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Moulsecoomb housing estates

Moulsecoomb was the first large housing estate.  The initial development was at South Moulsecoomb in the early 1920s.

  • 'The Lane'

    'The Lane'

    Until about 1957 the East Moulsecoomb bus, which was a 109 run by Southdown, terminated in Moulsecoomb Way at the ...
  • 1950s living room

    1950s living room

    Museum photograph trolling again today for you. This is the living room in a type ‘B’ house on the East Moulsecoomb estate ...
  • A bonfire as big as a house

    A bonfire as big as a house

    During the 1940s and 1950s the people of Moulsecoomb had a hard time scraping enough money together to feed and ...
  • A favourite day out

    A favourite day out

    When I was a child, a favourite day out from Moulsecoomb was a visit to the pond in Falmer village. ...
  • A personal visit in 2006

    A personal visit in 2006

    These pictures are of what I took of the Moulsecoomb estate during a day visit to Brighton in July 2006. ...
  • Development in the 1920s

    Development in the 1920s

    Please note that this text is an extract from a reference work written in 1990.  As a result, some of ...
  • Living in Halland Road in the 1940s

    Living in Halland Road in the 1940s

    As a child in the late 1940’s I spent my holidays where I lived, Halland Road, one of the last ...
  • Lovely times doing simple things

    Lovely times doing simple things

    Gathering twigs for fire-lighting When we were children grandma used to take us “up the hills” to collect sticks and bits ...
  • The railway behind the houses

    The railway behind the houses

    Behind the odd numbered houses of Halland Road in Moulsecoomb runs the Brighton to Lewes railway line. When I moved ...
Moulsecoomb
  • A 1950s childhood in Moulsecoomb
  • A new boy in 1931
  • A teacher's perspective
  • Class 2a c1949/50:Teacher Mrs Briggs
  • Class photo 1947/48: Junior School
  • Corporation purchase in 1925
  • Entertaining the parents
  • Good, hard-working folk
  • Greycott Kennnels
  • Growing up in the 1930s
  • Happy memories of hard times
  • Hard times shared
  • Infants playing c1936
  • Junior School: Class 4a c1949/50
  • Memorial Birdbath
  • Memories of the 1950s
  • My great grandfather's farm
  • Nativity Play Christmas 1964
  • Remembering our neighbours
  • School photograph
  • Site of 13th century farm
  • The Chimney Sweep
  • The late 1960s to early 1970s
  • The Avenue
  • Moulsecoomb memories
  • Introduction to Moulsecoomb
  • Moulsecoomb estate buildings
  • Moulsecoomb Place
  • Moulsecoomb housing estates
  • Allen West Ltd: opened in 1939
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