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Upper North Street

The Windmill Pub on Upper North Street
From Jean Blease, e-mail query to My Brighton and Hove website, 26 August 2003

"During genealogy research, I've discovered that my grandmother lived at 69 Upper North St.& my grandfather, prior to their marriage lived at No. 63 - this was in 1911. I believe that No. 69 is now a pub - The Windmill? Does anyone know if it was a pub in 1911 or is that a more recent thing? Many thanks for any help - really enjoy your site, as it brings back many memories of growing up in Brighton/Hove."

Response 1:

"The Windmill public house dates from about 1828 and is probably named from Vine's Mill.
The Clifton Gardens were laid out when Clifton Terrace was built in 1847. They were and still are for the exclusive use of residents of this street, but were once the site of the Clifton Windmill, which was built around 1810-1820s and was moved in 1837 to Windmill Street in the Albion Hill area."

This page was added on 26/06/2006.

Comments:

The response jogged my memory! When I was little, about 7 maybe, Alan Melville lived on Clifton Terrace and used to let a number of us children of neighbouring areas into the Gardens to play every now and then. He was very kind and brought us lemonade and biscuits. I remember his name and also that he was apparently quite well known. Does anyone know of him and what he did, or remember going into the gardens to play?

By Patricia Silsby (27/02/2007)

Up the side of the Windmill pub stood a very lovely house back from the pavement. A huge great place, it is now a block of flats I think. The actress Brender Bruce lived there with her husband. I can't remember his name and there were two daughters. I went to school with them at St Mary Magdalen's over the road in Upper North street.

By Patrick Kite (29/10/2007)

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