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Although swans would be a rare sight today, there are other birds that might be seen. For example a lone cormorant was sighted on 6 and 7 November 2023. It was not immediately visible but suddenly its head popped up above the water, and it had obviously found something to eat. On the 11 November four cormorants were seen, three of them showing an interest in the waters of the lagoon.
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copyright © D.Sharp with Hove Lagoon and the wakeboard apparatus in the background, October 2013 |
These days it is the practice to thoroughly empty Hove Lagoon every two years to give the basin a good clean. This takes place during the winter when there are no activities on the water. It is not a swift undertaking either because expensive water pumps have to be installed to empty the water, then the cleaning takes place, followed by the gradual filling up with seawater at high tide from the special inlet – the whole process taking around six weeks. In 2022 the cleaning was taking place in February but Storm Eunice on 18 February threw a spanner in the works by causing fresh water from a leaking pipe to start filling the Lagoon. Harvey Dawkins, owner of Lagoon Watersports, was unhappy at the situation because the cleaning operation costs £8,000 and it was now a waste of time and money. He called upon Southern Water for help because the new season was due to start in April. ( Argus 25/2/22)
There was a further blow to the Lagoon area when the outdoor gym equipment at the south bank was deemed so unsafe that it would all have to be removed in April 2022. Local councillors Robert Nemeth and Garry Peltzer Dunn had been warm supporters of the initial idea of using wood from the area as well as iron fittings crafted locally. They hoped that it would be sustainable and easily repaired when necessary, and it was funded by developers. Unfortunately, there was no maintenance fund, and now it seemed a possibility that there would be no replacements until 2024 when the ‘Kingsway to the Sea’ regeneration project comes into force ( Argus 4 April 2022). It should be noted that this regeneration is coming from the Government and not Brighton & Hove City Council, which ironically is celebrating in April 2022 the 25 th anniversary of Brighton and Hove becoming one town. The majority of Hove people never wanted this union and their pessimism has been justified by chronic under-funding in Hove and Portslade while also being landed with Brighton’s huge debts.
Friends of Hove Lagoon
In these days of cutbacks, the area around Hove Lagoon would look in a sorry state were it not for the Friends of Hove Lagoon whose formation dates back to January 2016 at a meeting held in the Big Beach Cafe. Since then, they have gone from strength to strength, organising such events as the Lagoon-Fest, creating a charity calendar, holding raffles, purchasing equipment such as benches, picnic tables and notice boards, besides the more mundane task of littering. The on-going and most expensive project was the Planting Scheme. The Friends are also in constant touch with the council over various issues. ( The Hovarian May 2023)
In 2023 one volunteer and three youngsters were busy litter picking, and clearing paths at the Lagoon, as part of their work for the Duke of Edinburgh Award.
Also, for their ‘Make a Difference Day’ some 80 students from Brighton College arrived at the Lagoon on 26 September and weeded the garden beds, saving a decent amount of garden waste to be composted. They also did some litter picking. ( The Hovarian November 2023)
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Having read a couple of comments about the ‘Train Rides’ at the Lagoon and just come across this photo of me, I thought that I might stir a few memories. Those days with, as I remember, the Bandstand with dancing area, the boats and the play areas and the very happy times I had there with my family.
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Great picture, nice memories brought back of my childhood living in Hove, and played frequently there on the trains and boating on the lagoon, with my parents. A fair walk from Livingstone Road where we lived at the time, through Stoneham Road, & Wish Road play areas too.
You certainly have stirred some memories – thank you – I have a similar picture (as many others probably have too) – My photo is of my daughter when she was about 2 years old so taken about 1973. I remember going on the trains when I was young too. I expect there are quite a few people who can say the same. I don’t remember the bandstand but that could be down to my poor memory. I spent many happy hours at the Lagoon from the 1950’s right through to the 1990’s when I went with my daughter and grandchildren. We had lots of fun on the swings and the plank swing was my special favourite. Have happy memories of the boating lake and watching the model boats on the larger lake – just lots and lots of happy times. It is funny but nearly all my memories seem to include the sun shining but I know I went there when it wasn’t.
Was that back in the 1950s?
Hi David, can you date the photo? I remember the lagoon with great fondness, probably during the late 1950’s and very early 1960’s. But I don’t remember the train, is it late 1940’s?
Oh the great times we had here. Watching the speed boats, ice creams and the swans. Do you remember in 1963/4 it froze solid and there was a foot gap between the edge & the ice. Just the other side of the prom was our favourite beach. I was no different than the rest – but it was ours.There was a private water front house there I think. Best wishes from Brisbane.
Hi all, the photo would have been taken in the 1950s as I was born in 1948. If my memory serves me correctly the Bandstand and dancing area was over by the Cafe but I could be wrong there. Chris in Brisbane (good move) I was in the RN in 1964 and my Lagoon days were gone. I noticed that your surname is Edwards as is my mother’s maiden name. Her family is from the Portslade and Hove area with her father being William son of Mark Edwards any connection.
I remember the trains too. I guess this photo was early 1960s. I lived in Coleman Avenue and regularly went to the Lagoon as a child in the 1960s. It was a real treat to go on the trains, as everything else was free. I can remember a huge slope at one entrance to the Lagoon, where friends and I would roller skate down as we grew older and were allowed the venture out without our parents.
That train was still there in at least the early sixties. Do you remember the ice cream window in the cafe where you could get a cone and have it dipped in melted chocolate? That is the only place I have ever seen that done.
Hello David, It’s me again! The trains were most definitely there in the 1950s and possibly into the early 1960s. I, too, remember riding on them when I was a child, having been born a year after you in 1949, and living until 1959 in St. Leonard’s Avenue. The bandstand with its dance area though were certainly further east that the lagoon, just to the west of the bowling greens, where tennis is now played. I remember going to an open air concert at the bandstand one summer evening in 1964(?) and hearing The Animal’s “House of the Rising Sun” for the very first time. Everyone was talking about it because it was a whole four minute long single. Unheard of at that time. What great memories!
Dave said “I noticed that your surname is Edwards as is my mother’s maiden name. Her family is from the Portslade and Hove area with her father being William son of Mark Edwards any connection.” Sadly no – But I think I went to school with you – Both Benfield and Mile Oak – I’m circa 48 too. Ex St Andrews Road and Later Old Shoreham Road – both Portslade. Ken Edwards (Cousin) and I were Mods at the King Alfred Bowl.
Hi Chris, it was worth a shot. I didn’t go to Benfield but to St Nicholas and Portslade County and had an LI 150 with fly screen, wing mirrors and a goat skin covered dual seat and of course the statutory US Army parka. Oh the impetuosity of youth, but fun.
I had a LD 150 in the last year of school and a LI 150 Series 2 later. We moved to Devon when I was 17 and a half.
Hi all, I remember going down the lagoon in the late 60’s and riding on the motor boats, at that time there used to be 2 lift up landing stages on the south side where they could bring the boats in to repair them. Then in the mid 70’s I used to race the model power boats down there, what great time we had. Does anybody have any old photos of the lagoon which they would mind me using on a website? We are now launching the “Brighton & Hove model power boat club” and will start using the lagoon again as a racing venue in March. I am just sorting out a website and wanted to include a section entitled ‘history of the lagoon’. Any help, photos etc would be gratefully appreciated. I will keep a look out on here for anybody wishing to participate.
Any one else remember crabbing at the Lagoon? Round the edges of the big lagoon was best, with a bit of bacon rind. In the winter of 1963, we skated on the big lagoon. Also made 3/4 of an igloo in one of the set of curved steps, before the parky told us to remove it. They rounded up all the swans because it was frozen so hard, and put them in the big black wooden hut – I suppose it was some kind of shelter, but it had a door. I remember all the flapping and screeching. Our dog Sally used to chase them, but once they chased her until she fell into the small lagoon. Also do you remember the ‘rude’ postcards in the stands by the ice cream? Barley sugar twists in the windows? The fantastic mahogany and brass toilets? And the huge numbers of daddy-long-legs that used to gather in the summer under the colonnades? Happy days!
Now that photo brings back memories. Not of riding on the train, but operating them at the weekends and school holidays. At the right of the picture can be seen the platform, and, just to the right but out of sight was the operators’ hut. I spent many days sitting there controlling them, two foot pedals for the two station sections and the master switch for the “country” section. Worst part was if one of the trains stopped on the sharp curves and needed a push start to get it moving again. I don’t know why but I often got a static shock from them.
Behind the photographer was the roundabout and that had the power switch in the center. On a quiet day, there was often only one person running both the trains and the roundabout so you would switch it on, push the roundabout to help the motor get going, jump on, from the inside, then jump off to the outside and then, leaving the roundabout running, get the trains going.
In winter, they were taken up to London and set-up in one of the big shops for the Christmas. No “Elf an Safty” to tell us it couldn’t be done.
My family ran the Cafe at the Lagoon from the early 1950s to the late 60s. Headed by my grandma, my uncle then my father served nixious cups of tea and egg and tomato sandwiches along with Eldorado ices. The family also ran the kiosks in the parks. Many a time, in the 1950s and 60s, I’ve buttered bread or poured tea to the sound of leather hitting willow.
To Chris Edwards: I knew a Johnny Edwards; he was a boxer and worked on the building sites. I wonder if you are related?
Similar to my cousin Barry’s comments: our family owned and ran the cafe in the 50’s and 60’s. It was always an exciting and fun place to visit when I was a small boy. I remember buying a wooden sail boat at the cafe and sailing it on the large lagoon.
I can remember skating on the lagoon in the 1950s. My brothers and sisters and I spent many, many happy times at Hove Lagoon during the 50s and 60s. It hasn’t really changed that much.
Hello David et al. I am hoping you can help. I would like to use this lovely photo in vbites, the cafe at the lagoon and any other old photos of the lagoon. If anyone would like to help me with where I can get old photos of the lagoon, that would be great. David, with regards to this lovely photo of you at the lagoon, I was wondering if this was ok and may I have your blessing to do this? Could you please, when time allows, perhaps contact me on [email protected] . Thank you.
My birth certificate states 48, Coleman Avenue as the place my parents lived. Is there anyone out there who lived near that address in 1936? So many different surnames appear there at that time.
Message deleted. [ Hello Shirley. I am afraid that we are no longer permitted to publish requests for information about Brighton and Hove residents for data protection reasons. Good luck with your research]
Does anyone remember a mechanical clock nearer to the Brighton and Hove border – pelicans came out when it chimed?
Hi Emma, I think you are referring to the Guiness Clock. Enter this in the search facility at the top of the page and you will find lots about it, including pictures.
Regards, Andy
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Hi, I know Lagoon Watersports run a diinghy school at Hove Lagoon, but can anyone here tell me whether they have exclusive access ? Or can anyone turn up with a boat (like my Tramp) and sail it ? I did email the council but haven't had a reply yet so... Thanks, Boo2
I used to work at the lagoon and it used to be the case that you had to prove 3rd party insurance and pay a small charge to use the lagoon. I believe it is shared between the model yacht club abd hove lagoon watersports. Give Hove lagoon a ring, they will be able to answer in a flash. http://www.lagoon.co.uk/
Good and bad news - you can launch a craft on Hove Lagoon - there is a day fee of £10 payable to the centre. Bad news the council will not let vehicles access the Lagoon area so you can not drive a boat to the waters edge. You will have to carry it ! You can hire laser Picos on the sea or Lagoon from the centre or larger boats Stratos and yacht charter from the Lagoon's other centre at Brighton Marina If in doubt just call 01273 42 48 42 visit www.lagoonwatersports.co.uk
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WELCOME TO THE HOVE LAGOON MODEL YACHT CLUB (HLMYC) WEBSITE. We are a small, friendly club with a long tradition - model boats have been sailed and raced on Hove Lagoon since the 1930s. The address of the Lagoon is Wharf Road, Hove, BN3 4LW. Weather-permitting we meet every Sunday from 10:00 to 14:00, usually to race radio-controlled ...
In 1896 Hove Corporation purchased the area for model boat sailing and water sport use by the local residents. Conversion of the tidal pond to the Lagoon was started in 1929 by Hove Corporation, using funds from a Great Depression 'Make men useful work' job creation scheme. On 8 February 1929, in anticipation of the Lagoon opening the following ...
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The Hove Lagoon Model Yacht Club is based on the South Coast in West Sussex. Unlike many other venues we do not suffer with a reed problem. This is an open invitation to join us on Sundays from 09:30 if you are looking for good open water. This venue has visibility and access to the boats on three sides of The Lagoon.
Description. We are a small, friendly club with a long tradition - model boats have been sailed and raced on Hove Lagoon since the 1930s. The address of the Lagoon is Wharf Road, Hove, BN3 4LW. Weather-permitting we meet every Sunday from 10:00 to 14:00, usually to race radio-controlled International One Metre (IOM) class yachts.
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Built in 1930 and fully operational by the mid-1930s, the lagoon has evolved into one of the country's premier watersports centres, offering a myriad of activities for visitors of all ages. With its roots dating back to the graceful navigation of model yachts in its waters, Hove Lagoon has become a hub for families, dog walkers, local ...
On 29 July 1951 the Hove & Brighton Model Yacht Club and the Thames Shiplovers and Ship Model Society of London organised a rally. The size of the models ranged from twenty inches to five feet. For many years the model boat people enjoyed an open season at the Lagoon but in 1986 when plans to develop a Water-sports Centre were aired, they were ...
Today we are taking a final look at Hove Lagoon and I wanted to write about the model boat club, and also to tie up some loose ends and give an idea of what the park is like today. Hove Lagoon Model Yacht Club opened in 1929, there are some great pictures and lots more great…
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Hove Lagoon is also home to a skateboard park, a playground, a kids paddle pool, kids play area, kids boating pool and a model boat club. Hove Lagoon is a public park that features a boating lake about 200m long and 100m wide set in grassland right next to the Brighton and Hove seafront with direct access to the beach.
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