THOUSANDS turned out for a grand civic occasion, thought to be around 1930.

It seems to be at York Place, Brighton, next to St Peter's Church. The mayor’s robes in those days were particularly fine.

What a great picture of a horse and carriage on a rainy Brighton seafront.

It was taken in about 1936 and this might have been the last horse-drawn taxi in the town. Note the Royal Albion Hotel in the background.

A different mode of transport makes an equally fascinating picture – lifeboat drill aboard a paddle steamer moored at the end of Brighton’s Palace Pier.

The ship was probably the PS Brighton Queen, the most regular operating out of Brighton in the Thirties.

Finally today we have the Southern Miniature Railway which was near the Western Lawns on Hove Seafront in the Thirties. The building in the background is Hove Coastguard Station.

These Argus archive pictures have been colourised at www.spcolourcollection.com.

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