Comments on: The House of Rock, Brighton, East Sussex https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-house-of-rock-brighton-east-sussex/ Rambles to, and ramblings about, Follies and Garden and Landscape Ornament. Sun, 03 Aug 2025 18:27:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-house-of-rock-brighton-east-sussex/#comment-22616 Sun, 03 Aug 2025 18:27:10 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=15314#comment-22616 In reply to Nicky Hessenberg.

Hello Nicky. It is good to hear from you and I’m very happy to have introduced you to this ephemeral but delightful piece of work by your father. The photo’s were destined for the press so sadly black and white back then. But we can use our imagination to picture how enticing the folly looked to the children.

]]> By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-house-of-rock-brighton-east-sussex/#comment-22614 Sun, 03 Aug 2025 18:24:41 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=15314#comment-22614 In reply to TOM GARDNER.

Good evening Tom. I don’t think modern parents would approve! But what a wonderful way to introduce children to follies – bribed with sugar.

]]> By: Nicky Hessenberg https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-house-of-rock-brighton-east-sussex/#comment-22608 Sun, 03 Aug 2025 14:20:11 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=15314#comment-22608 Thank you so much for this fascinating piece of Brighton history which was put together by my father. I had NO idea that he had done anything like this and it was the sort of job he would have loved to do – the thought of all those sticks of Brighton rock being stripped off and the photographs of the children’s faces are wonderful. What a shame none in colour, but of course in those days, colour photography was expensive!

]]> By: TOM GARDNER https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-house-of-rock-brighton-east-sussex/#comment-22561 Sat, 02 Aug 2025 16:40:03 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=15314#comment-22561 TOM (NYC)
THE MAGICAL ‘JOY’ – IN THE FACES OF THOSE YOUNG LADS – AS THEY
CARRY AWAY THEIR ‘TREASURES’ … IS PERHAPS NOT SUCH A SAD ENDING TO:
A SWEET PIECE OF HISTORY.
THANKS,
TOM

]]> By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-house-of-rock-brighton-east-sussex/#comment-22547 Sat, 02 Aug 2025 11:24:39 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=15314#comment-22547 In reply to David Allum.

Hello David. Good point. I should have said that I had drawn a blank in finding out what had happened to the kiosk once it had been stripped of the rock.

]]> By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-house-of-rock-brighton-east-sussex/#comment-22546 Sat, 02 Aug 2025 11:23:45 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=15314#comment-22546 In reply to John St B Hooper.

Thank you John. It is very sweet of you to share your appreciation of the article.

]]> By: John St B Hooper https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-house-of-rock-brighton-east-sussex/#comment-22543 Sat, 02 Aug 2025 10:47:13 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=15314#comment-22543 I cannot resist writing to thank you for today’s very sweet article.

]]> By: David Allum https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-house-of-rock-brighton-east-sussex/#comment-22539 Sat, 02 Aug 2025 08:55:47 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=15314#comment-22539 Since you don’t mention it, I guess there is no information as to what happened to The House of Rock.

]]> By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-house-of-rock-brighton-east-sussex/#comment-22532 Sat, 02 Aug 2025 06:46:42 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=15314#comment-22532 In reply to Nick Kingsley.

Good morning Nick. I did think that such an event would cause waves of horror today, not least from the British Dental Association!

]]> By: Nick Kingsley https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-house-of-rock-brighton-east-sussex/#comment-22531 Sat, 02 Aug 2025 06:21:08 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=15314#comment-22531 It is sometimes possible to believe we really did have more fun in the past!

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