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What was Brighton like in 1984?
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Look how COOL those 2 guys are.
Norman Baker suck my lozenge
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Couldn't beat a bit of Matthew wilder on a Friday night.
The Large One
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Air Street, 1984
Queens Square, 1984
West Street, 1984
Burlington Street, 1984
Queens Road / Gloucester Road, 1984
Queens Square, 1984
West Street, 1984
Burlington Street, 1984
Queens Road / Gloucester Road, 1984
Bladders
Twats everywhere
Brighton vs Chelsea 1984
the highlight of 1984 in Brighton was, undoubtedly the opening of
RED RAT RECORD RENTALS in sydney st.
They would hire out an LP for, i think 50p a night (with a deposit) and you could tape the f*cker before returning the vinyl. Good music, on the cheap.
The spotify generation dont know they're born...
RED RAT RECORD RENTALS in sydney st.
They would hire out an LP for, i think 50p a night (with a deposit) and you could tape the f*cker before returning the vinyl. Good music, on the cheap.
The spotify generation dont know they're born...
Prince Monolulu
Everything in Moderation
Great call, had forgotten all about that. I did not record them however, simply played them to see if I liked then purchased from Our Price or Boots! To record would be illegal. (Blimey, forgot about BASF CrO2 (silver), basic BASF (yellow/orange) and FeO2 (Green). Never did any home taping though.
pastafarian
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On the plus side is was piss easy to drink underage in 1984 Brighton,not quite as accommodating as Burgess Hill but still easy......and Sphinx kebabs.
Baldseagull
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I was 13 in 1984 and living in Crawley, but I know my brother moved to Brighton because he could buy a flat for about 60% of what a flat would cost in Crawley.
I was spending £5 on a Saturday to get a train to travel to the Goldstone, buy 10 fags, a programme, entry to the ground and a bag of chips from the Sing Li chip shop by the station. The Sing Li chip shop is exactly the same as it was in 1984, except the bloke behind the counter is Grey haired now, but it is the same bloke.
I was spending £5 on a Saturday to get a train to travel to the Goldstone, buy 10 fags, a programme, entry to the ground and a bag of chips from the Sing Li chip shop by the station. The Sing Li chip shop is exactly the same as it was in 1984, except the bloke behind the counter is Grey haired now, but it is the same bloke.
Great call, had forgotten all about that. I did not record them however, simply played them to see if I liked then purchased from Our Price or Boots! To record would be illegal. (Blimey, forgot about BASF CrO2 (silver), basic BASF (yellow/orange) and FeO2 (Green). Never did any home taping though.
i'd forgotten you could buy records in boots! yes, the quality of cassette you chose for each album was a badge of how much you rated it...
T.G
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Vinyl Demand….top record shop for rare and deleted bootlegs/45s and LPs. Probably the world's best shop of its day!
Bank Holiday mondays were still tasty every now and then.
I used to work at the Argus when it was in Robert Street. I ran copy for journalists and sub-editors. On Bank Holidays there'd still be dust ups between mods and rockers on the beach.
The North Laine was still a great place to be. The market on Upper Gardner Street always had a stall selling cassettes of illegal live recordings. I got loads of music from there.
The Zap Club was the place to go under the Arches down the front (before all the scummy clubs that are down there now opened).
And the Druids Head used to be a great pub. Don't know what it's like now, but it was great in that I could get served as a 16 year old who clearly looked 16.
I used to work at the Argus when it was in Robert Street. I ran copy for journalists and sub-editors. On Bank Holidays there'd still be dust ups between mods and rockers on the beach.
The North Laine was still a great place to be. The market on Upper Gardner Street always had a stall selling cassettes of illegal live recordings. I got loads of music from there.
The Zap Club was the place to go under the Arches down the front (before all the scummy clubs that are down there now opened).
And the Druids Head used to be a great pub. Don't know what it's like now, but it was great in that I could get served as a 16 year old who clearly looked 16.
The Legend that IS Lawro
It's 'canard' Del
Good call, Vinyl Demand was a great shop
Was that the dark shop with a narrow walkway up the middle and vinyl on either side? Seemed to sell far too much Jethro Tull and the likes?
skipper734
Registered ruffian
After Melia wasn't given a contract and Cattlin was given the job, the second division, at a glance could be confused with the Premier league as it is today. The football was still reasonably carefree as it had become under Mullery, after Mike Bailey's straight jacketed teams.
The Brighton movers and shakers, and characters who have later become characters in Peter James books were still thronging to the Kings Club, the 1984 version was later sold and became the Ocean rooms.
North Laine was in those days referred to by local people as Gardner Street, North Road, Trafalgar Street, whichever bit you were referring too. North Laine, where's that? would probably have been the question asked, if you spoke to somebody who hadn't attended Sussex University in those days.
This was probably about the time that Brighton stopped being like a big village, where you knew lots of people and everybody seemed to know lots of people you knew. It is certainly a lot different to the place I grew up in. But then as has already been mentioned a lot of that has to do with the University and for the last fifteen years I've only visited, although what is left of my family still live in the City.
The Brighton movers and shakers, and characters who have later become characters in Peter James books were still thronging to the Kings Club, the 1984 version was later sold and became the Ocean rooms.
North Laine was in those days referred to by local people as Gardner Street, North Road, Trafalgar Street, whichever bit you were referring too. North Laine, where's that? would probably have been the question asked, if you spoke to somebody who hadn't attended Sussex University in those days.
This was probably about the time that Brighton stopped being like a big village, where you knew lots of people and everybody seemed to know lots of people you knew. It is certainly a lot different to the place I grew up in. But then as has already been mentioned a lot of that has to do with the University and for the last fifteen years I've only visited, although what is left of my family still live in the City.
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Ernest
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Was Jenkinsons Cabaret Bar then Coasters and now the coffee place as you go into the Odeon next to the Brighton Centre.