When I was a teenager - another bygone era

[Super Steve Earle]

Michael Barrie menswear in Western Rd
Squires menswear in Western Rd if I went down market
Houseparties
Shoulder length hair
Collecting Levi red tabs
Carrying albums under arm to be cool!
Shrinking Levis to fit in the bath
Philips cassette recorders for smuggling in to concerts to record them
Affordable concert tickets

 

[NMH]

Sitting on a beanbag at Virgin Records by the Clock Tower and listening to new records such as 'Hot Rats' by Zappa and Lou Reed's first solo album.

Having a stereo (Quad), and a guitar amp (WEM Power Bass) with valves, that would cost both arms and legs to buy now!

Being able to see bands so close up that I had to watch that they didn't drop sweat on me or step on my fingers - then maybe meet and chat with them afterwards.

Skating at the Top Rank ice rink.

Walking around the end of the West Pier to see if the fishermen were catching anything, and watching the bloke in a cape diving into a ring of fire he made on the sea's surface, and perhaps getting the speedboat that went round the ends of both piers (but you got soaked)

 

[Lady Gull]

Hanningtons Father Christmas
The ice rink at the top of Queens Square
The fizzy pop man who used to deliver to our house!!!!
Telephone party lines
The Court dancing on a Saturday morning
Coasters disco!!!!!
The Pink Coconut disco!!!!!
The Bay City Rollers!!!!!!

 

[brightonbutterfly]

Hanningtons Father Christmas
The ice rink at the top of Queens Square
The fizzy pop man who used to deliver to our house!!!!
Telephone party lines
The Court dancing on a Saturday morning
Coasters disco!!!!!
The Pink Coconut disco!!!!!
The Bay City Rollers!!!!!!

Took my girls to the last Hanningtons Father Christmas in 2000.
Used to go skating at the ice rink on Saturday mornings-tiny rink!
Pink Coconut-excellent lol.
Spandau Ballet for me-paid £2.50 to stand at the Brighton Centre

 

[Tux the albion Penguin]

Sega megadrive vs super nintendo
Rockos modern
Doug
Games of pogs
Heck even had lucky charm's
Friday night disco
Crazy clothes Brands. I.E Spliffy, Naff Naff, Ellise
Old skool happy hardcore.

Miss those days lol

 

[GoldWithFalmer]

The Goldstone Ground £2.00 to get in.
Churchill Square (old style) and it's nooks an crannies,perfect for skate boarding.
Electric blue,yellow or red cord's
Sam tracksuits (for women and girls)
The crazy lady that used to jump up and down at the traffic lights(London rd) outside Summerfield
Walkman's

 

[Shinbreath]

Stuart Storer almost ripping the roof of the net off with one of the most important goals of Albion's history.

 

[Working class pride]

The Lanes was not as "nice" as it is now. It had "The Old Vic" with tinted windows and old punks at the bar. I think I was at what ended up being the last ever gig there.. Bad Manners and The Hot Knives

 

[Mutts Nuts]

Michael Barrie menswear in Western Rd
Squires menswear in Western Rd if I went down market
Houseparties
Shoulder length hair
Collecting Levi red tabs
Carrying albums under arm to be cool!
Shrinking Levis to fit in the bath
Philips cassette recorders for smuggling in to concerts to record them
Affordable concert tickets

Affordable football at the Goldstone in the N stand on a saturday afternoon

 

[Pbseagull]

Michael Barrie menswear in Western RdSquires menswear in Western Rd if I went down market
Houseparties
Shoulder length hair
Collecting Levi red tabs
Carrying albums under arm to be cool!
Shrinking Levis to fit in the bath
Philips cassette recorders for smuggling in to concerts to record them
Affordable concert tickets

I used to work there in the early 80's

 

[Lady Gull]

Took my girls to the last Hanningtons Father Christmas in 2000.
Used to go skating at the ice rink on Saturday mornings-tiny rink!
Pink Coconut-excellent lol.
Spandau Ballet for me-paid £2.50 to stand at the Brighton Centre

I saw Spandau Ballet at the Brighton Centre - cant remember how much I paid though!!!
The Pav Tav I forgot that too!!!!
My memories seem to involve a lot of nightclubs and pubs - whoops signs of a mis spent youth - (nothing really has changed)

 

[Working class pride]

The Shark Bar before it became The Fortune of War?

 

[The Merry Prankster]

Pubic hair.

 

[Devon Seagull]

Mancini's Clothes Shop in Bond Street
Kings Club near the market
Roller Disco at Jenkinson Suite
David Rose Sports where everyone got a special 10% discount
Stan Smith trainers
Spilling hot bovril down the front of my light blue Lois jeans in the North Stand
The tramp in town who come up to you and say TEN PENCE
Shouting get out the way to the man with the draw numbers at the Goldstone as he walked round the pitch at half time
Passing my mates B & H around the North Stand and to his dismay packet coming back empty!

I could go on and on.

 

[GoldWithFalmer]

This

replaced with this

Funny how the design was heavily influenced by the the old Viaduct & i believe the clock(not in sight on either picture) from the old building in the top picture,is now on the front of Sainsburys

 

[BadFish]

The Shark Bar before it became The Fortune of War?

The fortune of war was always there. We used to get our drinks in there instead of queuing up for the shark bar.

 

[Lady Gull]

Midnight blues

The club under Kingsway Court - where all the Albion players used to hang out

 

[The Peanut Roaster]

Skateboards with Gull wing trucks and alligator wheels.

Having to pay to get on the Palace pier.

The West pier, boring maybe, but it was there.

Fag and milk vending machines outside shops.

Silk Albion scarves hanging from your wrists thinking you were well 'ard.

Dunlop green flash.

The glass animal man.

Dogs roaming freely around the streets.

Chatting up 15 year old girls without being arrested.

 

[Lady Gull]

Being asked out by a member on here outside the Goldstone after a game - we went to see Arthur the film - good times

 

[Pbseagull]

Blakeys, 4 button high waist trousers( with big fuckoff side pockets), the milk vending machine on London Road( near the viaduct).