Very cool. Just so you know, this sign is a Roto-Sphere. More about them here:
http://agilitynut.com/sca/roto.html

When did it go? As young teenagers we thought it looked like something from the small ads in the back of dirty magazines and we always called it the 'sex aid'. I had forgotten all about it until I was watching Quadrophenia and there it was spinning around in front of the beach. I don't remember ever seeing it with the neon tubes working though.

I think its a real shame that the illuminations have all gone now - it makes Brighton seem a dull and boring place compared to other seaside resorts. Considering the council tax they charge everyone in the B & H city area you would think they would have been maintained and kept up to standard - assuming they really Do want to attract people to the area...

I wasn't born when these were taken, but do remember them when I was growing up. BRING BACK THE SPUTNIK!