Nick Kingston
Local historian and community heritage researcher from Bray, Ireland; creator and curator of the Victorian Bray Facebook page and The Medieval Bray Project's Victorian section.
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Jul 14, 2026
Nick KingstonGUEST
Uh, I just go back to the initial period, you know, the initial conception, that you could have this fabulous kind of seaside resort like ca- on, you know, just a train ride from Dublin.
Nick KingstonGUEST
It was a kind of gateway to the whole of Wicklow and to the beautiful mountains and sea and all the rest of it, you know.
Nick KingstonGUEST
But that was in a vision of people like, uh, John Crane and William Dargan, and it wasn't the local aristocracy or anything like that who had those image.
Nick KingstonGUEST
You, you know, it was these people who saw the potential and went for it, you know?