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Time to party with Pride again

3:32pm Thursday 31st July 2008


Hundreds of thousands of revellers will take to the streets for Pride celebrations on Saturday.

More than 150,000 people packed into Preston Park for Britain’s biggest free festival last year. Organisers expect it to be even bigger this year.

More than 50 floats are expected to take part in the procession which has the international theme of Pride around the world.

The floats, representing countries and cities around the world, will set up in Madeira Drive from 9am, with the parade leaving for Preston Park at 11am.

The procession will tour the city centre before heading up London Road and is expected to reach Preston Park at 1pm.

The festival arena in the park will open at noon.

There will be a funfair, the Wild Fruit dance tent and Revenge’s cabaret tent will host acts by some of Britain’s top DJs and drag artists.

Preston Road will be closed to traffic during the event and there will be no parking on site or in streets surrounding the park.

Normal bus services will be diverted away from Preston Park all day but a limited-stop shuttle bus will run.

The Metrobus 500 will operate regularly between 1.15pm and 9.20pm between the park and Old Steine.

First Capital Connect is doubling the number of carriages on its train services between London and Brighton on Saturday.

The last train back to London leaves Brighton at 11.37pm and calls at all stations to Gatwick before continuing to East Croydon and London.

The week-long Pride festival events will continue after the Preston Park arena closes at 8pm.

The streets of Kemp Town will come alive with The Village Street Party on Saturday night.

St James’s Street and other roads will be closed to traffic as bars and food stalls set up to keep the celebrations going until the early hours.


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Bennn, Brighton / Dieppe (FR) says...
7:50pm Thu 31 Jul 08

I just hope the weather will be as good as last year! Can't wait!

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SM, crowborough says...
10:15pm Thu 31 Jul 08

thank f**k I no longer live in Brighton.

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Andy R, Hove says...
11:53pm Thu 31 Jul 08

SM wrote:
thank f**k I no longer live in Brighton.
Yes...I think we can all be thankful for that......

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wolf, fishersgate says...
8:01am Fri 1 Aug 08

Why is it called PRIDE ? Nothing to be proud of, should be called SICK.

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SM, crowborough says...
8:51am Fri 1 Aug 08

if i was still living in Preston Park area, which I did, and was told I couldn't park outside my house because a load of shirtlifters, carpet munchers and and blokes dressing up as women could have a party, I'd tell them quite bluntly to get F****d.

Not everyone in Brighton supports these people and what they stand for.

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birthofanorange, Hove says...
9:00am Fri 1 Aug 08

Oh dear, " shirtlifters", "carpet munchers"....what an enlightened person you are! Redneck Crowborough is far more suited to you.

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SM, crowborough says...
9:16am Fri 1 Aug 08

would you prefer poofs and dykes then ?

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Think about it, London says...
9:21am Fri 1 Aug 08

SM, why don't you do another post and tell us exactly what YOU like to do in bed, so we can all assess it and pass judgment over you. Only fair, don't you think, as you seem so keen on condemning others.

You might like to consider that "these people" may well be members of family and friends(although if they are they have my sympathy).

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SM, crowborough says...
9:37am Fri 1 Aug 08

if only they kept it in the privacy of their own homes.

IF only.

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Think about it, London says...
9:38am Fri 1 Aug 08

SM, you've gone very quiet. Come on don't be shy, you've judged gay people, give them a chance to judge you. You don't want anyone to think you're not fair minded, do you? Tell us what you do in bed so we can all decide whether we find it acceptable.

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birthofanorange, Hove says...
9:38am Fri 1 Aug 08

LOL! I can picture SM racking his 'brains' trying to work out which of his family or friends has a 'limp wrist', likes the Village people or talks a bit like John Inman!!

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Seagull Nic, Peacehaven says...
10:01am Fri 1 Aug 08

I'm surprised the Argus have not deleted some of the above posts considering it is obvious racism from small minded idiots. Do the Argus like to encourage this form of abuse and racism. SM of Crowborough will be there at Pride wishing he could come out of the closet and be as proud as so many others.

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SM, crowborough says...
1:32pm Fri 1 Aug 08

'racism' ????

so gay is now a 'race' is it ???

get f*****d

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wolf, fishersgate says...
1:46pm Fri 1 Aug 08

Seagull Nic wrote:
I'm surprised the Argus have not deleted some of the above posts considering it is obvious racism from small minded idiots. Do the Argus like to encourage this form of abuse and racism. SM of Crowborough will be there at Pride wishing he could come out of the closet and be as proud as so many others.
Ever heard of free speach? you should take your pride up the Downs
or even better Ben Nevis !!!

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SM, crowborough says...
2:24pm Fri 1 Aug 08

wolf, dream on.

free speech is dead in this country.

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HT, Brighton says...
2:30pm Fri 1 Aug 08

Och, poor you, SM and wolf. It must be terrible to believe that you live in a world full of deviants, who are homosexually fornicating on every street corner, pushing their 'Pride' on poor young innocents. I feel for your lack of intelligence and psychological scarring, I do.

You must be such unhappy individuals to attack anything that, in your eyes, doesn't fit the mould that you believe is 'normal'. It breaks my heart that, as a happy lesbian (as most of us lesbians are), I know that I will feel more contented, accepted, confident and happy than you will ever feel.

God, if we were all 'normal', this would be one seriously fxxxed up world.


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wolf, fishersgate says...
2:52pm Fri 1 Aug 08

YAWN, what a hart rendering speach HT what do you do for an encore ?
And I can assure you I am very happy
but even happier when this s**t finishes and things get back to NORMAL.

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HT, Brighton says...
3:10pm Fri 1 Aug 08

Glad you enjoyed it. Maybe you ought to get yourself back to bed though, that's a rather infectious yawn you have there. I assume you are within reach of a bed and that you're currently a jobseeker's man?

Pride is only a tiny percentage of 'this s**t'. The world has never been normal, and will never be normal, so you'd better get used to it, sweetie. We're not going anywhere :)


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SM, crowborough says...
3:21pm Fri 1 Aug 08

change the record HT, your one is a good few years old.

what is the point ??

you reckon only gays and lezzas are happy contented and 'accepted'????

give over.


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HT, Brighton says...
3:43pm Fri 1 Aug 08

Nah. Just that people like you and little old wolf there must have a real deep-seated unhappiness to make you hate other ways of life so vehemently. Ah, you think you're superficially happy, but look a little deeper. Happy people don't attack others.

What's the point of wasting your time and efforts criticizing gay people? We're not trying to recruit you, our choices in no way affect your own life - all we have is one week a year to have a bit of fun in the name of St. Gay.

So put up, shut up and let us get on with it in peace.

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SM, crowborough says...
12:02pm Sat 2 Aug 08

hahahahahaaaaaaaa!!!


it's raining!

excellent!

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whatever, Brighton says...
5:47pm Sat 2 Aug 08

Why on earth does this "event"have to be held in a residential area of Brighton?the sheer volume of people traffic,noise,chaos,
invasion of privacy(ie urinating on private property!)due to horrendous alcohol consumption!is mind boggling!The Downs would be a better venue.Preston Park residents dont deserve this disruption in their lives.

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whatever, Brighton says...
5:48pm Sat 2 Aug 08

Why on earth does this "event"have to be held in a residential area of Brighton?the sheer volume of people traffic,noise,chaos,
invasion of privacy(ie urinating on private property!)due to horrendous alcohol consumption!is mind boggling!The Downs would be a better venue.Preston Park residents dont deserve this disruption in their lives.

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whatever, Brighton says...
5:48pm Sat 2 Aug 08

Why on earth does this "event"have to be held in a residential area of Brighton?the sheer volume of people traffic,noise,chaos,
invasion of privacy(ie urinating on private property!)due to horrendous alcohol consumption!is mind boggling!The Downs would be a better venue.Preston Park residents dont deserve this disruption in their lives.

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whatever, Brighton says...
5:48pm Sat 2 Aug 08

Why on earth does this "event"have to be held in a residential area of Brighton?the sheer volume of people traffic,noise,chaos,
invasion of privacy(ie urinating on private property!)due to horrendous alcohol consumption!is mind boggling!The Downs would be a better venue.Preston Park residents dont deserve this disruption in their lives.

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whatever, Brighton says...
5:48pm Sat 2 Aug 08

Why on earth does this "event"have to be held in a residential area of Brighton?the sheer volume of people traffic,noise,chaos,
invasion of privacy(ie urinating on private property!)due to horrendous alcohol consumption!is mind boggling!The Downs would be a better venue.Preston Park residents dont deserve this disruption in their lives.

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chrisbrighton, brighton says...
7:36pm Sat 2 Aug 08

SM wrote:
if i was still living in Preston Park area, which I did, and was told I couldn't park outside my house because a load of shirtlifters, carpet munchers and and blokes dressing up as women could have a party, I'd tell them quite bluntly to get F****d.Not everyone in Brighton supports these people and what they stand for.
Yes love but the majority of people who live in Preston Park are tolerant intelligent people so it is hardly likely that you would be living there is it

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