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Moulsecoomb Housing Estates

'Moulsecoomb Memories'
Below is an extract from ‘Moulsecoomb Memories’ by Sheila Winter. This is a personal history depicting the growth of North ...
'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
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
During the 1940s and 1950s the people of Moulsecoomb had a hard time scraping enough money together to feed and ...
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 listed building constructed c1790
Please note that this text is an extract from a reference work written in 1990. As a result, some of ...
A Moulsecoomb poem
This is a beautiful poem about Moulsecoomb which is from the book ‘Moulsecoomb Memories’ by Sheila Winter, published by QueenSpark ...
A nice estate to grow up in
Parents moved here in 1951 I was born in Rushlake Road and I lived there until I got married. My parents ...
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. ...
A potted history
This suburb of Brighton and Hove has an impressive history. Its name is largely unaltered from the Old English for ...
A tough but happy childhood
Living in the 1950s I lived in Moulsecoomb at 99 Ringmer Road in the 1950s. I went to Moulsecoomb Infants, then ...
A wonderful new home
My own room Around 1956/7 we moved out of Boston Street in Brighton to Shortgate Road Moulsecoomb till 1964/5, then moved ...
Boy Cubs in the 1960s
I was eight years old In 1965 I lived at 48 Colbourne Avenue, Moulsecoomb, and that year I became eight years ...
Church and community
Please note that this text is an extract from a reference work written in 1990. As a result, some of ...
Development in the 1920s
Please note that this text is an extract from a reference work written in 1990. As a result, some of ...
Emergency landing by aeroplane:17th May 1939
After reading what my brother Paul mentioned with regards to the landing of the plane back in 1939, I remembered seeing the ...
It's not all bad
Sue Burton suggested we include Moulsecoomb in ‘My Brighton and Hove’ for the reason she gives below: “Because as far as ...
Jumpers for goal-posts
Great for football I lived in Colbourne Avenue between 1959 and 1967 with my parents and grandparents. I was about nine ...
Living there in the 1930s
The boys in the photograph here are Cedric & Norman Barrow who lived at 78 The Avenue, with their younger ...
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 ...
Many changes over the years
Fond memories I have very fond memories of growing up as a kid in The Avenue. I was always playing out ...
Summers always seemed longer
Moved in as a three year old I was about three years old when we moved to 48 Colbourne Avenue, Moulsecoomb ...
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 ...
Welcome to Moulsecoomb
Hello – my name is Tim Ovard, and I am your Local Editor. I’m 24 years old, have lived in ...

Port Hall
Uplands, the lost stately home.
Adelaide Mansions
Bedford House, Marine Parade
Berkeley Court
Embassy Court
Furze Croft, St Anne's Well Gardens
Hangleton Manor
Hedgehog self build houses, Bevendean
Kemps, High Street, Portslade
Kipling's House, Rottingdean
Marlborough House, Old Steine
Moulsecoomb Housing Estates
Ovingdean Grange
Ovingdean Hall
Park Royal Hotel
Patcham Place
Pearson House, St George's Road
Percy and Wagner Alms Houses, Lewes Road
The Rectory, Ovingdean
Thrale House, West Street
Wick Hall
Woodingdean House

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