Brighton & Hove Urban Legends

[Titanic]

What is Noah's Arch? Did he use it to help him build his ARC?

or perhaps his ark?

 

[Soul Finger]

Palmeria Square is the same size as Noahs Arc

Isn't that St Bartholomew's Church?

 

[WATFORD zero]

No, i think St Batholomews is smaller than Palmeira square

*edit*

and aren't these meant to be legends ? The Rodean tunnel and woodingdean well are scientifically proven to be true

 

[skipper734]

The hole at the end of the Sports stadium Ice Rink where the ice was swept down, was rumoured to go into an underground river that ran down under West Street, to the sea.

 

[The Grockle]

Theres a tunnel running under the the Roedean Girls school to the beach.

I've heard it was dug by Danny Seagull, just thought i'd put that one out there.

 

[Everest]

Falmer is an AONB

(it's true now though)

 

[CliveWalkerWingWizard]

Theres a tunnel running under the the Roedean Girls school to the beach.

There is !!!!

 

[CliveWalkerWingWizard]

The Company that own the Palace Pier, and took away the theatre.

And when they took away the theatre, the 'dome' was a temporary structure until a new theatre was built - still waiting.

And the west pier burnt down very shortly after lottery money was allocated.??

 

[liverpool_one]

a headless horseman rides on the pitches at the bottom of the racehill of a night.

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Chris Eubank is often seen speaking on his phone, when it rings.

 

[Garage_Doors]

There is !!!!

I believe it was constructed in case you wanted to use the back entrance

 

[albionalbino]

There is a tunnel from the Pavilion to Marine Parde, for Prince Regents emergency escape. Hence the name of the pub and club The Royal Escape and Escape Club.

 

[Biscuit]

• There is a shipwreck just off Brighton which contains tons of wartime munitions which -were it to go off- would destroy the Marina

Wonder if this has anything to do with this urban legend...

From: SeaBreeze3 English Channel Shipwreck Archive

THE WATERFORD 30/34mts

The Waterford 270 ft long beam of 37 ft, sunken 14/4/1949 lying 8 miles off Brighton makes excellent sports diver’s wreck Still recognisably ship-shape, her stern & bow sections are still fairly intact, but the mid-section is badly broken. she is an impressive Wreck Sitting upright at 36 mts,and stands up 8 mts off the seabed.Her stern and bow sections are still fairly intact, but the mid-section is badly broken.Fish life includes the normal dense shoals of whiting, pollack, wrasse, conger eels, lobster & crabs.And scallops can be found on the sea bed around the wreck. She is covered in Dead Mans Fingers and many other species of anemones.

History: Built by Caldon Ship & Engineering Co. Ltd, Dundee Scotland, for the Clyde Shipping Co Ltd, for service on the Liverpool to Waterford, Southern Ireland passenger service. 1.344 tons, 270' long by 37' wide. She had accommodation for about 40 passengers. She was sold off in 1946 to Palgrave Murphy, shipowners of Dublin, when she was re-named as the City o f Waterford. She gave just three years service between Dublin and the Continent (Belgium, Holland and Germany), when in she was involved in a collision in thick fog some 8 miles off Brighton, with a much larger steamer, the Marpessa, a 5,478 ton Greek owned ship, on April 14th 1949. She had 1.000 tons of general cargo on board.

 

[Jahooli]

Not strictly an urban legend but can anyone confirm the Horse and Groom, severed head rumour?
Something about gangsters or their victims & carrier bags under the bar of the Doom and Gloom so not so long ago. 50s maybe 60s?

 

[Eric Potts]

Not strictly an urban legend but can anyone confirm the Horse and Groom, severed head rumour?
Something about gangsters or their victims & carrier bags under the bar of the Doom and Gloom so not so long ago. 50s maybe 60s?

http://www.innocent.org.uk/cases/rdudley/legalandgeneral.pdf

The article above relates to this , and describes the story as coming from an unreliable witness.

 

[Nibble]

Not sure if it's true or not but was told that the walled garden on the North side of The Level (across the road) used to house rare and exotic animals bought back by Victorian explorers and travellers.

 

[Jahooli]

http://www.innocent.org.uk/cases/rdudley/legalandgeneral.pdf

The article above relates to this , and describes the story as coming from an unreliable witness.

Thanks for that

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Not strictly an urban legend but can anyone confirm the Horse and Groom, severed head rumour?
Something about gangsters or their victims & carrier bags under the bar of the Doom and Gloom so not so long ago. 50s maybe 60s?

Hence the nickname we always used to refer to it as 'The Doom and Gloom'

 

[Spun Cuppa]

Saint Bartholomew's church is reputedly equal in dimensions to Noah's Ark

*note to self..read thread in entirety*

 

[8ace]

There is a cave, accessible from the undercliff walk, that contains the skeletons of 100s of TB victims.