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unusual facts about Wykeham Terrace, Brighton



1983 FA Cup Final

The first game is famous for the Radio commentary quote by Peter Jones "...and Smith must score" talking about a shot by Gordon Smith which was actually a save by the Manchester United goalkeeper Gary Bailey; the quote was subsequently used as a title for a Brighton Fanzine.

20–22 Marlborough Place, Brighton

Brighton developed into a fashionable resort in the 18th and 19th centuries, with Old Steine as one of its focal points.

Allston–Brighton

They are connected to the Fenway/Kenmore area of Boston by a tiny strip of land containing Boston University along the Charles River, with Brookline lying to the south and southeast, Cambridge to the north and Newton to the west, so they retain a very distinct neighbourhood identity together.

Arnold Ruge

From this Ruge soon withdrew, and in 1850, Ruge moved to Brighton to live as a teacher and writer.

On a smaller scale, while in Brighton, he was chairman of the successful Park Crescent Residents' Association.

Axminster Carpets

The company produced Axminster carpets for: the music room of the Royal Pavilion, Brighton; Chatsworth House; Powderham Castle; Saltram House; and Warwick Castle.

Bernhard Baron

Despite these activities, his fortune, on his death at Brighton, amounted to £5 millions.

Brighton and Hove Motor Club

In 1948 the club moved into premises in the arches under Dukes Mound on the seafront at Brighton and have remained there ever since.

Brighton sewers

Brighton, part of the city of Brighton and Hove in England, United Kingdom, has an extensive system of Victorian sewers running under the town, and a large modern storm drain under the beach.

Brighton United F.C.

Maurice Parry played for Brighton United in the 1899–00 season, before having a long career with Liverpool and making 16 appearances for Wales.

Brighton, Missouri

Brighton, Missouri is revealed to be the boyhood home of Sergeant Matthew Baker, the fictional protagionist in the 2007 Ubisoft Xbox 360, PC and PlayStation 3 game, Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway.

Brighton, South Australia

Brighton was the home of Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer and academic Sir Douglas Mawson.

CDS Global

The company employs over 2,500 individuals worldwide, with sites located on three continents; Australia (Sydney), Europe (Market Harborough; Brighton), and North America (Boone, Iowa; Council Bluffs, Iowa; Harlan, Iowa; Tipton, Iowa; West Des Moines, Iowa; Wilton, Iowa; Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Prescott, Arizona; New York City; Markham, Ontario; and Montreal).

Charles Gilbert Heathcote

From 1884 to 1902, Heathcote was a Stipendiary Magistrate for Brighton.

Copper Family

Originally from Rottingdean, near Brighton, Sussex, England, the nucleus of the family now live in the neighbouring village of Peacehaven.

Danny Rampling

While still playing House and Garage sets, Rampling also began to headline at harder, trancier parties, e.g. 'South', at The Zap Club, in Brighton.

David Courtney

Courtney was also responsible for introducing the first Walk of Fame cultural attraction in the UK, located in Brighton.

Eleanor Glencross

She unsuccessfully ran for public office three times as an independent candidate: for Henty federally in 1922, Brighton at state level in 1928, and Martin federally in 1943.

Frederick Illingworth

After his resignation from the Legislative Assembly in August 1907, he must have returned to Victoria, for he died at Brighton, Victoria on 8 September 1908, and was buried in Melbourne Cemetery.

Furnace Green

National Cycle Route 20 passes through Furnace Green, entering via Tilgate Drive from Three Bridges, to the north, at the point where it passes over the Horsham railway line and continuing south into Tilgate Forest en route for Brighton.

G. H. Elliott

G. H. Elliott retired to Rottingdean, Brighton where he lived in a cottage he named "Silvery Moon" after his song "I Used to Sigh for the Silvery Moon".

Gay Divorce

To take his mind off his lost love, his friend Teddy Egbert, a British attorney, takes him to Brighton Beach, where Egbert has arranged for a "paid co-respondent" to assist his client in obtaining a divorce from her boring, aging, geologist husband Robert.

Glitters Like Gold

'Glitters Like Gold' featured throughout the February and March 2012 tour at venues in London, Edinburgh, Brighton and Leeds, and opens fifth LP In the Belly of the Brazen Bull.

John A. Kelly

In 1952, the family settled in Brighton, Massachusetts and his father continued to work for Corn Products in South Boston.

John Bramley-Moore

He died at Brighton on 19 November 1886, aged 86, and was buried at St. Michael's-in-the-Hamlet, Toxteth Park, Liverpool.

John H. Boylan

He was raised and educated in Brighton, Vermont, and was employed as a general storekeeper (matériel manager) for the Central Vermont, Canadian National and Grand Trunk railroads.

John Roman Baker

From 1990-1996 the Brighton and Edinburgh Festivals often saw the first performances of his new plays.

Kennington Road

With the growing popularity of Brighton as a resort in the later eighteenth century it became part of the route there, used by George IV on his excursions there and later for other London to Brighton events such as the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run.

Kings Manor Community College

Local newspaper The Argus commented upon the irony of the school's first pupil to go onto the University of Oxford in the same year that Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families Ed Balls threatened the school with closure.

Komedia

In 1998 the company moved into a former Tesco supermarket on Gardner Street in the North Laine area of Brighton.

La mascotte

It was translated into English and staged at Abbey's Park Theatre in New York City on 5 May 1881, and in Brighton, England on 19 September the same year.

Luigi Arditi

He died at Hove, near Brighton (England), and is buried in Hove Cemetery.

Noah Worcester

Three years later, in 1813 he accepted an invitation to edit the The Christian Disciple, a Boston-based periodical founded by the eminent Unitarian minister William Ellery Channing and others, and moved to Brighton, Massachusetts.

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College, Sydney

It draws most of its students from the immediate local area and from Brighton-Le-Sands/Sans Souci.

Paul Ifill

After rejection from Watford's youth team as a 16-year-old, Ifill returned to his home town, Brighton.

Prince's Skating Club

It began playing challenge matches in early 1897, initially against the three existing teams in England: Niagara, Brighton and the Royal Engineers.

Radio Milinda

Although it has been stated that the power output was of 50 Watts, Radio Milinda had QSLs from Wales, Brighton and other locations in the United Kingdom.

Ralf Rangnick

This was to prove his level, as he played at a string of small lowly clubs, including a stint at English non-league side Southwick while studying English on a guest year at the University of Sussex in Brighton where Rangnick studied astrophysics and was shortlisted to join the FGR's Space Programme.

Rose Elinor Dougall

Dougall joined The Pipettes in 2003 after being introduced to the initial line-up by Monster Bobby at The Basketmakers pub in Brighton.

Rudolf Dulon

In November 1849 he protected the leftist Arnold Ruge, granting him church asylum from an impending arrestation, and organised a further hiding place at Hermann Allmers's, before finding refuge in Brighton.

Sean Bury

Sean Bury (born in Brighton, Sussex, England on 15 August 1954) is a British television and film actor, best known for his lead role as Paul Harrison in Lewis Gilbert's 1971 film Friends and the 1974 sequel Paul and Michelle.

Second, Minute or Hour

The music video shows the singer running along the raised section of promenade on Brighton Beach.

St John the Baptist's Church, Brighton

Many refugees from the French Revolution settled in Brighton after escaping from France; and Maria Fitzherbert, a twice-widowed Catholic, began a relationship with the Prince Regent (and secretly married him in 1785 in a ceremony which was illegal according to the Act of Settlement 1701 and the Royal Marriages Act 1772).

The Advertisement

The Advertisement was given its world premiere at the Theatre Royal in Brighton, Great Britain, in a production by the National Theatre, and subsequently transferred to London's Old Vic Theatre, in 1968.

The Hard Interchange

It offers bus and coach transport, and the neighbouring Portsmouth Harbour Station provides trains to London, Cardiff and Brighton.

The Kooks

Calling The Kooks "an important reminder that there are just as many mediocre bands in the UK as there are in the United States" reviewer Jenny Eliscu of Rolling Stone claimed the album was "utterly forgettable, shoddily produced retro rock that at its worst sounds like a Brighton-accented version of the Spin Doctors".

Thomas Read Kemp

He conceived and developed the Regency-style Kemp Town estate in Brighton on the south coast of England.

Tony Forrester

In 2010, he won the Brighton Four Stars A Final, with team mates Alexander Allfrey, Andrew Robson and Peter Crouch.

Ulmus glabra 'Lutescens'

There are two notable TROBI Champion trees in England, at Pickering Park, Anlaby, measuring 16 m high by 79 cm d.b.h. in 2004, and in Dyke Road Place, Brighton, 16 m high by 76 cm d.b.h. in 2006.

Younsmere Hundred

For most of the Younsmere hundred's existence it included the parishes of Rottingdean (including the detached Balsdean chapelry), Ovingdean and Falmer (including Balmer), i.e. the parishes covering a block of downland east of Brighton.


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