Whats Brighton Famous for?

[Goodfella]

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

Who's yer friend ?

 

[Goodfella]

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

glad i dont share ur taste in women.

 

[bigc]

Toby.

 

[bigc]

glad i dont share ur taste in women.

well some aren't, I wasn't denying that!

it has been awhile since I've been in so it might have changed.

 

[Goodfella]

Toby.

Wicked guy Toby, how is he?

Many a drunken stoned eve was spent.

 

[bigc]

Wicked guy Toby, how is he?

Many a drunken stoned eve was spent.

heh, how did you get to know him?

He's alright, I think he is annoyed I'm not around to go to the Trevor Arms for pub lunches at the moment!

 

[Goodfella]

heh, how did you get to know him?

He's alright, I think he is annoyed I'm not around to go to the Trevor Arms for pub lunches at the moment!

I 've worked here 26 years so know pretty much everyone who has worked here, Toby was one of the nicer people.

 

[BRIGHT ON Q]

The longest planning application decision ever.about 10 years and counting.

 

[bigc]

I 've worked here 26 years so know pretty much everyone who has worked here, Toby was one of the nicer people.

Yes he hasn't always given glowing references back about some of the staff!

aint bad for a leyton orient fan i guess

 

[SussexSpur]

Though he's not quite so menacing any more...

Or is he?

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Max Miller

 

[rospants]

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

worked opposite the duke of yorks for 10 years, still never been in

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

well, whenever i tell anyone up here that i'm from brighton, they instantly think of the following things


1. gay
2. pier
3. drugs
4. pavillion
5. jordan



i think the gay thing is something we should be most proud of

 

[SussexSpur]

Two once-fine and proud Brighton institutions included here.

 

[Hatterlovesbrighton]

The Arts Festival

 

[West Hoathly Seagull]

One of the country's best vegetarian restaurants, Terre a Terre, that's if you like vegetarian food.

Sussex CCC.

Lord Olivier (for a while at least).

Ballyregan Bob.

The discovery that sea bathing was good for you (mind you, I'm not sure if you'd want to bathe in the sea off Brighton now).

 

[dougdeep]

Home of the dirty weekend.

 

[El Presidente]

Rudyard Kipling used to live there.

 

[desprateseagull]

brighton rock- the sticky teeth breaking stuff (although i beleive its actually made elsewhere..), and also the book/film.

quadrophenia - mods n rockers 'remodel' the seafront..

having two piers ( or 1.5 now)...

King Charles(?) escaped revolution, and went to France via the town, staying overnight at the Old Shop hotel, if my sketchy history serves me right..?

Abba won the Eurovision song contest, at the Dome (c. 1974)

Some famous names that live/have lived here-
Lord Laurence Olivier
Captain Sensible
Norman Cook (aka fatboyslim) & Zoe Ball

and many more..

 

[cannedheat]

I was born there.

Not sure on this one but someone told me Bob Marley played his last gig there, is that true?