This is an article which I wrote some months ago in another local magazine on the history of the communal bin scheme. I thought it might prove of interest for some residents in the area …

 
 
In November 1822, the Sussex Weekly Advertiser reported that; ‘Two elegant new squares are talked of to skirt the East and the West of the town’. One was Kemp Town and the other, Brunswick Town …

 
As we approach the end of the year our editor, Tony Davenport, went to meet the Leader of Brighton & Hove City Council, Councillor Mary Mears for a chin-wag about our city, over a nice …

It was the summer of 2003 when we first were introduced to the sad, boarded up house at No. 54 Waterloo Street. It had once been a magnificent Regency terrace, but long ago had been …

Living in Brighton and Hove we encounter some unique security challenges that make success in criminal careers easier for the unsavoury. Many of the homes in our neighbourhoods are split into flats with too many …

Japan’s bullet train move aside – Brighton is on-track to be the envy of civilised world. You’ve seen the press reports, heard the endless quotes from councillors including Gill Mitchell and Geoffrey Theobald, been deluged …

Once upon a time Brighton (and Hove actually) had twelve bandstands. They were in our parks and on our seafront. The bandstand in Queen’s park was very ornate, while the bandstand in St. Anne’s Well …

The South Downs Way, stretching for a hundred miles from Winchester to Eastbourne, is one of Britain’s National Trails. Justifiably designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, it offers stretches of peace and isolation almost …