broadcast in Italy as there was and important referendum in the country at the time and the entry was called SI!

 

[Ernest]

Dick as in Dick Tight is not short for Dickhead as many think but in fact it is Harry

 

[Deleted User X18H]

Dick as in Dick Tight is not short for Dickhead as many think but in fact it is Harry

Harry Richard and a Worthing Knight, sadly not related to me.

 

[e77]

The Brighton, Worthing, Littlehampton, etc. conurbation is the second most densely populated area of the country behind London.

 

[Beach Hut]

Ernest first fell in love with Rory

 

[Poyetry In Motion]

Brighton and Hove has no driving test centre.....

 

[salty seagull]

The word Brighton has the same amount of letters as hosepipe and Hove has one more than pop.

 

[Mackenzie]

The Brighton Mayoral numberplate (CD1) is on a Seat Alhambra.

 

[Ernest]

Ernest first fell in love with Rory

Wrong it was his girlfriend Biba who gave me a surprise in the gents

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Charles II, escaping from defeat at the Battle of Worcester, came on horseback over the Downs and is believed to have stayed in the George Inn (possibly in West Street).

 

[Deleted User X18H]

Wrong it was his girlfriend Biba who gave me a surprise in the gents

Where you in there schlong?

 

[Gus is god]

daddy long-legs spider is not the most venomous insect on the planet

 

[catfish]

There are more pet tarantula owners in Hove than any other place in the country.

 

[Vegas Seagull]

When the dust had settled it was discovered that the same man, using a false name, had stayed overnight In the Cricketers pub in the Lanes, the night before every one of the Jack the Ripper murders in London

 

[Frutos]

The Brighton Mayoral numberplate (CD1) is on a Seat Alhambra.

Which is usually parked down the road from me in Newhaven, because the chauffeur to the Mayor Of Brighton lives here and in fact has been Mayor of Newhaven during his tenure chauffeuring.

 

[Deleted User X18H]

daddy long-legs spider is not the most venomous insect on the planet

Urban Legend!

 

[cloud]

I once read there were more hairdressers per person in Brighton than anywhere else.

 

[skipper734]

Why is the area where the cliffs start, or Asda land, known as Black Rock.

 

[Deleted User X18H]

Why is the area where the cliffs start, or Asda land, known as Black Rock.

Something to do with salt deposits and rock formation I believe in the area formally known as Bristol Estate inlet or something.

 

[Stoichkov]

Which is usually parked down the road from me in Newhaven, because the chauffeur to the Mayor Of Brighton lives here and in fact has been Mayor of Newhaven during his tenure chauffeuring.

In the back of CD1, there can always be found - the Ceremonial Mace. The Mayor's Chauffeur also holds the title of 'Mace Bearer'