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Features

Everything goes when we get a touch of sun

Fun on Brighton Beach circa 1959

4:53pm Tuesday 16th April 2013

Everything goes when we get a touch of sun Sun does strange things to people. After the seldom-seen golden orb made a rare appearance this weekend, Bill Gardner looks back at strange summery goings-on from years gone by

Vigilantes started Brighton and Hove's role in squatting revolt

Phoenix Place cottages squat in Brighton in 1991

5:11pm Tuesday 12th February 2013

Squatters have been making the headlines in Brighton and Hove for decades. Bill Gardner looks back through the Argus archives at the history of squatting in the city.

Then and Now

Then and Now: South Street, Worthing

South Street, Worthing, today

4:52pm Monday 17th December 2012

Much has changed in Worthing's South Street since 1988

Past Views

Brighton's beaches

The beach in Brighton

10:30am Monday 13th May 2013

Beaches in Brighton were mined during the Second World War to deter invaders but the explosives were removed near the end of the conflict.

Five Pictures

Dressed up in the Pavilion, Morris Minor upset, Phil Collins and body builders

Were you one of these bodybuilders flexing their pecs in Sussex in 1959?

5:02pm Monday 17th December 2012

The Argus wants to hear your memories from these pictures of times gone by

Lost Touch

Pauline Humphrey writes:

5:39pm Friday 10th May 2013

On behalf of myself and my cousin Sue, we are trying to trace or locate Mrs Audrey Beavis (Kay), possibly last heard of in Eastbourne after the death of her husband, William H Beavis.

Past Present

Defensive measures

St Nicholas Church, photo by Tony Wood

11:00am Monday 13th May 2013

The worst ever day in the long and eventful history of Brighton was in 1514, when it was devastated by invaders from France.

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