The Secret of Banjo Groyne: Innocent and Sentenced to Hang. The True Story of the Brighton Murder of '28.

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Back then, at high tide, the sea to the east of the Banjo Groyne came right up to the new sea wall, which was built in 1895 to extend Madeira Drive eastwards. I highly recommend this book to all true crime buffs and the story could have not been more of a page turner if it had been written by a bestselling crime novelist. Whitehall knew that at least two of the men were innocent and yet the Home Office refused to issue reprieves. I enjoyed spending the day on the beach near Banjo Groyne, east of the present Peter Pan’s playground, on the way to the Brighton Marina. Shoreham Coastguard said on Twitter that the man was safely recovered and transferred to an ambulance.

Both fish were caught during daylight hours, and nothing else was caught for the rest of the evening.To be in fashion, I left my boots and shoes off, and used to go with my pals down to the Banjo Groyne beach – the tide seemed to go out further then – and go bathing with clothes or swimming costumes on, girls as well, but they kept well away from us. When I was seven in 1947, my cousin Joan, who was 18 dived off the banjo groyne and injured her spine. I’m pleased to see my 6 year old jumping off Banjo’s last summer into just the same deep clear water Ian and Mick describe. The beach below Banjo Groyne was very popular in summer as it was sheltered from the south-westerly winds.

This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it. In the thirties, arc lights were suspended from the Volks railway supports and other vantage points. The Watermarks "This Text Will Not Be On Your Photo" and "Image Protection" will not be on your print.It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times. This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest. Since the 1930s the beach has become much higher due to the drift of shingle, but the Volks railway originally ran along the beach on a track raised by a viaduct.

Please look at the picture on screen carefully as this is an accurate representation of exactly what you will receive. I grant anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law. For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.The Secret of Banjo Groyne tells the harrowing story of how they were convicted by a judicial system more concerned with vengeance than justice.

I just finished recounting tales to my children about how we used to dive through car inner-tubes from the ‘Banjo Groyne’in the 70’s whilst the tide fell to breathtaking shallow depths!Grade II listed substantial concrete groyne and promenade built in 1877 as part of the coastal (sea) defence scheme: list. User contributions are not fact checked and do not represent the official position of Historic England. We ended up about 30-40 yards from the “Banjo”, a groyne shaped, surprisingly like a banjo; quite a popular mark in the city.