Anyone Know Where This Is?

[Arthur Little]

Brighton.....amazing eh...

... INDEED!

"During World War I ...

... ... bit before EVEN MY time!

... a former Royal Palace in England ...

... ... WHOSE WAS it? Henry Tudor's?

... was converted into a hospital for soldiers of the British Indian Army
This is the story of wounded turbaned warriors from the battlefields of France sent to the hospitals of Brighton"

http://www.sikhmuseum.com/brighton/

And ... instead of returning to the Sub-Continent ... they sallied forth (like "Willies of Normandy" with their "conkers") amongst the Sassenach and multiplied! Tut tut!

[lastlid]

... ... WHOSE WAS it? Henry Tudor's?

Evidently not....

"The Royal Pavilion is a former royal residence located in Brighton, England. It was built in three campaigns, beginning in 1787, as a seaside retreat for George, Prince of Wales, from 1811 Prince Regent. It is often referred to as the Brighton Pavilion. It is built in the Indo-Saracenic style prevalent in India for most of the 19th century, with the most extravagant chinoiserie interiors ever executed in the British Isles."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Pavilion

When I get a chance next year I might visit Brighton and have a look at it. It kind of looks impressive....

[Dedworth]

When I get a chance next year I might visit Brighton and have a look at it. It kind of looks impressive....

Unlike the rest of Brighton which get's tackier by the year

[lordna]

Unlike the rest of Brighton which get's tackier by the year

Yep thats true enough!
I used to go to Brighton a lot as a kid...but then there were two piers and lots of old style penny arcade machines.
Brighton is still worth a visit just to wander along 'The Lanes' ...and of course visit the Royal Pavilion.

A visit to Brighton always reminds me of the Graham Green novel Brighton Rock which also depicts it as being rather seedy.

[lastlid]

Yep thats true enough!
I used to go to Brighton a lot as a kid...but then there were two piers and lots of old style penny arcade machines.
Brighton is still worth a visit just to wander along 'The Lanes' ...and of course visit the Royal Pavilion.

A visit to Brighton always reminds me of the Graham Green novel Brighton Rock which also depicts it as being rather seedy.

And of course Quadrophenia...

[lordna]

And of course Quadrophenia...

Yep...that too. I well remember the battles that took place between the Mods and Rockers at the time