I'm sorry about how the greens, remainers and general lefty unwashed have turned it into such a mess... :( I definitely used to love Brighton with all my heart, but now its full of angry hippys who leave rubbish everywhere, have zero respect for the place. Brighton has so many new people there lately who dont appreciate what a nice place it used to be.
Lucky you to have lived all your life in Brighton &Hove . I have lived in Brighton only for 5 years while I was studying in Sussex between 1975 and 1979 . I love Brighton, when ever I visit England I make sure to visit Brighton. It is like my second home, beautiful town , very loving people and a lively town. .
@@24yrukdesigner i think you’ll find the people who have the least respect for brighton are the young conservative boys breaking and trashing everything rather than the gay people who are probably too scared to litter
Brilliant ...the cream bus at the start is a convertible open topper .. It's in the old Brighton Hove And District livery. In summer the roof was taken off.
@Jack Warner The roofs were kept in Conway St or Whitehawk depots can't remember which and put on during winter. They were Bristol Lodekas, the previous open toppers were conversions ,Bristol K. This film was shot when the summer timetable was in operation as it is on a normal town route.
Interesting to see the Essoldo Bingo hall in North Street where there used to be a cinema. And opposite we can see the Brighton Film Theatre but not what film was currently showing. Loved it when it was the Jacey showing all day cartoons & The Three Stooges. Fascinating footage anyway, many thanks! (Brighton-dweller 1957-80)
I do remember the span wires supporting the street lights for very many years after the trolleybuses were stopped. All gone now though. As have the later Brighton Blue Buses with the driver having to turn and take fares through a side opening. And in 1970 you still had green BIL and HAL electric trains and the Brighton Belle.
Yep. My mother lived in Upper Russell St in the 1930's. We're descended from Brighthelmstone fisherman. That was the fisherman's quarter. The tore down so much for that awful 60's eyesore.
@@deborahrobertson8606 Yes I understood they were fishermens cottages when I was younger. I lived on Regent Hill number 11, which is now the tax office. It was a beautiful Victorian house. Behind Marks and Spencers was also fishermens cottages, where I used to visit my friend who lived there. They pulled them down for the eyesore of warehouses. The Churchill area cottages and ones off Regent Hill would go for a bomb now and would be sort after . Can imagine them re decorated. A lot of beautiful history destroyed for ugliness.
@@Rustymouse Spot on. I can't bear what they've done to Brighton. In the mid 1980's they pulled down King's St(just off North St) and built the car park just behind the pound shop. The king was George Third. So an 18th century row of cottages and the Running Horse pub. Our planning officers are vandals. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-K7Bn27GVvMw.html&ab_channel=BFI This was made in 1955, when my brother and sister were born, (Davigdor Rd Maternity hospital by the station) All the best!
It is strange that the 1970s has such a bad reputation as I remember it being an amazing, optimistic time. Look at footage of the 1960s it looks far grimmer.
As a kid I upset some bus conductor by only having a ten shilling note for 1d fare, he gave me all the change in pennies and halfpenny’s. It was before D day in 71, probably 70.
Brighton in it,s prime and at it,s best . Nothing like the rundown , dirty neglected place it is now . Homeless people , decaying run down buildings , graffiti and a general air of neglect . Why anybody would want to holiday here is beyond me ?
My great fondness for Brighton relies heavily on the memories I have of it when I was growing up. It's a rubbish strewn tip nowadays with homeless people blocking shop doorways and so few shops worth visiting. And where English has become a second language.
