In the 1891 census, my second great grandfather, William Smith, lived at 29 Claremont Row with his wife, Ada, and children and also his mother-in-law Sarah Muzzle (nee Pickard).

Maralyn, I am trying to find something about my ancesters. I have just received a birth certificate for my father, he was born on the 27th December 1899 at No. 22 Claremont Row, as he was killed on the 4th September 1940 I never saw my grandparents again. I am now fascinated in what I would have missed. My father was one of two children, Frederick Arthur Mariner Jnr. Pither, born in 1892, and my father Thomas Alfred Pither was born in 1899. If it is of any help to you I now know that my grandfather was Frederick Arthur Mariner Pither, and my grandmother was Emma Pither. I have this information as I have joined Genes Reunited.  (Amended on 6/8/2007)

I married my husband Allan Pither 50 years ago. His dad was Henry Pither. I think he had a brother who lived in Kemptown otherwise my Allan has no relatives other than our children that he knows of.

Connie Dowds was my fathers, brother's wife. My father was Paddy Dowds, if anyone remembers him, a lovely irish man. Connie lived in Sussex Terrace for a long time.

I went to this school in Richmond St starting around 1948/49. All I can remember are prefabs opposite. I imagine these houses were demolished in the 30s. Also right down the other school end, we took domestic science on a Wednesday afternoon in the fifties. After lunch we made our own way there from Elm Grove Secondary Modern School for Girls and used to take advantage of being away from the stern Miss Butler headteacher for the afternoon and wear high heels and vaseline for lip gloss, both banned at Elm Grove!