I grew up at 9,Wigmore Close off of Horton Road - what a lovely road to live in.  I went back there to have a look recently and it seems so small. What is it like to live there now?

Hi Graham.  I live at 4 Wigmore Close and have done for quite some time. It is a lovely street to live in and I am sure we still share some neighbours who lived here when you did! We used to have lovely views from our upstairs windows but now it has changed quite a bit with the building of the recycling plant.

Our family moved to Stephens Road in 1953 to a brand new three bedroom house. My mother used to hold my hand and point to the estate when we visited my aunt near Five Ways and and said that she wished that we could get a house there as we were living in a small basement flat with my grandmother. We were lucky and we moved there in 1953. Oh the joy of having a bedroom for myself after sharing with my parents. My father was overjoyed with the garden and planted it with potatoes completely 'to break up the soil' Not that there was much soil, he wheel barrowed hundreds of loads of chalk away from the garden. The following year we had a lawn and flowers on 1/3 and vegetables on the other being divided by a trellis. Everyone who moved in were very proud of their homes and kept the grass verges cut neatly and swept the pavements etc. After the war with the shortage of homes, it was like a palace and I remember very happy times playing with friends out in the street and on the 'field'. I have taken my children back to see where we lived, but it looks small now and the roads narrow with all the cars parked. There were only a few cars in the 1950s and I remember as more people acquired cars, the parking was on one side of the road on even days and the other on odd days. It worked well.

I grew up in Crespin Way, my dad helped to build them. It was great to play outside, (no computers). I still live in Hollingdean with my 3 children and husband who love it. A good bus service,and local shops.

I used to go to St Joesph's infants school from 1971 to 1973. Does anyone remember Mrs Maculutta?

Please, please could anyone find me a photo of St Joesph's infant school in Davey Drive. I went to that school in the 1970`s. I don't see any information on it at all, thankyou.

I lived at 91 Horton Road from 1965 until 1977 when I left home to follow the alternative lifestyle. Horton Road was a great place to grow up with the wide grass expanse behind the flats and the big grass areas in front for us children to play. I went to St. Joseph's school in Davey Drive. The teachers that I remember were Mr. Palmer, Mr. Beech, Sister Lucy, Sister Immaculata, Mrs Beard and Mrs Arzonnie (I can't remember the exact spelling); the headmaster at that time was Mr. Davey. I shall always remember it.

I remember you Kevin, we were in the same class at St Joseph's. Mrs Arzonnie (so strict!) teaching us French which was unusual then. I remember Mr Palmer, Mr Beech and Mr Davey. Sister Immaculata and Sister Lucy so lovely and kind. I lived in Ringmer Road and caught the school bus to St Joseph's Maria Barker.

I've recently moved from Hollingdean (I started this forum off) and have now got a lovely 3 bed house in Whitehawk. I do miss my flat in Brentwood Road, it was a lovely community, but I do love my house too. Whitehawk despite the rumours is a very nice place to live, its very quiet and I've seen no trouble.
I do miss Hollingdean but am quite happy here.

I am looking to move from Hove to a bigger property and I have an opportunity to look at a house in Hollingdean. I have lived in Hove all my life but I am having to look out of the area to find a bigger property with a garden. Could any one tell me what the area is like? Many thanks.

I lived in Stephens Road from 1953 til I married in 1964 - my parents and sisters remained a few more years after I had left. It was a clean and respectful community. By that I mean that residents were proud of their environment and took care of it. If we had dared be rude to our elders, our mum would have come down like a ton of bricks. We weren't, of course, it would never have crossed our minds. Every garden was worked and as another contributor has already mentioned; produce for the table was cultivated and eaten. We were able to play in the street and often had a rope across the road where we would spend hours skipping and playing happily. We also played another, pretty revolting game, that involved spitting and then standing on the deposit allowing us to move forward - the object being to arrive first at the other side of the road, it was it called 'watering can'. We too, went to the field - a grassed area at the top of Brentwood Road (which, incidentally was a close at this stage). We could, and often did, walk to the Wild Park, picking and eating blackberries on the way. It was accessed by passing allotments and then walking alongside the golf course. Sometimes, prisoners from Lewes prison worked in the cornfields nearby, guarded by officers with dogs. Interestingly, a huge leafed species of clover was planted in these fields, to put nitrogen into the ground in the fallow period. My sisters and I used to feed our rabbits some of this luscious crop! How times have changed, since ferilizers, for the most part are artificially manufactured and now come in sacks. I remember so many people from those days; Pamela Moon, Pat Fox, The Woodjits (dodgy spelling I'm sure) The Braddicks, the Divalls, our next door neighbours; the Peppers (lovely lady Mrs Pepper) Jackie Urbin and the Holmes. Just a few - there are many more, too numerous to mention. This is a wonderful site. Thank you editors!

Hi Tasha, I lived there back in the 60's. Number 4 was occupied by the Andersons.

Hi againTasha, I think you must remember my Sister, Margaret Syrett.

I moved to Hollingdean from London in 1987. The first address I lived at was a property above the Crestway Parade. My parents Ann & Fraser bought the shop on the corner which at the time was a green grocers and pet food store. We moved from there a year later as my father became ill and moved to a masonette up the top end of Burstead Close which was lovely, although it was on the top floor and no lift in the building. We lived there for 5 years until my father couldn't do the stairs anymore. Then in 1993 we moved to the house where we are now in Harrington Place and been here ever since. Sadly, Dad passed away in July 2010, so it's just me and Mum living here now. My sister moved out as she got married in 2003. I do like living in Hollingdean and would definitely miss it if I moved away from the area. I do know a lot of people around here.

I too lived in Hollingdean from about 1953 till I married in 1969 - at Davey Drive. What memories! Playing in the 'field', now the site of the self-build homes. Walking to Fairlight and Fawcett Schools. Rolling down Davey Drive sitting on a book on a roller skate - no cars then! Friends and neighbours included the Banks (Horton Road), Mick Grenville, Colin Stoner (Dunster Close), Billy Wright, Peter Angel (Waverly Crescent) and many others I can't recall. Mum still lives in Davey Drive so I go home often, but I can't park nowadays and much has changed.

I live in Hollingbury Rise and I wanted to know if anyone has photographs of the road or houses when it was built in 1930's. We have the original deeds to the house which state our house was completed on the 13th May 1931. Thanks, Jan.

I lived in Wolverstone Drive self build bungalows from 1964 to 1968 and spent the best days of my young life there. I knew every inch of the fields, woods and golf course behind us and knew most of the local kids in the area.  I was devastated and heartbroken when we had to move away because of financial difficulties in 1968. I will never forget moving there into a brand new house, central heating and my own bedroom. I still go back there whenever I can to soak up the wonderful memories of youth.