Brighton & Hove on This Day: History, Facts & Figures from Every Day of the Year - Hardcover

Brighton & Hove On This Day revisits all the most magical and memorable moments from the two towns' pulsating history, mixing in a maelstrom of quirky anecdotes and legendary characters to produce an irresistibly dippable Brighton and Hove diary - with an entry for every day of the year. From Brighton's first market in 1313 and 7,000 Brightonians feasting at the first unofficial Brighton Festival in 1817, to bear-baiting in Bear Road and digging the deepest well in the world at Woodingdean - here are the people and events that have helped shape our marvellous cultural melting pot, long synonymous with creativity, music, hedonism, freedom and tolerance. Read Brighton & Hove On This Day, and you'll discover hundreds of nefarious, salacious, humorous, ridiculous, statistical, whimsical and historical things you never knew you needed to know about the nation's favourite seaside resort.

Dan Tester is the author of Brighton & Hove Albion On This Day, and has also penned a tome on men named Michael! Dan has spent the majority of his life in Brighton & Hove and has a great passion for the place. A copywriter by trade, he also puts on funk and soul nights and co-presents Radio Reverb's monthly Family Funktunes show.