THIS wonderful picture shows people dancing at Brighton Dome.
It’s thought to be about 1950, maybe earlier, and the balloons suspended from the ceiling, waiting to be released, suggest it was a New Year’s Eve party.
The Dome had been used for dancing regularly throughout the Second World War. One night a bomb fell in the Pavilion Gardens and everybody hit the floor – but organist Douglas Reeve carried on playing.
To this day one of the rear exterior pillars of the Dome leans outward due to the blast.
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Stanmer, circa 1948
Our other Argus archive pictures today show Stanmer village a few years apart – one shot is around 1948 and the other around 1954. Somehow it hasn’t changed all that much.
Stanmer, circa 1954
These great pictures have been colourised at www.spcolourcollection.com
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