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Plaque to pioneering balloonists set to be unveiled

by Jo Wadsworth
Friday 8 Aug, 2025 at 4:39PM
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Plaque to pioneering balloonists set to be unveiled

A blue plaque honouring a pair of pioneering aviationist brothers is set to be unveiled tomorrow.

Eustace and Oswald Short set up their hot air ballooning enterprise at 2 Hove Park Villas in 1898, and three years later launched their first coal gas balloon from the Pleasure Gardens in St Ann’s Well.

Tomorrow, Brighton and Hove mayor Amanda Grimshaw is unveiling a blue plaque.

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  1. Coopers 100p Haircuts says:
    9 months ago

    The original quote for the blue plaque was £1380, but ended up costing £1560. This was because of inflation. #balloonjoke

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  2. Gill says:
    9 months ago

    You’re full of hot air

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  3. Simon Philips says:
    9 months ago

    How long before it’s spray painted with graffiti?

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