Hove Park - A bit pretentious?

[Bean]

I saw him too on Goldstone Crescent going back into his car, had a brief chat with him.

 

[Elvis]

I saw him too on Goldstone Crescent going back into his car, had a brief chat with him.

Did he say " fcuk me!, that parks full of pretensious wankers, come on Datsun Raphael get back in motor and Daddy will take you to pizza express!"

 

[Greyrun]

I've given up going there.

Unless you've got one of those wooden eco bikes and children called Rufus and Gideon forget it!

Pity! I was brought up round there things have really changed. The only consolation I suppose is knowing that Rufus and co will be in for a shock when they go to Hove Park school. A Baptism of Fire shall we say.......

Hove Park school is on the up i am told,apparently very strong on languages,friends daughter goes there and loves it.As for Hove Park i agree its not like the Level, but different strokes for different folks.

 

[Deleted User X18H]

Hove Park school is on the up i am told,apparently very strong on languages,friends daughter goes there and loves it.As for Hove Park i agree its not like the Level, but different strokes for different folks.

One of my best mates is head of languages at Hove Park. Very strong indeed.

 

[FLAIRtastic]

Go there quite a lot now that the astro turf pitch is up and it is brilliant, free and can play until whatever time as open all night and has floodlights, sorted!

 

[Stat Brother]

Did he say " fcuk me!, that parks full of pretensious wankers, come on Datsun Raphael get back in motor and Daddy will take you to pizza express!"

He was probably still reeling from his encounter with me, and was wondering which windows hadn't been licked in Goldstone Crescent.

 

[mcshane in the 79th]

Run round there quite often, never had that impression but then I can be quite oblivious to my surroundings when running

 

[timbha]

and what about all those BMF classes?

 

[severnside gull]

HP was pretentious back in my day - purely from a nostagia viewpoint there is some comfort that 50 years on nothing has changed

 

[Westdene Wonder]

Very impressed with Hove Park, great facilities for children and popular for Tennis,Bowls and keep fit also the Cafe is very good standard

 

[Devon Seagull]

I Love Hove Park and have many memories. One was back in the early eighties when the police were chasing a mob of away hoolies near the tennis courts and one of the horse mounted policeman came a cropper when the horse slipped on the pathway and he was sent flying. Funny at the time...and still funny now! The horse was O.k!

 

[8ace]

I remember seeing the Albion train in Hove Park, early 90s. Have we trained in any other public parks?

 

[severnside gull]

I remember seeing the Albion train in Hove Park, early 90s. Have we trained in any other public parks?

Don't we now (effectively anyway)?

 

[mona]

One of my best mates is head of languages at Hove Park. Very strong indeed.

Blimey! Having friends in the public sector! Doesn't fit your NSC image/profile at all. If you don't mind me saying so.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Don't we now (effectively anyway)?

There was a training session a few years back in Preston Park. The Falmer training ground was, apparently, not available and whichever manager it was at the time wanted to express his displeasure at the board's obvious lack of being bovvered.

 

[Collar Feeler]

I took my two normally named lads there yesterday afternoon for a kickabout and so they could burn off some pent up boisterous energy. My eldest lad approached two older kids in footy tops playing in one of the goals and asked to join in which they agreed to. Eventually their Dad and me joined in and we had a good game of 2 v 2 with their dad in goal. Although I could see what shirts they were wearing I asked what teams shirts they had on, "The best team in the World of course" one replied. With a puzzled look I replied, "But they look like Tottenham shirts!" cue the banter. Had all the, "Who do you support then" etc and they & their Dad gave all the usual premiership superiority bullshit and the incredulous "Why do you support them, they are a crappy League 1 team!". I was very proud of my 7 Year old when he suddenly ripped off his fleece to reveal his Albion shirt gave a blood curling scream of Seagulls and then whilst running with the ball gave a self commentary as if he was Inigo Calderon and curled one past the hapless Dad in goal! This was followed by the shirt over the head in celebration and shouts of 'Who are ya!' to the bemused Spurs contingent. What they couldn't comprehend was my reply to the question, "So what premiership team do you support then?", my reply of "We don't we support Brighton". Has anyone else experienced this form of Premiership snobbery?

Avoided the kiddies playpark area as it was chock full of labelled up parents and kids trying to find their Range rover keys buried in the sand.

 

[mcshane in the 79th]

I was very proud of my 7 Year old when he suddenly ripped off his fleece to reveal his Albion shirt gave a blood curling scream of Seagulls and then whilst running with the ball gave a self commentary as if he was Inigo Calderon and curled one past the hapless Dad in goal!

Marvellous scenes

 

[User removed 4]

Run round there quite often, never had that impression but then I can be quite oblivious to my surroundings when running

How far round is it ?

 

[mcshane in the 79th]

How far round is it ?

Haven't measured it but at a guess it can't be too far off a mile. I'm not good at estimating distance though so perhaps someone a bit cleverer than myself may be able to confirm