Lord Bracknell
On fire
... a common state of affairs in that particular building.
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State the most obscure fact about Brighton & Hove you can possibly think of...
Flex Your Head
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That's not actually true, they'd played 8 or 9 gigs before the Basement show allegedly took place, including 3 dates in New York. I say 'allegedly' as there's seemingly no evidence that the gig ever happened - no flyers, no setlist, no support band, nothing, nada, zilch, zero.
I saw them in March 1981 at Jenkinsons supported by Section 25 (who played with their backs to the audience and were shit). Tickets were £1.90 in advance, £2.50 on the door. I was only 15 but was fortunate enough to look older. My first over 18's gig was just over a year before that at the Top Rank - The Ramones and The Boys. Awesome gig even though there was a short power cut.
Chicken Runner61
We stand where we want!
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Amanda Redman Used to live in Freshfield Place opp Queens Park School.
Garage_Doors
Originally the Swankers
Several Members of the Eastenders cast live within Brighton & Hove.
cliveh27
New member
The composer Frank Bridge, who taught Benjamin Britten, was educated at York Place School in Brighton.
Lord Bracknell
On fire
Brighton General Hospital was originally a workhouse. In the 1870s, the poor people of Brighton who were successful in applying for relief there were required to wear a uniform. The women wore blue and white striped dresses, which were the colours later adopted by a local football team. The men were put to work, breaking stones, and the women picked oakum. Residents were allowed only two outings a year, one in the summer and one to go to a pantomime in the winter. Use of Facebook was discouraged.
pasty
A different kind of pasty
Freshfield Road has one of the longest and oldest examples of roadside Dutch Elm trees in the country
Dick Knights Mumm
Take me Home Falmer Road
The No 2 no longer goes down Freshfield Road. What happened ?
Lord Bracknell
On fire
Road humps and a load of people moving into the area with 4x4s. Sutherland Road is the way to go these days.
Dick Knights Mumm
Take me Home Falmer Road
Well I know it is steep - but do you need a 4 x 4 ?
Good work. Thanks.
TheMajor
BHA>CPFC
There are no shops south of the West Pier.
happypig
Staring at the rude boys
Magnus Volk (he of the little yellow railway) was the first person in Brighton to light his house using electricity and also installed the first telephone system, connecting two houses in the Old Steine.
There is (or was) a nuclear bunker under Churchill Square.
There is (or was) a nuclear bunker under Churchill Square.
ifuhatepalacestandup
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reply to BARREL OF FUN
The King flees for his life
Charles’ supporters fled into hiding and he had no choice but to follow, for capture would have inevitably meant following his fathers noble footsteps for appointment with the executioners axe. Hunted by a vengeful Cromwell, Charles fled south, eventually evading a detachment of troops in Sussex blocking the bridge at Bramber.
Now in the company of Lord Wilmost and a Colonel Gounter, they hid themselves in the fishing village of Brighthelmstone (now Brighton). The party took rooms at the George Inn in West Street where Colonel Gounter started looking for a way out. Through his acquaintance with a French merchant, he found himself in conversation with Nicholas Tattersell, captain of a filthy little 31ft coaster named the Surprise, which was lying in the mud of Southwick. Her normal trade was lugging coal from Newcastle round to Poole, but Captain Tattersell sniffed out the value of these secretive passengers and agreed to give them passage to France
The King flees for his life
Charles’ supporters fled into hiding and he had no choice but to follow, for capture would have inevitably meant following his fathers noble footsteps for appointment with the executioners axe. Hunted by a vengeful Cromwell, Charles fled south, eventually evading a detachment of troops in Sussex blocking the bridge at Bramber.
Now in the company of Lord Wilmost and a Colonel Gounter, they hid themselves in the fishing village of Brighthelmstone (now Brighton). The party took rooms at the George Inn in West Street where Colonel Gounter started looking for a way out. Through his acquaintance with a French merchant, he found himself in conversation with Nicholas Tattersell, captain of a filthy little 31ft coaster named the Surprise, which was lying in the mud of Southwick. Her normal trade was lugging coal from Newcastle round to Poole, but Captain Tattersell sniffed out the value of these secretive passengers and agreed to give them passage to France
ifuhatepalacestandup
New member
the major what about the shops in sandown / shanklin on the iow
ifuhatepalacestandup
New member
david beckham played his first game for man u at the goldstone
Black Rock is the English name for Dublin... Nowt to do with Brighton though
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.
Brighton used to have the only football league ground in 2 different counties. The home stands at Withdean were in East Sussex and the away stand was in Cornwall
Didn't Chester City used to have a stadium that was partly in Wales or was that an urban myth?
spongy
Well-known member
The gate posts to Brighton station aren't actually gate posts, they're old cannons.
and APPARENTLY, but never checked i will say however is that the clocks on the palace pier, at preston park, and at blakers park, if marked with a ruler will point exactly north/south, not sure myself but i know the first one is true
and APPARENTLY, but never checked i will say however is that the clocks on the palace pier, at preston park, and at blakers park, if marked with a ruler will point exactly north/south, not sure myself but i know the first one is true