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| Stapleton Brothers Does anyone remember Stapleton Bros. trucking company on Clifton Hill (or maybe it was Street). Anyway my great-grandfather founded it ... | John Hutchings | 3 | 2 days ago by Steve Walker |
| 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 | 64 | 5 days ago by Roland St Clere-Smithe |
| Lady Leopoldina Olivia Keppel 1866--1948 of Sacred Heart Convent Hove known as Madam Keppel. Any information from LOCAL sources about this lady for a family history would be most welcome | Roger Thompson | 0 | 8 days ago by Roger Thompson |
| Searching for my mother I have been searching for my birth mother for many years and need to ocate her before it is too ... | Rachel llsley | 6 | 8 days ago by Rachel Illsley |
| Percy Wilkinson Delevine Looking for information on Percy Wilkinson who was part of the Delevines theatrical act and who retired to Brighton and ... | Trish Mackay | 1 | 11 days ago by Jane Joyce |
| Who was Florence Moore? Dinsdale Landen and several other Brighton based theatrical personalities stated they they took their first steps into the profession at ... | Roy Grant | 13 | 11 days ago by Christine Cooke |
| North Lane School A relative has shown me a photo of a sampler made by a child relative born 1851 who attended North ... | Allan Warner-Clarkson | 0 | 11 days ago by Allan Warner-Clarkson |
| Court School of Dancing,Brighton Does anyone remember the teachers, Stan, Daphne, Tim, George. Where are they now? Do you have any memories? | Pauline Stratton | 4 | 19 February by Peter Smith |
| Dubarry Perfumes I am trying to do some research into the Dubarry Perfume Factory (adjoining Hove Railway Station). The reason for my interest ... | Ben Hanbury | 7 | 19 February by CHRISTINE Buckingham |
| Humphrey Family I think the following people are connected to my family tree: Lottie Emily Marchant (b) 1907, poss married to Thomas ... | Pauline Best | 5 | 19 February by Gary MacLeod |
| 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 | 66 | 13 February by Iain Spence |
| ditchling road I am interested to know the history of the Brunswick on 39 ditchling road, now the Leek and Winkle. I ... | anna | 5 | 13 February by Kathy Levine |
| Brighton Newspapers Does any one know which local Brighton based newspapers were available in Brighton between 1880 and 1900? I believe ... | pathoaruk | 4 | 13 February by wendy Buckman |
| Peacehaven Hotel Does anyone remember the Peacehaven Hotel. It ws built in the 1920s. I’d like to know what it was used for in ... | Jules Davis | 2 | 13 February by Cheryl Felix |
| 1906 Hove Photo I have a photo of my great-great grandmother at the Kerrison (I think!) Coach House on Waterloo St in Hove. ... | michele helm | 0 | 12 February by michele helm |
| Family in Brighton My family came from Brighton. The Steels and Nurcombes. The Nurcombes lived at 18 Elder Street at the end of ... | Barry | 14 | 7 February by Anne Worthington |
| G M COLLEUTT i have a painting of st james’s street by a g m colleutt of 23 old steyne brighton as it ... | roy pateman | 3 | 7 February by Dr. S.N. Collcutt |
| 250 Elm Grove Brighton I have a birth certificate for my aunt showing she was born at 250 Elm Grove Brighton in 1907 the ... | Coral Luke | 5 | 7 February by Kathy P |
| Stucks the Jewellers Does anyone remember the jewellers in the road off West Street known as Stuck’s? | Tony Hagon | 6 | 7 February by george sibun |
| 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 | 1 | 6 February by george sibun |
| A dairy in Moulsecoomb I am doing some research about Moulsecoomb and I was wondering if anybody knew of any information or whereabouts of ... | Paul Clarkson | 4 | 6 February by Paul Clarkson |
| Girls' School. Montpelier Road. 1850s ? Has anyone any knowledge of a girls’ school in Montpelier Road during the 1850s period. If so what was it ... | Tim Sargeant | 12 | 4 February by Andy Grant |
| rottingdean smugglers tunnels I am doing some research in to the smugglers tunnels running underneath rottingdean. I believe they ran upto buildings in ... | andrew james | 3 | 4 February by Kathy Levine |
| Moores of Brighton I am trying to research the history of my fiancé’s car. We know it came originally from Moores of Brighton, ... | Clare Mobbs | 12 | 4 February by Lawrence Tebbs |