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'''Hollingbury''' is an area of the city of [[Brighton and Hove]], [[East Sussex]]. The area sits high on a hillside across the north of the city above [[Patcham]] which lies in a valley to the west, [[Coldean]] in a valley to the east, and the [[A27 road|A27]] bypass forming the northern limit. To the south it blends into leafy Surrenden and the busy Fiveways shopping area. |
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'''Sugarelly''', or '''sugarelly water''', is a traditional [[scotland|Scottish]] [[soft drink]] made with [[liquorice]] that was popular in the early 20th century. |
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Hollingbury Hill itself reaches an elevation of 584 feet above sea level and on the summit is Hollingbury Castle Camp, an Iron Age hill fort dating from around the sixth century B.C. This is located within Hollingbury Park, an area of approx 240 acres most of which is occupied by the municipal golf course. The park also contains some football pitches and a children’s playground. For many years, the park was known by locals as 'The Rocket Park' on account of the rocket-shaped climbing frame in the playground but this was removed and the playground extended in the early 1980's. Adjacent to the park was an area of woodland planted in the nineteenth century but sadly the majority of this was destroyed in the Great Storm of October 1987. |
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It could not usually be bought as such, but instead prepared by leaving several strands of liquorice to diffuse in water for a period of time before drinking. This tradition seems to have been well known throughout Scotland, to the extent that an [[Oor Wullie]] cartoon in the 1940s was made with sugarelly the main focus.<ref>Republished in ''The Broons and Oor Wullie at War'', page 12. ISBN 0-85116-651-2.</ref> |
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The building of Hollingbury housing estate, located on the north-western slopes of the hill, commenced in 1946. The properties are a mixture of bungalows, flats and houses with most of the earlier properties having large gardens. Some properties were originally owned by the local authority and some were privately owned although a large number of the local authority properties have since been sold. Some roads (Westfield Crescent for example) contained clusters of properties for use as armed forces or police service housing. One again, most of these have been sold and are now privately owned. |
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Traditionally, this drink was made with "chemist's liquorice", a hard, black liquorice stick cut into sections and dropped into a bottle of cold water. This was left in a cool, dark place for a week or so. Once infused, the liquorice water could be enjoyed by shaking the bottle and sucking the brown foam from the neck of the bottle. |
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Small parades of local shops are located throughout the estate along with some public houses. There is a small branch library housed in a pre-fabricated building which opened in 1962. The main primary school for the area is Carden, <ref group=links>[http://www.carden.brighton-hove.sch.uk/ Carden School Website (Brighton and Hove schools domain)]</ref> <ref group=links> [http://www.carden.ik.org/ Alternative Carden School website]</ref> built in the late 1940's and one of the first schools to be completed in the post-war period. The classrooms all have doors which open out onto patio areas leading to the belief that the building was originally designed to be used as a hospital in the event of further hostilities <ref> [http://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/page_id__5501_path__0p115p206p887p.aspx Recollections of Carden School]</ref>. |
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Hollingbury industrial estate, located in the north-east of the estate near the borders with [[Coldean]] and [[Patcham]] occupies around 18 acres of land and was developed by the local authority from 1950. The factories on the estate employed 8,000 local people at one time but most of the manufacturing companies had closed down or moved out by the 1980's when fewer than 1,000 people were employed. The area then saw a revival in 1987 with the building of a new [[Asda]] superstore followed by a number of other retail units. It was further boosted when the offices and printing presses of the local newspaper [[The Argus]] moved from the town centre onto the Industrial Estate. |
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Reputed connisseurs and Master Blenders of Sugarelly are Evelyn and Roy McNeil of Nairn, Scotland - who created many samples of indesputable quality, between production of masterful tar-babies in that town. |
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*[http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0201e&L=lowlands-l&T=0&P=91 People reminiscing about the drink] |
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*[http://www.oldleither.com/Boyswillbeboys.html Another account of sugarelly] |
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*[http://www.electricscotland.com/food/stovies/other_things.htm A guide to making it] |
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*[http://www.fife.50megs.com/fishing-childhood.htm Yet another account of sugarelly] |
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== Places of Interest == |
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* Hollingbury Camp, an [[Iron Age]] [[hillfort]] on part of which a golf course is located. |
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==References== |
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* Carder, Tim (1990). "The Encyclopaedia of Brighton", East Sussex County Council, ISBN 978-0861473151 |
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* [http://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk My Brighton and Hove] |
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Revision as of 11:13, 10 October 2008
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Hollingbury is an area of the city of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex. The area sits high on a hillside across the north of the city above Patcham which lies in a valley to the west, Coldean in a valley to the east, and the A27 bypass forming the northern limit. To the south it blends into leafy Surrenden and the busy Fiveways shopping area.
Hollingbury Hill itself reaches an elevation of 584 feet above sea level and on the summit is Hollingbury Castle Camp, an Iron Age hill fort dating from around the sixth century B.C. This is located within Hollingbury Park, an area of approx 240 acres most of which is occupied by the municipal golf course. The park also contains some football pitches and a children’s playground. For many years, the park was known by locals as 'The Rocket Park' on account of the rocket-shaped climbing frame in the playground but this was removed and the playground extended in the early 1980's. Adjacent to the park was an area of woodland planted in the nineteenth century but sadly the majority of this was destroyed in the Great Storm of October 1987.
The building of Hollingbury housing estate, located on the north-western slopes of the hill, commenced in 1946. The properties are a mixture of bungalows, flats and houses with most of the earlier properties having large gardens. Some properties were originally owned by the local authority and some were privately owned although a large number of the local authority properties have since been sold. Some roads (Westfield Crescent for example) contained clusters of properties for use as armed forces or police service housing. One again, most of these have been sold and are now privately owned.
Small parades of local shops are located throughout the estate along with some public houses. There is a small branch library housed in a pre-fabricated building which opened in 1962. The main primary school for the area is Carden, [links 1] [links 2] built in the late 1940's and one of the first schools to be completed in the post-war period. The classrooms all have doors which open out onto patio areas leading to the belief that the building was originally designed to be used as a hospital in the event of further hostilities [1].
Hollingbury industrial estate, located in the north-east of the estate near the borders with Coldean and Patcham occupies around 18 acres of land and was developed by the local authority from 1950. The factories on the estate employed 8,000 local people at one time but most of the manufacturing companies had closed down or moved out by the 1980's when fewer than 1,000 people were employed. The area then saw a revival in 1987 with the building of a new Asda superstore followed by a number of other retail units. It was further boosted when the offices and printing presses of the local newspaper The Argus moved from the town centre onto the Industrial Estate.
Places of Interest
References
- Carder, Tim (1990). "The Encyclopaedia of Brighton", East Sussex County Council, ISBN 978-0861473151
- My Brighton and Hove
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