Promoting Brighton's first nudist beach
Model Janet O'Byrne promoting Brighton's first nudist beach. A Grand Hotel Porter is covering her modesty with a large leaf (they were not allowed opposite the Grand, but alongside the pier on the new beach only!). The beach officially opened on 1 April 1980. In 1983 its existence was threatened when the majority Conservative group on Brighton council vowed to close it down saying it was "a disgrace to the town". However, the nudist beach remains at Brighton to this day and is now recognised as the best known in the country
Picture No
13265770
Media ID
47776108
Size
4004px x 4671px
(1.4MB)
Credit
© The Peter O'Byrne Photographic Collection / Mary Evans
Usage Restrictions
Editorial Use Only
Source
Photograph by Peter O'Byrne MPA
Date
1980
