Brighton Beach and Little Odessa, New York
A short walk along the boardwalk from Coney Island lies Brighton Beach, known locally as ‘Little Odessa’ due to the high level of immigration from Odessa in Ukraine.
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The Brighton i360 tower: ‘successor’ to the West Pier
With the remains of Brighton’s magnificent West Pier now doomed to slowly rust away into the English Channel, the West Pier Trust have lent their support to what they believe …
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Remembering the Brighton West Pier in photos, part two
By 2003, storm damage and two arson attacks had all but destroyed the entire structure of the West Pier. Although there is an active campaign to create an ‘appropriate successor …
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Remembering the Brighton West Pier in photos, part one
I fell in love with this pier when I first saw it used as a backdrop for some of the photos in the photo supplement that accompanied The Who’s Quadrophenia double album. …
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Brighton ‘Fans United,’ Feb 1997: a proper football protest!
Worth a repost (with new photos!) is this account of our trip to the Goldstone Ground in Brighton, 8th February 1997.
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Brighton 2002: West Pier and a shop window piled full of books
We took the train down to Brighton on a chilly February day in 2002, and armed with my old Sony Cybershot DCS-F55E camera, I grabbed a few photos around town. …
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A sunny summer’s afternoon in Brighton
Taking a nap on the Palace Pier, Brighton. Regulars to this blog may have noticed that it’s enjoyed something of a revamp, with a shiny new interface and new features …
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Brighton “Fans United” remembered, 1997
Back in 1997, Brighton & Hove Albion were deep in financial trouble, courtesy of dodgy directors and iffy land deals, and with the prospect of the club going under for …
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The Brighton Sea Railway
I’ve just been sent an interesting YouTube animation of one of the most bonkers railways ever built – Volk’s Brighton to Rottingdean Seashore Electric railway. This mad piece of Victorian …
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Brighton at Christmas
Took a day trip down to the south coast yesterday and enjoyed walking around a delightfully deserted Brighton beach. Sad to see the old West Pier continuing its decline. More …
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The mad railways of Brighton
I love this kind of mad Victorian stuff – check out Volk’s sea railway which ran for nearly three miles in the sea along Brighton’s coastline. Not surprisingly, it lasted …
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New Brighton photos!
New Brighton photos! I’ve just added about thirty new pics to the Brighton photo gallery Sad to see the West Pier looking so moribund – here’s how it looked just …
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Brighton 1 Cardiff City 2
Brighton 1 Cardiff City 2 It’s been a long time since I’ve seen Cardiff win, but I was a happy bunny on Saturday, even if the ‘field of dreams’ looked …
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Site updates – devils Dyke and Brighton
Site updates If I say so myself, there’s some great new stuff on the site. Taking pride of place is my spod-tastic Abandoned stations and disused railways section, offering photo …
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A day spent walking the South Downs, near Brighton
A day spent walking the South Downs, near Brighton I’ve just posted up a two page photo report from the Sunday’s urban75 walk to Devil’s Dyke, and what a fabulous …
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