It might be Wilsons.

I think this is the laundry that used to be at the end of Cobden Road in Islingword Road.

I had a great aunt Kate who worked in a laundry. What was her last name? Also her sister Annie worked in the same place. Any more details yet?

The Picture is probably the lthat used to be in Scarborough Road Brighton. It has now been made into houses/flats. Did you write the article about my Great Uncle Harry Edwards the Photographer?

Thank you for your suggestions which I will investigate further. Kate's maiden name was Jones and she married Albert Russell. I am not aware of a sister by name of Annie. I have not written any photographic articles about Harry Edwards but if you go to http://www.photohistory-sussex.co.uk/BTNEdwardsHenryT.htm you will see I have provided a photograph by H T Edwards. If this is Harry Edwards, can you identify the photo?

I too had an Great Granma Annie (Ironer-Laundry) who lived at 33 Carlton Row, in the 20s perhaps she too worked there? Maybe she is one of the ladies in the photos? I'll keep checking in to see if any further comments added. I'm still researching, so time will tell.

I believe it was Sunlight Laundry which was in that area. It was not Wilsons Laundry as this was at Arundel Road, East Brighton Cox's was a pill factory which was where Sainsburys, Lewes Road, is now.

I've just obtained a copy of the 1911 census for my great-grandparents. They put the names of their employers on the census. My great-grandmother worked as an Ironer for a Dyer/Cleaner named A. Russell. They lived in Bedford Buildings so it would have been in the Kemp Town area.

My nanny Thorne(not a relative) lived in Upper Lewes Road and worked at Cox's pill factory. It could have been the 50s or 60s.

There was a laundry around that area called the Primrose Laundry.

The laundry at the end of Cobden Road was Gochers and used Morris J2 vans to deliver and collect. My mother and father met at The Soft Water Laundry in Robertson Road, in the Preston area, bottom of Millers Road. My dad drove a Morris PV and then later a Thames 15cwt.

My mother Violet Harris (nee Cowley born August 1907) left school at 14 and worked at Gochers laundry in the Islingword Road area. Her mother Annie Cowley (nee Jewell) worked as a specialist ironer (I believe she used a goffering iron) probably at the same laundry. The Cowley family lived in Lincoln Street until my nan's death in 1959. My mother married in 1933 George Harris who lived in Luther Street. In the first photo, there is a dark haired girl (behind the dog) who could easily be my mother. She also appears in the second photo so the two pictures are from the same laundry.

It might be Gochers Laundry. They did have a place at the end of Cobden Road.

The laundry was around the corner from Bernard Place, and was made into flats in the 1960s.

My great grandmother was the oldest working woman at Wilsons' laundry age 92. She did ironing - by hand in those days. She had her photo taken by the Evening Argus in William Street where she lived, this was the first time she ever had a photo taken. Her name was Sallis, I believe. She was always called Nan by us kids. I always visited her on Sundays, promising to be a 'good boy', getting an old penny and a thruppeny joey for my birthday,

I have no firm knowlege where either was but have a gut feeling on both. The one with the cobbled flint wall background is very much a site within the town centre not too distant from the sea and the more level open area with trees seen over the timber fence suggests Queens Park or even Hove. The dog and even some of the staff however are in both photos. Perhaps it is of a laundry that moved to new premises.

I am the current owner of Gochers Laundry and have been for two decades. I recognise the flint wall in the picture and can confirm this was the old site of Gochers Laundry in Islingword Road until I closed it in 2001. I have lots of old pictures of staff and delivery vehicles dating back many years. Hope this helps!!

Editor's note: Hi Julian thanks for confirming the location of the photo. Would you be willing to share some of your photos with us - I am sure they would be a terrific addition to the site. Please contact me at:
jennifer@mybrightonandhove.org.uk. Look forward to hearing from you.

This is Wilsons Laundry. Its not there any longer but my sister and myself worked there.

It's great to know that these photos are of Gochers Laundry, would anyone know the date roughly on these, and also wouldn't it be lovely to find out the names of all those laundry workers?

Please - did anyone know my Granny Jane Andrew nee Saunder? All I was ever told was she was a washer woman and had ten children. Sam sold newspapers at the Old Steine, Richard a taxi driver, Joe (my dad) a painter, Bob a bottle washer, George I don't know and Maggie a sister who died and a brother Steven who also died.