The score or two of machines stationed at the bathing-places at the east and west ends of the town were always at a premium.
The next fifteen or twenty years may, therefore, be regarded as the "golden era" of sea-bathing at Brighton.  The score or two of machines stationed at the bathing-places at the east and west ends of the town were always at a premium.  To obtain them at all was, in fact, a favour ; and it was a common practice with ladies to bespeak them the previous night.