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Thursday, March 24, 2016

Devil's Dyke, South Downs, near Brighton, Sussex


Devil’s Dyke, a 100m deep valley in the South Downs, near Brighton.

Legend has it that the Devil was digging a trench to allow the sea to flood all the churches in the Sussex Weald.

His digging disturbed an old woman who lit a candle, or angered a rooster causing it to crow, and made the Devil think that morning had arrived. He fled, leaving the unfinished trench.

The last shovel of earth chucked over his shoulder fell into the sea to form the Isle of Wight.


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Tuesday, November 04, 2014

Olympic rowing legend Sir Steve Redgrave - Veteran Car Run 2014

Five times Olympic gold medallist Sir Steve Redgrave arrives at the finish line in Madeira Drive, Brighton, driving a 1904 Thornycroft in the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run 2014.

Olympic gold medallist Steve Redgrave arrives in Brighton

Veteran Car Run 2014 gallery


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Sunday, October 06, 2013

Royal Pavilion, Brighton, at night picture


Royal Pavilion, Brighton, at night... taken with a tiny Olympus ZX-1. Part of my picture a day project in 2013. Full size picture here


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Friday, May 17, 2013

Royal Pavilion, Brighton, panorama


Panorama of Brighton's Royal Pavilion made up of five upright images.

I had to tweak the perspective in Photoshop to make it straight because they are all taken from the same spot.

Snapped at about 8.15am when the light was splendid on the face of the building. 

I had to wait until a gardener had picked up a load of rubbish left by revellers from the night before!

It's a massive picture and Facebook probably doesn't do it justice

Peter Greenhalgh © UKpix.com


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Friday, May 10, 2013

MG Regency Car Run 2013 pictures – London to Brighton


The MG Regency Car Run 2013 takes place on Sunday, May 12, 2013, when hundreds of MG cars follow a route from South London to Madeira Drive in Brighton.

Start time: 11:00
; End time: 17:00

Pictures should be available soon on UKpix.com

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Thursday, April 04, 2013

Gary Moore: born April 4, 1952 - picture of guitarist's grave in Rottingdean



Guitarist Gary Moore was born Robert William Gary Moore in Belfast on April 4, 1952.

He died on February 6, 2011, of a heart attack while on holiday in Spain, and is buried in St Margaret's Churchyard, Rottingdean, East Sussex, UK.


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Monday, March 04, 2013

Picture a day: bluesman Kent DuChaine

Bluesman Kent DuChaine in Brighton
Blues star Kent DuChaine plays his 1934 National Steel guitar called "Leadbessie" at the Ranelagh Arms in Brighton last night (March 3)

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Wednesday, February 27, 2013

FEBRUARY 25: picture a day project

All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players –
William Shakespeare (As You Like It)
Picture a day project 2013 by Peter Greenhalgh. Dedicated website HERE
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Brighton Half Marathon pictures – February 17, 2013 – prints available

Pictures and prints of the Brighton Half Marathon are now available at UKpix.com.

Brighton Half Marathon winner  Paul Martelletti leads the race past Royal Crescent, Brighton, on the 34 minute mark. Martelletti won the men’s event in 67 minutes, 29 seconds. Pictures and prints available from UKpix.com

Brighton Half Marathon pictures: more than 240 prints of the event now available on UKpix.com


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Tuesday, May 01, 2012

Cannabis cafes for Brighton? Yet another potty idea from a Green politician



The Green Party's Home Affairs spokesman in Brighton wants cannabis cafes in the city to cash in on the tourists who will shun Amsterdam when Holland bans foreigners from smoking pot in their coffee shops.

In a Telegraph report, Councillor Ben Duncan says: "Think of all the millions our shops and hotels would make if all those tourists being turned away from Amsterdam by the Dutch Tories came here to spend their holiday cash instead!"

It's yet another potty idea from the Greens in Brighton, of course. And if they really wanted to promote tourism, they would not have increased parking charges on the seafront to such ridiculous levels that tourists are shunning the resort in their droves.

There again, I suppose it wouldn't be a good idea to encourage the sort of tourists Coun Duncan wants in the city to drive – especially if they are as high as kites.

Coun Duncan needs to go to Amsterdam to ask why they are reversing their pot policy. But then, maybe the idea came to him when he was in one of their coffee shops.

So, what next from the Greens? A wind farm in the Pavilion gardens?

TELEGRAPH STORY


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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Woman expecting babies 9 and 10 - surrogate mother wants to have 12 before she's 50


A woman in Brighton, East Sussex, is pregnant with her ninth and tenth babies and she wants to have 12 before she is 50 in a couple of years.

Jill Hawkins, a surrogate mother, is 14 weeks pregnant with twins from frozen embryos produced by a British teacher and his wife, according to the Brighton Argus.

Miss Hawkins, a legal secretary last gave birth two years ago and the twins are due in August, three weeks before her 48th birthday.

She told the Argus: “I’m a naturally giving person and to be able to give babies away is what I do."

BRIGHTON ARGUS STORY

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Monday, February 27, 2012

'UFO filmed in Rottingdean, Sussex' - yeah, right!




A red blob caught on video by a man in Sussex is claimed to be a UFO – and the alien watchers are jumping about again.

The Argus, Brighton, reports that David Flannery captured the mysterious blob in the sky over Rottingdean and it was chased away by helicopters.

'I was standing in Holmes Avenue and it was hovering in the sky over Kemp Town way... this wasn't a Chinese lantern. I know what they look like,' he told the Argus.

He apparently called the police and Ministry of Justice, 'but received no answers' - there's a surprise.

The report says Mr Flannery is 'from Sherbourne Close, Rottingdean'. But there doesn't appear to be such a close in the village, which blows a big hole in the story straight away. There is a Sherbourne Close to the west of Brighton in Hove/Portslade, which is, incidently, only 5 minutes away from Holmes Avenue!

The story has been picked up so far by the website UFOEvidence.co. Just goes to show how these stories do the rounds.

Two lovely comments on the Argus story include:
'You develop the technology to travel light years through space, you get there and are chased away by helicopters.'

'It has got to be true. Aliens travel millions of light years using technology beyond human understanding to investigate Rottingdean nightlife.'

ARGUS STORY




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Thursday, February 23, 2012

Free house if Brighton and Hove Albion are promoted - man bets £1.4m home on Seagulls




A man in Hove has bet his £1.4 million house on Brighton and Hove Albion being promoted from the Championship to the Premier League.

He says that if anyone buys his house in Hove now, he will pay them back if the Seagulls win promotion, no strings attached, according to the Brighton Argus.

The Seagulls are ninth in the league, three points from a play-off place after drawing 0-0 with Hull away last night.

BRIGHTON ARGUS STORY





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