Whats Brighton Famous for?

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realfan

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I was writing to one of My Canadian friends, asking him to come and settle in Brighton. So thought Ill list the things Brighton is Famous For


Thinking apart from its pebble beaches what is Brighton Famous for:

1) Jordan

2) ...

Help me out here... !!!

 

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Giant Seagull

That was textbook

Jul 5, 2003

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Wiltshire

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mince

 

Braders

Abi Fletchers Gimpboy

Jul 15, 2003

29,224

Brighton, United Kingdom

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highest drug death ratio in the UK

makes a change from everyone quoting the whole "gay" shit..

 

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northstandnorth

THE GOLDSTONE

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A272 at 85 mph

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royal pavillion
the worlds first electric railway
one of the first,if not the first aquariums in the world
regency architecture

 

Vankleek Hill Seagull

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Vankleek Hill, actually....

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It's football team.

 

Beach Hut

Brighton Bhuna Boy

Jul 5, 2003

71,966

Living In a Box

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Most gays per capita in Europe

 

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realfan

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hahahhahahaha

Beach Hut said:

Most gays per capita in Europe

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rospants

off to ronan in the park!

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brighton

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chris eubank

 

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realfan

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Amazing Facts - Any more facts for a straight 18-30 year bloke

 

Goodfella

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The oldest cinema (still running) in England

 

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rospants

off to ronan in the park!

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brighton

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NORTH STAND CHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

beorhthelm

A. Virgo, Football Genius

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highest density of licenced premises in the world apparently

 

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realfan

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Is that Duke of Yorks?

Goodfella said:

The oldest cinema (still running) in England

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Goodfella

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realfan said:

Is that Duke of Yorks?

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Yup, opened Sep 22nd 1910, and i'm still here.

 

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realfan

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I also found this on wikipedia:

"Brighton beach has a designated official nudist area (south of the easterly part of Kemptown)"

 

clippedgull

Hotdogs, extra onions

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Near Ducks, Geese, and Seagulls

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ABBA sang Waterloo at the Dome in the Eurovision Song contest and the rest is history

 

Goodfella

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Bing crosby played his last ever concert here.

As did, i believe, 'The Jam'

 

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realfan

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Thanks guys thats a lot of stuff to write

Wikipedia kinda sucks!

Irrelevant information:

"The Green Party held a relatively high 22% of the vote in the Brighton Pavilion constituency in the 2005 general election, compared with 1% nationally, in addition to holding one of the ten European Parliament seats for the constituency."

do I give a Shit!!

 

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bigc

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Goodfella said:

Yup, opened Sep 22nd 1910, and i'm still here.

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Don't blame you, some of the female staff are very mmmm.

my friend works there and when i used to be local he'd call me up if he was bored and i'd just hang around upstairs as he worked the bar

 

Goodfella

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Not forgetting the notorious bank holiday handbags between the Mods and Rockers in 1964.

We are the mods, we are the mods, we are, we are, we are the mods.