Brighton for the day...
The Pug needs a big service so we leave it at Peter Waugh’s Car Hire for Peter and Tony to attend to first thing on Monday Morning and catch the train to Brighton via Gatwick Airport for the day, it’s cold with a thin sun showing up every now and then… we have a lovely day at the Brighton Pavilion, the Pier and wandering through the many interesting Shopping Lanes. The Pavilion has been beautifully restored from when we saw it last so it was a real thrill to see it looking so lovely… the kitchens and dining room just blow you away! http://www.royalpavilion.org.uk/
On one of our trips to Brighton in 1977/8 I was doing some shopping while David took the three children to see the Historic Commercial Vehicles all lined up on the Sea Front, Briony was in a pappose on his back while Nerys aged 5 and Tomos aged 3 were walking along with him… he popped into a bus to have a closer look just at same time as some do-gooder noticed the two children on their own and asked them where there parents were… they looked around and said they didn’t know so instead of waiting with the kids she whisked them away. I arrived some time later to a frantic David asking if I had the children… all you with children will know how we felt as we, with several police, searched the sea front for more than 90 minutes. Eventually I found them sitting in the Police Hut right on the entrance to the Pier. Why the Police looking for the kids with walkie talkies didn’t talk to the Police in the hut I will never know but they were safe and enjoying some sweets, Tom was becoming a bit distressed and had tears when he saw me but Nerys was being the good little mother that she has now become in real life and had her arm around him for comfort… comfort for them both probably. I found the Police Hut but it is now a Souvenir Shop.
The Blue building used to be a Police Hut.
This is where the Commercial Vehicles were parked all along the seafront... it was a long search.
I love these White Cliffs.
On one of our trips to Brighton in 1977/8 I was doing some shopping while David took the three children to see the Historic Commercial Vehicles all lined up on the Sea Front, Briony was in a pappose on his back while Nerys aged 5 and Tomos aged 3 were walking along with him… he popped into a bus to have a closer look just at same time as some do-gooder noticed the two children on their own and asked them where there parents were… they looked around and said they didn’t know so instead of waiting with the kids she whisked them away. I arrived some time later to a frantic David asking if I had the children… all you with children will know how we felt as we, with several police, searched the sea front for more than 90 minutes. Eventually I found them sitting in the Police Hut right on the entrance to the Pier. Why the Police looking for the kids with walkie talkies didn’t talk to the Police in the hut I will never know but they were safe and enjoying some sweets, Tom was becoming a bit distressed and had tears when he saw me but Nerys was being the good little mother that she has now become in real life and had her arm around him for comfort… comfort for them both probably. I found the Police Hut but it is now a Souvenir Shop.
The Blue building used to be a Police Hut.
This is where the Commercial Vehicles were parked all along the seafront... it was a long search.
I love these White Cliffs.
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