Events
On the Back of a Postcard – 28th March 2024
How was Brighton experienced, historically, as a place for flirtation and attraction? As quiz shows used to say, answers were submitted on the back of postcards. Through a survey of Brighton Museum’s c.10,000 cards, this talk reveals suggestive glimpses of Edwardian assignations on pleasure gardens and piers, written in teasing … Read more
Find out moreCaptain Camp and the Bottom Scratchers – 25th April 2024
Paul Farrington has swam in the sea by the Palace Pier nearly everyday since 2009. As a graphic designer he has always loved printed ephemera, old photographs, letterpress posters and films. In 2011, he applied for funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund to tell the story of Brighton Swimming Club … Read more
Find out moreThe Extraordinary Life and Times of Thomas Kemp of Kemptown – 23rd May 2024
In 1823, local landowner Thomas Kemp conceived the idea of a magnificent new and fashionable estate east of Brighton that was to bear his name. Things did not go as well as he had hoped! Come and listen to a talk which tells the story of this fascinating man and … Read more
Find out moreWhat the Sixties did to/for Brighton – 27th June 2024
The sixties was a decade of enormous change: from tower blocks, traffic jams and Sussex University to supermarkets, alternative lifestyles and mods and rockers. This talk will draw on the wealth of photographic and other evidence to chart and perhaps explain the era of ‘You’ve never had it so good’. … Read more
Find out moreDaniel Defoe’s tour of South East England 1724 – 18th July 2024
Daniel Defoe is known to all as the author of Robinson Crusoe, but he was much more than the country’s first novelist. In 1724 was published his ‘Whole tour of the island of Great Britain’ and this talk will look at his journey through SE England in particular, 300 years … Read more
Find out moreExhibitions
CONTEMPORARY PIER POSTERS 30th September 2023
The next exhibition at the West Pier Centre is Contemporary Pier Posters by Nicky Thompson, which will also include a new image of the West Pier especially created for this exhibition. Nicky is a graphic designer, illustrator, lecturer and occasional fine artist and since 1994 he has owned and managed … Read more
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