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| James Colbourne - past mayor I am researching my family and have a strong Brighton & Hove link, as I was born there as was ... | Joanna Pettitt | 8 | 3 days ago by Tina Pendry |
| Trevor Chepstow I read a few postings that Trevor Chepstow has recently died. My sympathies to family and friends. What has become ... | David Ward | 3 | 3 days ago by Jozef Kis |
| School Records from the 1850s? Would anyone have any knowledge whether any school records survive from the 1850s for a girls’ school called ‘Belvedere’ which ... | Tim Sargeant | 5 | 3 days ago by Tim Sargeant |
| scrase family looking for any inf on the scrase family – came from horsham – brighton road | isabel brazier nee scrase | 7 | 3 days ago by John Snelling |
| catholic girls school I am looking for the names of catholic all girls school in the brighton area in the 1920-1939. The only thing ... | roberta thompson | 18 | 3 days ago by John Snelling |
| HENRY STREET DOES ANYONE KNOW WERE HENRY STREET WAS IN BRIGHTON AND DOES ANYONE EVER HEARD OF J,TOURLE.I FOUND AN OLD BOTTLE WITH ... | BRIAN THORNTON | 4 | 3 days ago by Mervyn Huggett |
| FUGGLES This a strange name, does anyone remember two sisters, the Misses Fuggles, who ran a little private school in Powis ... | June | 13 | 8 days ago by Tim Sargeant |
| Johnstone's Midget Coaches, Brighton. I recently added a posting on the ‘Childrens Memories of Brighton seafront in the 1950‘s page about Johnstones Midget Coaches. ... | Tim Sargeant | 4 | 10 days ago by Tim Sargeant |
| Bunkers Hill Does anybody know where Bunkers Hill was in Brighton, a local fisherman area ,l think? | Sheila Jones | 7 | 10 days ago by janet fenner |
| Brighton Register Office - 1947 Hi there, I’m researching for a book and want to find out where Brighton Register Office was in 1947. I believe ... | Maggie Elliott | 9 | 10 days ago by Margaret BISHOP |
| 250 Elm Grove Brighton Hi can anyone with a street directory for Brighton tell me please who was living at 250 Elm Grove Brighton ... | Kaz | 15 | 10 days ago by Agnes Bean |
| Co-op laundry? Does anyone remember the Co-op? laundry, somewhere around Byron St, or that area? I recall it as ... | Annie | 4 | 10 days ago by John Barber |
| family history I am trying to track the Edlin family history in Brighton as I am led to believe that my ... | edlin | 11 | 10 days ago by Vicki Lefort (née Noble) |
| panzer mansions hi, i’m trying to find out if anyone can remember or has info on panzer mansions that used to be ... | rod harrison | 41 | 10 days ago by Derek Howard |
| Rainbow Children's Home Hi, I hope someone can shed light on my question! Does anyone have any information on The Rainbow Childrens Home ... | Mark Stewart | 11 | 13 days ago by Jillian Foley |
| betting shop opend by max miller what is the shop now which once was a betting shop which was opened by max miller.in new england road | wayne | 7 | 13 days ago by Geoffrey Mead |
| gracie field orphanage Hi i wonder if anyone can help. My friends mumwent to the above orphange, we believe it was sussex. Seh ... | joanne | 7 | 13 days ago by Mark Woodouse |
| Church Road Studios - ex-Barclays Bank? Can anyone give me any info on the history of the building which is now Church Road Recording Studios (Enterprise ... | Kristen | 5 | 12 October by Diane Ruff |
| Prestonville School, Hove I went to Prestonville School (nr the Seven Dials) from 1962 until 1968. Anyone out there a former pupil and ... | Steve Sherwood | 45 | 12 October by Bruce Knaggs |
| St Peters Court School, Burgess Hill Does anyone have any information on St Peters Court School, in Burgess Hill, the Rev, Mcdonald Hobley I think was ... | Angela Greaves | 52 | 12 October by James Laws |
| 19 Clifton Terrace My great grandmother, Sophia Celia Hutchins, was born 19 Clifton Terrace Brighton in 1854. Her parents were Richard Hutchins ... | Judith Sutherland | 8 | 12 October by Tony Patrick |
| Anyone remember Alfred Arnold De Lacy of Brighton? I am specifically interested in information on the woman Alfred lived with called Frances Eliza Allen from c1917-1928 in Brighton. ... | Julie Mayo | 0 | 29 September by Julie Mayo |
| Zetlands Coffee Shop Does anyone recall Zetlands Coffee Shop? It used to be patronised by ‘ladies who took morning coffee’ they wore smart ... | Hawkeye | 9 | 29 September by Franklin Silverstone |
| Anyone remember John T Kirkham? I am looking for any information on John T Kirkham. He drove buses around 1930-1936 from Brighton to Chailey, Sussex. ... | Serena Kirkham | 5 | 29 September by Serena Kirkham |