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Back then you had to do your time as a journeyman before you could get your plate. It was very much "dead mans shoes" and ownership of the plate was highly prized. Then the legislation changed and anybody could have a plate so the Council issued more hackney carriage plates and there was an...

My dad was a Streamline cabbie post WW2 until 80s. IIRC the garage was at one time only for taxis where the mechanic was "Uncle Bernard". My dad had a few years as office manager and I sometimes used to "help" him out (probably when my mum had had enough of me!). Happy days. RIP Dad

It was a fighter-bomber, part of a renewed "blitzkreig" attack as one of Hitler's "last throw of the dice". Here is some more interesting information about the attack and the pilot. https://mortiquarian.com/2014/06/19/richard-pahl-and-the-baby-blitz/

Oh yes! They had the Hackney Carriage Officer (typically a retired copper) and if you weren't properly attired (tie and cap) or your car was dirty, he had the power to take the cab off of "active service" until any defects were rectified. And yes, he would ordinarily open the door for...

Back when taxis were a proper colour! My dad worked on Brighton Streamline from the late 1950s until his retirement in the 1990s. From the front grill it looks like a Morris Oxford which was a popular model for cabs back then. My dad had a couple. The Streamline office is still in Clifton...

Absolutely. But Dr Richard Russell had already popularised the medicinal treatment of bathing in the sea at Brighton. Dr Russell died before the Prince Regent set foot. https://brightonjournal.co.uk/historic-brighton-dr-richard-russell-and-the-miracle-of-sea-water-therapy/

You must have been a mate of Bill Posters. He was always being prosecuted. :lol:

One of the very few posts on this thread when I think the "now" is better than the "then". Loving the North Laine muriel.

Another "improvement" then. For those who didn't spot it "Davie Jones" was an early incarnation of David Bowie. For half a crown. Blimey.

I was just thinking exactly the same. I much prefer the "old look". Speaking of which, would anybody have any pics of Upper Lewes Road late 50s/60s? I'm particularly interested in a proper old-fashioned cobblers shop that was on the corner of either Aberdeen Road or Inverness Road. Thanks.

I love this thread! Thank you to all who have contributed and in particular Is It PotG? for doing so much of the legwork and Jack Straw for some amazing anecdotes. Please keep it going. :clap2:

There used to be a lovely little bakers just up on the left hand side of Trafalgar Street in the sixties/seventies. Happy days!

I recall my late grandmother hated the sight of the "Brighton General" and refused to go in there as she could recall when it was still in use as "the workhouse" and the horrific lives that the inmates had to endure just because they were poor.