Are there any other photographs of Air Street?  I'm particularly looking for a hairdressers belonging to Henry Mowbray, then his son Herbert. I believe the youngest son Douglas ran it until the early 1970`s. It still is a hairdressers today but they tell me it`s earmarked for re-development, very sad.

Isn't Air Street where one of Dixons electrical stores was located - or maybe it was the first? When I started saving a little from my early days employment, I bought a windup Elmo cine camera from the store which proved to be a virtual failure due to the spring pressure not being kept even throughout the operation of filming, resulting in films which had a gently changing speed to the pics! As quite a few will probably know, the films were known as Standard Eight and had to be taken out of the camera after reaching the end then turned over and replaced, the reason being that the filming took place on one side of the first half and was completed after being 'shot' through the second half. Much care had to be taken so that no light was allowed on the film when taken out and turned over for obvious reasons. Nowadays I film and edit with an up-to-date system and produce the result on discs. Some time ago I produced them on video tapes, and still can of course for those who ever wanted. What a leap forward! I've now got a complete library of films from the 1960s of my own family which I transferred from the cine films through my Apple Mac system to discs. How I wish I'd had the dough to make a record of the 1930s - 40s period.

I remember the little hairdressers that Doug Mowbray ran. He had a daughter, Susan who was close in age to my sister and I. I also remember a little sweet shop, full of jars of dolly mixtures and wine gums, where we loved to go and spend our pocket money! At the north end of the street there was a laneway that ran behind the shops; their back gates opened onto it. On the left side was the Ear, Nose and Throat hospital. Memories!

Dear Patricia, it was nice to see that somone remembered the Mowbrays. Doug was my mother's uncle. Do you have any other memories that I could share with my mum? I'm bringing her to Brighton in June to find her grandparents graves - Herbert and Ellen Mowbray, Doug's parents. Perhaps we could meet for a coffee? My mum is 89! 

My Great Uncle Albert George Clayton had a photographic studio in Air Street in the early 1900s and was one of the beach photographers. Later in life he worked for the Sussex Daily News. There is more information on our www.bygones.org.uk website.

Susan Mowbray is my step mother. I just read out the messages to her and she is amazed at the memories of her father and his families shop. Thank you for adding them into this site. Regards Lorraine.