Written by Cheryl Morgan on February 21, 2001
- One of the most obvious cultural inventions of Victorian Britain was the seaside pier, and Brighton has two fine examples. The most famous, and architecturally the most impressive, is the West Pier. This was opened...
Written by Nicola Six on October 23, 2003
- A certain Englishman wrote, "When you are tired of Londo,n you are tired of life". Today, Londoner's weary of life in the fumey fast lane pack an overnight bag and head for Brighton.
Brighton is only...
Written by Cheryl Morgan on February 21, 2001
- Given the amount of traffic between London and Brighton, and the fact that the journey took days by horse, it was inevitable that a railway linking the cities would fast become a popular idea. There...
Written by Cheryl Morgan on February 21, 2001
- One of the more colourful inhabitants of Brighton was the Victorian inventor, Magnus Volk. Volk was an enthusiastic pioneer of new electrical technology. He wired up his own home, and also brought the first ever...
Written by Cheryl Morgan on February 21, 2001
- Georgian England experienced a boom in housing unlike anything experienced before or since. It was a time when fabulous mansions were springing up throughout the countryside, and even the middle classes could afford splendid terraced...
Written by Cheryl Morgan on February 21, 2001
- Having taken a liking to bathing and the riotous social life of 18th Century Brighton, the Prince of Wales decided that he needed a home on the south coast. Young George acquired a farmhouse from...
Written by Cheryl Morgan on February 21, 2001
- Brighton shot to fame in Britain in the latter half of the 18th Century. Bathing in the sea had started to become popular earlier, but the publication of a book (in Latin) by Dr. Richard...
Written by marseilles on March 24, 2007
- Our cousins picked us up from my uncle's house for the drive down to Brighton. We arrived in Brighton mid-afternoon, and walked along the coast while the cousins went shopping. The scene in Brighton reminded...
Written by marseilles on August 31, 2006
- After leaving our luggage at the hotel's luggage storage, we walked around Brighton some more and managed to check our mail at an Internet cafe, buy some lunch at the nearby Tesco supermarket (Jubilee Street),...
Written by Cheryl Morgan on December 26, 2000
- The area that most people know as Brighton is actually two towns that have grown together. The west-most part of the conurbation is known as Hove, and its residents get a bit upset if you...
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