Seven Dials residents have begun a David and Goliath battle with Network Rail. The Hove Cutting Campaign was launched to stop Network Rail from destroying lush vegetation and thriving wildlife along the steep railway cutting that runs between Dyke Road bridge and Montefiore Road bridge in Hove. The proposed project is scheduled to begin on 29 February. Residents hope that local councillors will help bring the two sides together at a meeting to put pressure on Network Rail management to consider alternative ways to achieve their objective of maintaining the safety and efficient use of the track without outright destruction of the rail-side vegetation. Continue reading Hove Cutting Campaign
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West Hill Doors
Thanks to intrepid 13-year old Abby Hunt of West Hill Street who sent in this montage of West Hill Christmas door decorations.
The Great Sixteen
Peter Batten celebrates the great Muggsy Spanier…
My title will probably mean nothing to most of you. Even if you are a jazz fan your enthusiasm and knowledge may not extend back much beyond the 1950s. It refers to a series of recordings made between 1939 and 1940 by a jazz band called ‘Muggsy Spanier and His Ragtimers’.
Muggsy, real name Francis Joseph Spanier, was born in Chicago in 1906. By the early 1920s he was already a professional cornet player. He was to continue playing that instrument for the rest of his career, although most cornet players had switched to the trumpet by the end of the 1920s. Chicago at that time was becoming the jazz centre of the USA. Many influential jazz musicians had come up the river from New Orleans, including Joe ‘King’ Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton and the young Louis Armstrong. Jazz bands could be heard at night in many parts of the City. Muggsy soon became an accomplished jazz soloist. Continue reading The Great Sixteen
Brighton Science Festival
This year’s month-long Brighton Science Festival features 70+ events taking place at nearly 40 venues around Brighton and beyond – from churches and galleries to a village pub and Brighton beach itself.
Festival Director, Richard Robinson, was formerly an actor, puppeteer and a founder member of TV satire show Spitting Image. He has also written nearly 20 books on science, including the best-selling ‘Why The Toast Always Lands Butter-Side Down’. Continue reading Brighton Science Festival
Residents say NO to Terminus Road Taxi Rank proposal
Over 80 local residents gathered in West Hill Hall on Tuesday 8 December to discuss the Council’s proposals for moving the Taxi Rank at Brighton Station to Terminus Road for a trial period, (a proposal which the Council’s own report had deemed not viable). When taxis had been sited there on a temporary basis during the re-layout works round station in the summer, traffic chaos, pollution and unacceptable noise had plagued residents, businesses, and station users. Continue reading Residents say NO to Terminus Road Taxi Rank proposal
The Whistler 