I can remember a time in the 1950s when Diplock's was a place you could hire a barrow. But I beleive it was established much earlier than this, possibly pre war. A barrow was the only means of transport that many people could afford. People would hire a barrow to move house. All the 'barrow boys' of Brighton would go there to rent a barrow by the hour or day. On a Saturday all the barrows would be out for use in the Upper Gardner street Market. Lots of the 'stalls' sold greengrocery then and the men would get the produce from nearby Brighton Municipal Market in Circus Street. When the market closed the street would be littered with all the unsold vegetables and I recall lots of people sorting through them. My grandmother Mrs Maskell, ran a comic and book shop in Upper Gardner Street after my grandfather died.

I lived in Holland Street from 1945 until about 1947 when I was a young lad, and can remember that there was a shop (a grocery shop I think), halfway along the street on the east side called Diplocks. Was there a connection with the barrow business?

I also remember the shop half way along Holland Street and yes I'm sure too it was Diplocks. Sunday school teacher Mrs Hollaway and daughter Rene lived a few doors away from the shop everyone knew everyone in those days. My grandparents the Taylors lived at number 6. My grandfather was Bill Taylor who everyone knew as he was a fisherman and as soon as he came back with his catch it was sold.
On the Southover corner of Holland Street was Smallwoods - that is where I used to go for a metal urn of tea sometimes for my Grandad. Pammy Smallwood was my friend her dad had a machine that made ice-cream he kept in the yard he must have been the first to have anything so modern. On the other corner was Mr Mrs Cheesmans the Butchers. They lived with their son Micheal and they had a daughter they lived not far from the shop. But then I think they lived above the shop. Micheal took over the shop in later years until he retired. I dont live in Brighton now but every part is still vivid to me

I can remember Diplocks yard.  My stepfather had a couple of pitches in Gardener Street market and my first job on a Saturday morning was to go and get the two stalls from Diplocks and take them back when we had finished.  Last time I saw it as it was it was all locked up and empty but I had a look into the yard for old time's sake.

I lived at 21 Queens Gardens and worked as a boy, in the late 60s, in Clifton garage in upper Gardner street. I used to help get the barrows out on a Saturday Morning along with Diplocks son - even though I went to school with the son his name escapes me. Does anyone remember Stevens wet fish shop half way along Upper Gardner street that was my grandfathers shop.