Bare cheek: Brighton bus names explained

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

G.K. Chesterton (No. 10C) – a short story by the writer and theologian, The Secret Of The Statue, which appears in the 1919 collection
The Idiocy Of Father Brown makes reference to a curate who “studied briefly in Peacehaven.”

Pimple (No. 98) – An image of the sidekick to Native American racial stereotype Beano character Little Plum was used as decoration for a particularly strong form of ‘blotter acid’ LSD, popular at the University of Sussex between 1988 and 1992.

Hannibal Lector (No. 17B) – The fictional serial killer and cannibal’s picture was used in an advert for an ill-judged “all you can eat” offer from a seafront pizzeria in 1993.

Larry Taylor (No. 83) – The bass player from Canned Heat was rumoured to be behind a rejuvenation project for the West Pier in the early noughties, although this later came to nothing.

Alice Thomas Ellis (No. 401) – The novelist’s childhood nickname was “Pebbles.”

Hove factually

FIVE MORE FACTS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT FANTABULOUS HOVE

1 It is well known that Queen Mary said that, when she died the name ”Calais” would be found carved on her heart; what is less well known is she also claimed that “Hove” would be found engraved on her colon.

2 In order to obtain an HGV licence in Hove an applicant must be over 45, a virgin, above five feet three inches in height, and able to whistle the theme tune to Some Mothers Do ’Ave ’Em.

3 Due to the misunderstanding of a remark made by Henry VIII during a royal visit in 1539, inhabitants of Hove go straight from age 22 to 24, missing out 23 entirely.

4 The first draft of Walt Disney’s Snow White originally included an eighth dwarf, “Hovey”, who was middle-aged, retired, Jewish, and keen on jigsaw puzzles.

5 The only three manmade landmarks on the earth that are visible from the moon are the Great Wall of China, the Great Pyramid of Giza and Hove Lagoon.

First Try Lyrics – Famous Advert Jingles Special

Gain a fascinating insight into the creative process as we examine the original drafts of those famous advertising jingles that didn’t get it quite right first time:

MOULINEX
Moulinex makes things simple,
and that includes Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle.

CADBURY’S WHOLENUT
Nuts! Whole hazelnuts! Cadbury’s take ’em and I sing this like a racist.

PEPSI COLA
Lipsmackin’ thirstquenchin’ foultastin’ motivatin’ goodbuzzin’ cooltalkin’ highwalkin’ fastlivin’ evergivin’ coolfizzin’ Pepsi

TERRY’S ALL GOLD
See the face you love light up with vitiligo.

WALLS’ CORNETTO
Just one Cornetto/ Give it to me!/ Delicious ice cream/ From East Acton.

BRITISH GAS
Cook, cook, cook – cook-ability! That’s a neologism.

In & Out

In
• Frosted glass
• Kilvert’s Diary
• Drop scones
• I Didn’t Know You Cared
• Cleggmania

Out
• Kidney stones
• Lytton’s Diary
• John Wayne Bobbit
• Nancy Friday
• Ear wax