NOW IS THE WINTER OF OUR DISCONTENT...
Where is he now? Moat likely gone. This picture was taken at the back of Smiths in Churchill Square - 20 odd years before the revamp. Nothing much changes, just the facade. Before he became Prime Minister, that nice Mr. Major was to condemn a much younger generation to a life on the streets, with the stroke of a pen.
Though it's the same now in many ways, Brighton was a different place back then. Everyone was depressed, Thatcher was on the scene, rubbish was piling up in the streets and personal freedom was going to the wall.
This page attempts to reflect the side of Brighton away from the music scene. Churchill Square has had a revamp but it's still the same old Churchill Square...except now there's the effin' Mall...
I think I'm right in saying the Public House Bookshop survived from its beginnings around the time of the summer of love back in 1967, right through to the punk days. Now it is a book shop no more, in fact it's reverted back to being a pub. You could find all manner of radical alternative literature in there and in the punk days it sold fanzines from all over. It was also a great meeting place.
The North Star Stiudios at one time housed a print shop in the days before desk top publishing. Many bands used the cheap printing facilities.