News in Brighton & Hove, Sussex, business, weather, traffic, travel and sport from The Argus

Brighton's beaches

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.

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Cliff erosion in Rottingdean

10:00am Monday 6th May 2013

Cliff erosion used to be a constant problem in the village of Rottingdean close to the sea, a problem that wasn’t solved until the building of the Undercliff Walk in the 1930s.

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The Continentale cinema

9:30am Monday 29th April 2013

The Continentale cinema in Sudeley Place, Brighton, opened in 1920 and was converted from a congregational chapel.

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On the buses

9:30am Monday 22nd April 2013

This bus was in a batch bought by Brighton Corporation Transport in 1959 to start replacing trolleybuses.

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Western Road, Brighton

10:00am Monday 15th April 2013

Western Road, the main shopping street in Brighton, is pictured looking busy in the 1930s.

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Dyke Railway

10:00am Monday 8th April 2013

This postcard shows a train on the Dyke Railway north of Brighton which was one of the steepest tracks in Britain.

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King's Road in Edwardian Brighton

10:00am Monday 1st April 2013

Hundreds of holidaymakers stroll along the southern pavement of King’s Road in this postcard of Edwardian Brighton.

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Brighton's steam trains

10:00am Monday 25th March 2013

Electric trains came early to Brighton in the 1930s, greatly improving the service to London. But steam surprisingly lingered on for another 30 years on some journeys, to the delight of trainspotters, until it finally disappeared in the early 1960s.

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Rottingdean village centre

10:00am Monday 11th March 2013

This postcard shows Rottingdean village centre early in the last century; much of it looks recognisably the same as today.

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The Bedford Hotel

9:20am Monday 25th February 2013

The Bedford Hotel was one of the finest on Brighton seafront. It was designed by Thomas Cooper, who also planned the Town Hall, and opened in 1829.

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