Brighton Palace Pier The Graham Greene novel "Brighton Rock" featured the Palace Pier. John Boulting's 1947 film adaptation helped established "low life" subculture in Brighton, and the climax of the film is set on it, where gangleader Pinkie Brown (played by Richard Attenborough) falls to his death. The 1953 B movie "Girl on a Pier" is set around the Palace Pier and also features the clash between holidaymakers and gangsters in Brighton. The Who's 1973 concept album "Quadrophenia" was inspired in part by band leader Pete Townshend spending a night underneath the pier in March 1964. It is a pivotal part of the
Brighton Icebergers in the Brighton bay. Five degrees the Icebergers swim in at 5.30am. In 2010 some of the icebergers saw a shark in the Brighton bay Locco dismissed the seriousness of it stating that sharks are seen there all the time. The Icebergers had a dispute with the Royal Brighton yacht club over membership in 2015. Locco while Mayor of Brighton engaged baths manager Mark Greene in a punch up the 1990s which resulted in Greene's sacking. Locco had a brother Frank who died in while snorkelling in the Philippines. The Icebergers have been declared one of the things that make