Police cells and Volks Railway

Spent Sunday on two mini tours in Brighton as part of the Open Door programme. The old police cells in the basement of Brighton Town Hall were interesting - especially the story of the man arrested in St James Street in the 1800s who then beat to death the chief constable with a poker. Also interesting to see was the total mess of the rooms behind the scenes in the Town Hall, just one step off the main entrance lobby. The afternoon was a tour, and ride on, the Volks Electric Railway - which was considerably quicker and more comfortable than the Thameslink service I thought. These behind the scenes tours of Brighton are brilliant, but neither was as good as the tour of Brighton Station I did last year - if you get a chance to do that you should.