The Royal Pavilion is a former Royal palace built as the home for the Prince Regent during the early 1800s and is notable for its Indian architecture and Oriental interior design. The building and surrounding grounds were purchased by the town in 1849 for £53,000.
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Thursday, 1 May 2008
Brighton,The Royal Pavilion, April 2008
The Royal Pavilion is a former Royal palace built as the home for the Prince Regent during the early 1800s and is notable for its Indian architecture and Oriental interior design. The building and surrounding grounds were purchased by the town in 1849 for £53,000.
Brighton, April 2008
"We are the music makers and the dreamers of dreams." (We all think this is from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory - the original film - but it is actually taken from a poem by Arthur William Edgar O'Shaughnessy).
Brighton, April 2008
Brighton has a large pier with carnival rides on it - sort of like Coney Island, I suppose. There were gulls everywhere, and one came and stole a piece of bread from a man's hands as he lifted it to his lips to eat.
Brighton, April 2008
Erik on the Whirl-I-Gig or Whats-a-doodle or Swing-a-round or whatever it was called.
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