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Photo by Rosalind Merriman
Rosalind Merriman
Thanks for this photo! It's of Crescent Place, where I lived at no 7 through the 50s and 60s. On the right-hand side is St Anne's church hall, where I went to Brownie meetings. On the same side - opposite my house - was where Dora Bryan lived, and next door to her - in a newly built house among all the Victorian ones - the actress Flora Robson.
The 'house opposite' that was formerly owned by Dora Bryan was the first house in which I lived in Brighton at the end of the 1970s. However, I wasn't aware that Flora Robson had lived in the next house. If it was built around 1963, she was then living at 14 Marine Gardens, according to the plaque on that house. So I don't think she could have lived in Crescent Place.
Thanks for your comment David. Well, you may well be right about Flora Robson not having lived in Crescent Place, as I never actually saw her - or anyone else - leaving or entering the house, but I do remember my parents and the neighbours talking of her living there. That may have been some time after 1963 when it was built.
Hello. I knew Rosalind Merriman many years ago. And Ian Beck. I hope they are both well. Maybe say hello and tell me some news. Best wishes.
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