The oldest surviving “blue” movie was filmed in a garden in Hove in 1896. Brighton was the first place in Britain to open a naturist beach in 1979. There are more restaurants in Brighton & Hove than anywhere else in the country with a ratio of 1 restaurant for every 250 people. On 4th July 1911 Shoreham was the starting point for the first ever recorded cargo flight when Horatio Barber on his Valkyrie monoplane flew a box of Osram light bulbs which he delivered to Hove Lawns. Britain’s first ever casino was opened in Brighton and was within the Metropole Hotel in 1962. Brighton Sea Life Centre on the sea front opened in 1872, making it the world’s oldest aquarium. During World War 2 Adolf Hitler gave his bombers specific instructions not to bomb the Brighton Pavillion. He envisioned it as a holiday home after he had conquered Great Britain. The Duke of York theatre is the oldest purpose built cinema in the UK. Pink Floyd debuted Dark Side Of The Moon at Brighton Dome, 1972. ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest with Waterloo in 1974 at Brighton Dome which launched their career. Brighton Marina is the largest man made marina in Europe covering 127 acres. Preston Park is home to Europe’s (possibly the world’s) oldest elm trees which are estimated to be around 400 years old. St Bartholomew’s Church, in the North Laine, is the tallest brick church in Europe and is actually built to the same dimensions as Noah’s Ark in the book of Genesis. The current voice of the speaking clock is from Hove and her predecessor was from Brighton. The Volk's Railway was first opened in 1883 and is Britain’s oldest public electric railway. Magnus Volk also developed another railway that ran through the surf from Brighton to Rottingdean. As the train was in water a sea captain had to be on board at all times. Brighton hasn’t always been called Brighton. The Germans awarded the city the name sometime around the 1660s (but it wasn’t properly adopted until 1810). Before then this seaside settlement was actually known as Brighthelmston(e), evolving from other Saxon names.
The one player I’d love to go for a drink with as i think he’d be a good laugh is ally, always has a cheeky smile on his face, looks like someone who really enjoys footie and life. If he doesn’t drink alcohol I’ll have his and he can have my mixers..lol
Aye and Rico too. Anyone that needs to find Rico just needs to go to the gents and listen for his gob, and for a refreshing change I'm being serious!
