I remember getting the No 46 bus from Beaconsfield Road to the Old Steine to visit my great aunt who owned a sweet/grocery shop in George Street. She was an elderly spinster called Emily Scrace - she passed away in 1965 I think. She always gave me a lollipop when it was time to go home.

My grandparents, Godfrey and Nellie Smith (nee Grace), and my Dad lived at 27 George Street in 1933.

Does anyone have any memories of a little hippie/alternative shop called The Wraggle Taggle Workshop that once was in George Street in the early seventies? I often used to go in there and buy the odd little thing, mainly joss sticks. They had some interesting craft items. One in particular always struck me - a cabinet having a ying/yang symbol carved on its door that opened down the middle of the symbol when the doors were pulled. Brighton was rather a hippie town at the time. I believe they also stocked The Brighton Voice, a community magazine.

Yes. I remember the Wraggle Taggle Workshop from my first years in Brighton (around 1970/1). My friend and I made some dresses to sell in the shop but I can't remember ever making any money from them!

Thanks Jan. I was starting to think I was the only one who remembered the place. I did not think that the shop made any money generally in fact. I think that at least a few of the inhabitants of the shop were students at the time.

Alice Florence Spicer, also named Jolly Alice in Blackpool lived at 29 George Street, Brighton 1920s to 1950 when she died.

I remember the shop. Later there was also a vegetarian restaurant there. What was it called? I helped with the Brighton Voice for a while. Are there any other people around who did?

Cintia, I remember Brighton Voice well and still have a few copies. I believe The Public House Bookshop was one of its outlets. However I had nothing to do with it other than buying the odd copy. Elsewhere on this site I have read that the Brighton History Centre has a few for inspection.

There was a veggie restaurant in George Street in the early 80's called Saxons. I remember a very striking woman of the same name who ran the place. Eventually moved the operation to Western Road above a shop, where it did not prosper. She was ahead of her time!

I remember walking with my Mother on Saturday mornings from Park Road Terrace - by the Red Lion Pub down to George St, always stopping at the Winkle Lady's house to buy a pint of Winkles when they were in season for my Father. He would sit in front of the TV watching the football results shelling winkles and dipping them into malt vinegar before eating them, hoping he had won the Pools.

I well remember the winkle lady in George Street, her name was Mrs Kelly and she lived in George Street Gardens. I lived at 4 George Street Gardens and my younger sister, Kathleen Scrase (nee Wickham), could always be fouind at Mrs Kelly's whenever she went missing. Mrs Kelly had three sons and tended to favour my sister and I'm sure she would have liked to keep her. One of her sons, Trevor, emigrated to Australia where he did very well and made his fortune.

I too remember a sweet shop down George Street. When my sister Joan and I never had any sweet coupons left, we used to buy nippets from there. I also remember Mrs Kelly very well and fetching my sister from there. My Mum always bought our shoes at Mr Pullinger's. It was a great place to live years ago. Lovely people who all helped one another.

I live on George Street now, its wicked!

Ah, old ma Kelly, I remember her well. She lived a few doors away from us, always had a huge roll up hanging out of her mouth while talking to you, what a character. A pretty young girl called Edwina used to sit on her steps.

Barry the shoe who runs Pullinger's Shoe Shop is a diamond and it's the place to get your shoes repaired in Brighton. Also, I used to be involved in Solstice Bookshop in Trafalgar Street in the late 70s to the early 80s, and sold Brighton Voice and had our windows broken for our efforts. the local fascists hated us. We were pals with the veggie shop in George St but I don't remember the name except was there a Barry there too? I now run Bonett's in St George's Road. Other great places in George Street are the Jog Shop, Freedom Bikes and Figaro's Cafe.

Could anyone please tell me where George Street Gardens, Brighton is please? I can't find it on a map, my great grandad lived there in 1915.

My mother's great-great-grandfather, Walter Flinn [b1799], and family lived on George Street in the 1860s. He was a dyer, on whose trade was founded the firm of Flinn & Son Dyers and Cleaners that later had the big works in Portslade. He one child, Joseph [b1850], who in turn had four children and the two boys, Joseph Walter [b1872] and Frederick [b1875] went on to manage and develop the firm until WW2.Joseph [b1850] was apprenticed to George Salter, dyer, of 67 Western Road Hove in 1866. My grandfather Joseph Bennett [b1900], the son of Joseph Walter, was works manager until 1960 when he retired after declining to move to the Bootle HQ of Johnsons of Liverpool who owned the firm. Some on here may remember him. He lived at St Keyna's Ave, Hove from the late 20s. Walter had emigrated from Dublin in the early decades of the 19th century where the family had been silk dyers since the early 18th century at least, possibly longer. The family probably arrived in Ireland from northern Europe in the 17th century as they were Huguenots [Protestant] who left France or the Low Countries, fleeing Catholic persecution. I think Walter must have been the "Flinn" and Joseph the "son" in Flinn & Son.

We lived at Flat 3, 40 George Street, over the top of a storage unit that had the machines and gear taken off the Palace Pier during the war. We went to Park Street Seniors until late 1943/44 when my Dad moved to Whitehawk. I used to go to Boys Club further up Edward Street. I remember the British Restaurant near Chapel Street and the Pie Shop on the other corner.