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1919-1938

A memoir by Ralph Watts covering 1919-1939
Ralph Watts was born in Kingsley Road, Preston, Brighton in 1920. He was called up at the age of 19 and ...
Diary of Florence Guile, 1924-5
Florence E Guile (1904 – ca 1985) lived at 41 Upper North Street, Brighton, East Sussex. She was a member of ...
Letter from Thomas Fairchild, 1928
Thomas Fairchild moved to Brighton from Cardiff in around 1927, to search for work. His wife, Annie Elizabeth Fairchild, and ...
Letters and photos relating to Emile Clement (1844-1928)
Emile Louis Bruno Clement was born in Prussia in 1844 but lived most of his adult life with his wife, Emily, ...
Letters of childhood sweethearts, 1933
George Horrobin and Violet Baker went to school together in Brighton in the 1930s. A set of five love letters from ...
Letters to Harry Osborne, 1927-1997
Harry ‘Ossie’ Osborne was born in 1910 and lived most of his adult life in Hove. In 1975 he became the ...
Memoir of Bill Thurley, 1930-1950
Bill Thurley was born Clarence William Thurley at 32 Stoneham Road, Hove, in 1930 and spent his entire life in Hove. Bill ...
Memoir of Francis Price, 1938
In 1938 Francis Price moved to Brighton from Staffordshire and was working for Southdown Motor Services. There he met Cynthia Chase, ...
Papers and photos of the Elliott family, 1910-23
George Elliott (1860-1939) was a fly proprietor who operated horse-drawn cabs from stables in Conway Street and Shirley Street, Hove. ...
Papers of Frank Brotherhood, 1929
Photos and letters related to Frank Brotherhood’s move to Brighton have been contributed to Letter in the Attic by his ...
School reports for Beryl Moppett, 1937-1939
Beryl Moppett was born on 6th August 1926 in Wiltshire and moved to Brighton at the age of 2. As a ...

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