Lovely to see Portslade-By-Sea, where I live, again featured on The Bald Explorer! Historically Portslade and Hangleton were the wealthiest parishes in the whole of Brighton and Hove. St Nicolas Church is very beautiful inside and has some ancient gravestones. The old brewery, which still has it’s original chimney, is being converted from a factory, where years ago I worked for the NHS, in to residential units. Thankfully the conversion is being done very well and within keeping with the local style. Sadly the church summer fair, and another held at Emmaus, have been cancelled this year due to the lockdown. I also did some work with the residents and staff at Emmaus which is a superb charity. Their very popular cafe, which is currently closed, sells delicious hot and cold foods, and non alcoholic drinks, at very reasonable prices. Some 35 years ago I professionally visited the original convent which looked after women who had learning difficulties. The nearby Mikeoak Farm, with it’s shop and cafe, are well worth a visit. Their lovely summer country fair has also been cancelled but hopefully it will resume next year 👍
I have only ever viewed Portslade from the confines of a railway carriage, which looked to be a grimy industrial dump next to the harbour. I had no idea that just to the north was such a pretty village! Thank you for taking us there.
Lovely video Richard. Some of those old houses were beautiful-I love it when they are faced with flint and there is something about old churches that I enjoy too.
Morning Richard, loved today's video especially as I live just behind Portslade old village off Fox Way, and take my daily exercise walk down through the High Street (but not as early as yourself) . You could have popped in for breakfast with us ! At one point I was shouting "You've gone the wrong way!".... So glad you were soon back on track down Drove Road. I daily use a bridle path between the schools there which I've seen on an 18th century map. Yes lots more to explore for sure. Thanks so much for coming out this far .
Richard I love your restful walks around Sussex and its countryside, I am in East Sussex and you take me to places I have never seen myself, my father was born in Portslade 1921, he called it the fag end of Brighton, looking back from 2024 they have an almost lost world feel about them and its been only three years, thank you.
Hi Richard great vid , i lived in hangleton for nearly 30 years my dad still lives there in chichester close ( 1 street up from the old railway track to the right ) on your stick your neck out moment the track you found is in fact man made in the last 20 years as that area was then part of the old west hove golf course which they let overgrow when changing the road layout by adding the roundabout and connecting to the by pass , also the charity place down drove rd as well as being and old school was also once a work house , loving your vids keep them coming
Born and bred in Brighton but now live in San Francisco. When I was a little lad me and my mum and dad would drive from Hove to Portslade (Halliburton Road) to see my uncle and aunt, and then on to Rottingdean for tea
Great to see the beauty of parts of the old Portslade rather than the areas viewed from the car down by the harbour. I often go and have a look around Emmaus , hoping for their sake it can open again soon . It used to be a convent and I actually know that a cousin of a friend of mine lived there in the care of the nuns. The building covered in scaffolding , the old brewery which ceased work in the 1930s was then used by a shirt maker and was HQ of a local TA division. The buildings were taken over by Le Carbone a French company which I understand employed many local peolple over the years.BTW not sycamore but Virginia Creeper - the stuff that turns a beautiful colour in the Autumn
Richard that path used to take you to old golf course back towards were sainsburys is now and when I was kid the club house used ealk there alot with late nan who lived in elim drive
If I could visit the UK again (would want to go via floo powder, not a virus-infected overcrowded airplane), I'd want to visit the countryside via your walks through old pathways and by country churches. London is so 20th c.
I've only the 1912 edition, but in it, Cooke does mention the walk from Portslade Station to Hangleton Place as an opener to the chapter, so it's a fair bet he found the way you did...probably went astray like you did too...we all do it and you had the good grace not to cover it up! Wonder where exactly was the "wood for three hogs" at "Hangeton" apparently mentioned in Domesday? Cooke mentions that even back at the turn of the last century it had largely disappeared except for a few Elms...clearly the landscape had evolved a fair bit since the Conqueror's day, presumably in the interests of first hunting and then agriculture...the Downs we'd all like to hark back on are in many ways just as much an artificial construct as our present day view...sobering thought brought on perhaps by the pandemic, but I wonder how long (or little) it'd take nature to revert if we weren't around any more? Cheers! Dave
If I didn't own up people would soon tell me! Lovely to have the 1912 edition. I have a beautiful 1909 edition of Download Songs and Idylls leather bound.
@@RichardVobes I saw that on today's film Richard, and whilst I love the look of the thing, and envy you the pleasure of touching it, from what you're saying I don't think I'd be reading it a great deal, and ultimately it'd probably be wasted on me...though come to think of it I've a number of books in my collection I haven't actually re-read in years...I suppose I always reason that I just might...and to be sure, occasionally I do pick up and read something like that I've had for years, so there is a certain comfort in the knowledge they're there...they're a bit like old friends really!
Wonderful walk Richard! Portslade had some really old stone houses. I remember the vid you did on the ruined old 12th Century Manor House. Seemed like you were wishing you had a drone to be able ro ger in to look at it. You got exited about the old van at the end but I was going to ask you thay was your new "camper van" you passed at :25?😄 Some how I feel there should be a joke about you getting lost Fox Way, but I actually have a very good sense of direction!😉
Richard! great vid again, I love to see your particular take on the English countryside, and your "Quest for England" but obviously this is far to narrow an objective for the quality of very visual vids that you do?, I want you to get on with your "Bed in a Car" and explore Britain! especially the North (and Wales please, because its facinating and visually stunning as well). I think there is NO end to the actual places you can detail in a fantastic way. (I have been to Brighton & Hove a few times mainly on the coast but I am in awe of the places just a few miles inland that you have explored and set out on film). This is why you have just got to get thyself as many other places as possible because your Forte is Detail, and it all needs to be recorded visually and your the man with the expertise to do it.
Very fetching short pants there Richard al a Elton John in Tommy fame, minus the many holed Doc's. Is there any evidence of rope making thereabouts, it being close to the coast?
Lovely to see Portslade-By-Sea, where I live, again featured on The Bald Explorer! Historically Portslade and Hangleton were the wealthiest parishes in the whole of Brighton and Hove. St Nicolas Church is very beautiful inside and has some ancient gravestones. The old brewery, which still has it’s original chimney, is being converted from a factory, where years ago I worked for the NHS, in to residential units. Thankfully the conversion is being done very well and within keeping with the local style. Sadly the church summer fair, and another held at Emmaus, have been cancelled this year due to the lockdown. I also did some work with the residents and staff at Emmaus which is a superb charity. Their very popular cafe, which is currently closed, sells delicious hot and cold foods, and non alcoholic drinks, at very reasonable prices. Some 35 years ago I professionally visited the original convent which looked after women who had learning difficulties. The nearby Mikeoak Farm, with it’s shop and cafe, are well worth a visit. Their lovely summer country fair has also been cancelled but hopefully it will resume next year 👍
I saw the chimney all covered up - great to know it is being kept. A lovely looking old brewery too.
I have only ever viewed Portslade from the confines of a railway carriage, which looked to be a grimy industrial dump next to the harbour. I had no idea that just to the north was such a pretty village! Thank you for taking us there.
How very true Nigel.
Good walk old way paths nice old building bit off hills climbing enjoy it thank you
Lovely video Richard. Some of those old houses were beautiful-I love it when they are faced with flint and there is something about old churches that I enjoy too.
Just timeless
Morning Richard, loved today's video especially as I live just behind Portslade old village off Fox Way, and take my daily exercise walk down through the High Street (but not as early as yourself) . You could have popped in for breakfast with us ! At one point I was shouting "You've gone the wrong way!".... So glad you were soon back on track down Drove Road. I daily use a bridle path between the schools there which I've seen on an 18th century map. Yes lots more to explore for sure. Thanks so much for coming out this far .
My pleasure. I will be round for egg and bacon tomorrow then! :)
Lovely walk Richard.....love them old houses!! x
Cheers, Hazel.
Another fantastic video
Thank you
Lovely video, thank you for posting.
I'm fascinated by those flint walled houses! They must have taken a bit of time to build and the craftsmanship is very apparent.
And lasted so long too!
Lovely walk Richard. You know your by the sea when you hear those seagulls haha. Thankyou :)
Don't you just!
Richard I love your restful walks around Sussex and its countryside, I am in East Sussex and you take me to places I have never seen myself, my father was born in Portslade 1921, he called it the fag end of Brighton, looking back from 2024 they have an almost lost world feel about them and its been only three years, thank you.
Hi Richard great vid , i lived in hangleton for nearly 30 years my dad still lives there in chichester close ( 1 street up from the old railway track to the right ) on your stick your neck out moment the track you found is in fact man made in the last 20 years as that area was then part of the old west hove golf course which they let overgrow when changing the road layout by adding the roundabout and connecting to the by pass , also the charity place down drove rd as well as being and old school was also once a work house , loving your vids keep them coming
Thanks so much for the extra info.
Born and bred in Brighton but now live in San Francisco. When I was a little lad me and my mum and dad would drive from Hove to Portslade (Halliburton Road) to see my uncle and aunt, and then on to Rottingdean for tea
Great to see the beauty of parts of the old Portslade rather than the areas viewed from the car down by the harbour. I often go and have a look around Emmaus , hoping for their sake it can open again soon . It used to be a convent and I actually know that a cousin of a friend of mine lived there in the care of the nuns. The building covered in scaffolding , the old brewery which ceased work in the 1930s was then used by a shirt maker and was HQ of a local TA division. The buildings were taken over by Le Carbone a French company which I understand employed many local peolple over the years.BTW not sycamore but Virginia Creeper - the stuff that turns a beautiful colour in the Autumn
Yes, thank you I couldn't remember the name of the plant!
Oh Virginia Creeper - thanks Linda - very similar leaves to Sycamore.
Just after that roundabout, down the road before reaching the bus stop is a secret pathway though the trees (on the left) it’s beautiful in there
Richard that path used to take you to old golf course back towards were sainsburys is now and when I was kid the club house used ealk there alot with late nan who lived in elim drive
and I used to deliver newspapers to that very Clubhouse early in the morning when it was dark and wet and windy!!!
Great video, Richard, I never knew Portslade was so lovely. You must have got up pretty early to do this one!
If I could visit the UK again (would want to go via floo powder, not a virus-infected overcrowded airplane), I'd want to visit the countryside via your walks through old pathways and by country churches. London is so 20th c.
So true.
Very beautiful the United Kingdom. Thanks for the video mister Richard vobes.
I've only the 1912 edition, but in it, Cooke does mention the walk from Portslade Station to Hangleton Place as an opener to the chapter, so it's a fair bet he found the way you did...probably went astray like you did too...we all do it and you had the good grace not to cover it up!
Wonder where exactly was the "wood for three hogs" at "Hangeton" apparently mentioned in Domesday? Cooke mentions that even back at the turn of the last century it had largely disappeared except for a few Elms...clearly the landscape had evolved a fair bit since the Conqueror's day, presumably in the interests of first hunting and then agriculture...the Downs we'd all like to hark back on are in many ways just as much an artificial construct as our present day view...sobering thought brought on perhaps by the pandemic, but I wonder how long (or little) it'd take nature to revert if we weren't around any more?
Cheers!
Dave
If I didn't own up people would soon tell me! Lovely to have the 1912 edition. I have a beautiful 1909 edition of Download Songs and Idylls leather bound.
@@RichardVobes I saw that on today's film Richard, and whilst I love the look of the thing, and envy you the pleasure of touching it, from what you're saying I don't think I'd be reading it a great deal, and ultimately it'd probably be wasted on me...though come to think of it I've a number of books in my collection I haven't actually re-read in years...I suppose I always reason that I just might...and to be sure, occasionally I do pick up and read something like that I've had for years, so there is a certain comfort in the knowledge they're there...they're a bit like old friends really!
Wonderful walk Richard! Portslade had some really old stone houses. I remember the vid you did on the ruined old 12th Century Manor House. Seemed like you were wishing you had a drone to be able ro ger in to look at it. You got exited about the old van at the end but I was going to ask you thay was your new "camper van" you passed at :25?😄 Some how I feel there should be a joke about you getting lost Fox Way, but I actually have a very good sense of direction!😉
Great look, just blow my mind, front door strait onto the footpath then road. just do not see that here. (New Zealand that is)
Foredown hill used to have a tower there. I believe it was for water.
Nice one, I did like that👍
Richard! great vid again, I love to see your particular take on the English countryside, and your "Quest for England" but obviously this is far to narrow an objective for the quality of very visual vids that you do?, I want you to get on with your "Bed in a Car" and explore Britain! especially the North (and Wales please, because its facinating and visually stunning as well).
I think there is NO end to the actual places you can detail in a fantastic way. (I have been to Brighton & Hove a few times mainly on the coast but I am in awe of the places just a few miles inland that you have explored and set out on film).
This is why you have just got to get thyself as many other places as possible because your Forte is Detail, and it all needs to be recorded visually and your the man with the expertise to do it.
I look forward to your donation to help me start.
10:18 - Its not Sycamore.it is Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquifolia)
Very fetching short pants there Richard al a Elton John in Tommy fame, minus the many holed Doc's. Is there any evidence of rope making thereabouts, it being close to the coast?
Rope making - there must be.
The actual ancient track is Drove Road.