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Brighton Beach and Little Odessa, New York

Thu 24th November, 2011Thu 24th November, 2011 - by editor - Leave a Comment

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. 0

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photos / Places

The Brighton i360 tower: ‘successor’ to the West Pier

Thu 31st March, 2011Mon 13th May, 2013 - by editor - 11 Comments.

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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photos / Places

Remembering the Brighton West Pier in photos, part two

Thu 31st March, 2011Thu 31st March, 2011 - by editor - 3 Comments.

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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photos / Places

Remembering the Brighton West Pier in photos, part one

Thu 31st March, 2011Thu 31st March, 2011 - by editor - 14 Comments.

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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football

Brighton ‘Fans United,’ Feb 1997: a proper football protest!

Wed 29th September, 2010Wed 29th September, 2010 - by editor - 2 Comments.

Worth a repost (with new photos!) is this account of our trip to the Goldstone Ground in Brighton, 8th February 1997. 0

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photos / Places

Brighton 2002: West Pier and a shop window piled full of books

Wed 28th July, 2010Wed 28th July, 2010 - by editor - 2 Comments.

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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photos / Places

A sunny summer’s afternoon in Brighton

Thu 25th March, 2010 - by editor - 2 Comments.

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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football / stuff

Brighton “Fans United” remembered, 1997

Wed 17th September, 2008 - by editor - Leave a Comment

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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railways / stuff

The Brighton Sea Railway

Fri 18th April, 2008 - by editor - 1 Comment

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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photos / stuff

Brighton at Christmas

Sun 24th December, 2006 - by editor - Leave a Comment

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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stuff

The mad railways of Brighton

Sun 4th June, 2006 - by editor - Leave a Comment

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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Places

New Brighton photos!

Thu 20th October, 2005Sat 12th June, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

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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cardiff / football / Places

Brighton 1 Cardiff City 2

Tue 18th October, 2005Wed 14th July, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

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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Places

Site updates – devils Dyke and Brighton

Thu 21st July, 2005Thu 22nd April, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

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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Places

A day spent walking the South Downs, near Brighton

Wed 18th May, 2005Mon 5th July, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

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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