"I first learned to ride a bike in the early 1930s on the two asphalt
paths that bisected the Level. I recall clashes between the Blackshirts
of Sir Oswald Moseley and the Socialists. An ardent member of the latter
were the DeLacy family who had a used furniture store on Lewes Road
midway between Hartington Road and the arches at Upper Lewes Road. I
also remember coming home from Brighton Intermediate School during the
same period and seeing many adult men playing football with a tennis
ball. It wasn't until much later that I realised these men were the
victims of the Great Depression and had nothing else to do. Very sad
days in retrospect."
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