1066familyman
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- Jan 15, 2008
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Exactly!
There's even a yellow car in the first shot FFS! What's going on there then.
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[Brighton] Photos of Brighton 1976
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Exactly!
There's even a yellow car in the first shot FFS! What's going on there then.
BluesRockDJ
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- Jan 24, 2020
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The year I joined Sussex Police.........great memories !
Did you always have a nice feeling for some pubs over others?
I felt so comfortable in Shades, Fagans, Frock & Jackett and most clubs (a love of dancing, music and staying out very late).
Swifts was just okay imho, too brightly lit, often too crowded.
But special days. I did it on and off for 25 years
Ha! Yes, yellow was their go-to colour. I was using a yellow stunt kite on the Hove Lawns when a swarm came over - it became invisible.
Met mine there as well, 41 years and still together
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Did you always have a nice feeling for some pubs over others?
I felt so comfortable in Shades, Fagans, Frock & Jackett and most clubs (a love of dancing, music and staying out very late).
Swifts was just okay imho, too brightly lit, often too crowded.
But special days. I did it on and off for 25 years
Definitely went to some pubs more than others.
Living near Lewes Rd Brighton I didn’t always go into the Town centre, some weekends we would just drink locally, also went to the Hare and Hounds at Preston Circus every Friday for a while around 83-84.
Swifts, Smugglers and Coasters are the only places I remember going regularly with mates on Fridays in the 80s.
Occasionally went to Shades, I can’t remember where Fagans was TBH and I can only remember Frock and Jacket being mentioned in the early 90s and I never went there.
East Staffs Gull
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Did anyone use to frequent the Pav Tav or the William Tell?
Wardy's twin
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6 wasn't a corporation bus it was brighton buses - Woodingdean to Station via bear road and up to seven dials.
48 also used to go up there on its route to woodingdean.
East Staffs Gull
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Brightonandhovestuff.co.uk is a great source of old local photos. Try searching on Goldstone for some nostalgia.
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I’m talking about 1970s, I’m sure it was blue and white, maybe my memory is going
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Pav Tav was AKA Shades, as mentioned on this thread by [MENTION=21158]Weststander[/MENTION].
Was William Tell near the bottom of Queens Road?
Just up from the Quadrant.
East Staffs Gull
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The pub that I recalled incorrectly as being the William Tell was in fact the Sea House. The William Tell was indeed on Queens Road. Not sure that I ever went there. Did the Pav Tav have a couple of bars, of which Shades was the trendy bit and I went in the other bit?
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That is a fantastic website, not seen it before, thanks for posting I’m going to spend hours on there looking at the photos.
I noticed many are from Argus archives, I went to the exhibition of photos about 4 years back at The Grand.
https://flashbak.com/kodachrome-photos-of-brighton-in-1976-446596/
Just seen this on Twitter.
Photos of the town not the team.
My old pal Chris did the magnetic windows in 77. Emotional
I worked all the bars in Pav Tav including shades and the wine bar in mid 79 to early 80. Along with Charles Gillett and his brother John (Aden).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aden_Gillett
Comrade Sam
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Moved to Shoreham in '72 and in '76 my parents decided a fun day out would be to get the 2 to the end of the line in Rottingdean. I have traveled a fair bit in my life, but that bus journey took the biscuit. We didn't arrive in Rottingdean until March '79. Always preferred the 230 or 700 to get to Brighton.
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I do remember the Sea House, I’m sure it closed down in the 80s and was empty for ages, I’m not sure what is there now. I’ve seen a photo of a large group of Stoke fans outside the pub, probably early 80s.
I didn’t know why the Pav Tav was called Shades to a few years back, I was walking up Steine Lane behind the pub and noticed ‘Shades Bar’ not sure if it was on the window or a sign above a door.
Most people I knew just called the pub Shades in the 80s.
https://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/places/placepub/sea-house/sea-house
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Was a regular, three times a week, from 1979 until 1986 - went to BHASVIC too, oddly enough. Never been a rock club like it.
74-77.
Went back in around 92 and it was exactly the same. Same music and even the same bloke behind the bar. Emotional.