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Brighton bus names explained

We explain the connections to Brighton of those names emblazoned on the front of local buses…

Perry Mason (No. 106) – In a 1959 episode of his eponymous TV show, ‘The Case Of The Dizzy Debutante’, the fictional attorney defended a character called Jim Brighton.

Akira Kurosawa (No. 19A) – The acclaimed Japanese director of ‘The Seven Samurai’ and ‘Rashomon’ was chairman of Brighton and Hove Football Club between 1979 and 1982.

The Reynolds Girls (No. 83) – The 1989 I’d Rather Jack one-hit-wonders recorded a never-released follow-up single in 1990; a cover version of Brighton-born Chesney Allen’s ‘Underneath The Arches’.

Gene Autry (No. 88) – The cowboy film star’s saddlebags were made by Geo. Stubbs and Co. Leatherworkers of Hove between 1950 and 1951.

Alain de Botton (No. 10B) – The bald pop philosopher and writer gives, in his 2006 book The Architecture Of Happiness, an acrostic suggesting the path to a rich and fulfilling life which spells P.O.R.T.S.L.A.D.E.

Porkpie (No. 55) – The lovably shiftless Desmond’s character trademark hat was purchased from D & K Rosen in 1987.

Oliver Tobias (No. 21E) – The actor’s body double, in racy 1978 Jackie Collins adaptation
‘The Stud’, was former Brighton and Hove councillor Nimrod Ping.

In & out

In
• Goose grass
• Saying “cobblers!”
• Del Amitri
• The Good Old Days
• Snakes on a Plane

Out
• Chewing nuts
• Sudoku
• Double entry book-keeping
• Flubber

Corner

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