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| Topic | Started by | Replies | Last post |
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| 14th Hove Scouts Hello. Hope anyone can out there can help?! I am helping my local scout group to celebrate its 100 years ... | Naomi Darling | 1 | 8 hours ago by Michael Endean |
| Eaton Mews???? Hi everyone, Can anyone inform me as to where Eaton Mews is/was in Brighton/Hove as I am researching my family history ... | Terry Jacobs | 13 | 4 days ago by Kevin Wilson |
| A question about the bas relief at 59 North Street Brighton On the front of 59 North Street, between the windows on the first and second floors, is a bas relief ... | Lawrence Suss | 0 | 4 days ago by Lawrence Suss |
| Remembrance Train in Brighton sheds My grandfather Albert Bartlett had his photo taken with a few ( about 5 ) of the other men who ... | Mavis Strong | 0 | 6 days ago by Mavis Strong |
| Baroda Pigeon House at Brooker Hall (Hove Museum). Does anyone know what happened to the Baroda Pigeon House? It stood in front of Brooker Hall in New Church ... | Alan Hobden | 1 | 8 days ago by Geoffrey Mead |
| 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 | 7 | 9 days ago by Paul Hobbs |
| Cows on Hove Lawns Does anybody remember the dairy shows which used to come to Hove Lawns by the King Alfred in the summer? ... | Val Stockley | 2 | 10 days ago by Peter Groves |
| Johanna Hutton Snook - concert pianist Do you have any record of this lady playing the piano to Edward V11 in the late 1800s. Or ... | Alison Layton | 3 | 13 days ago by Tim Sargeant |
| Roy Charles Whipps How do I go about finding any information about this man – my father — who was born and lived ... | Alison JOhnson | 6 | 30 June by Peter Whipps |
| Watts, Hampson, Diplock, Carron Hi, I’m trying to find my ancestors from the brighton and hove areas and wondering if anyone can help. My ... | Denise | 13 | 24 June by Kirsty Carron |
| Holland Road Repository Can someone spread some light and history on the Holland road repository as was? I can’t seem to find anything ... | Liam | 5 | 21 June by Alan Hobden |
| Brighton Institution for the Blind & Dumb 1901ish Does anyone have any old photographs of this building on 136 Eastern Road, Brighton from about 1901, as I have ... | Samantha Bye | 4 | 13 June by Geoffrey Eagling |
| Quebec Street Does anyone know when Quebec Street was built and who built the houses (postcode BN2 7NB)? | Indira Becha | 1 | 9 June by Andy Grant |
| Was there a Sandringham Hotel in Brighton about 1934? My grandmother worked there and we are trying to trace what happened to it. | Ian Hill | 4 | 7 June by Geoffrey Mead |
| Barrance and Ford clothing shop, Kings Road Brighton. Trying to find photographs of BARRANCE AND FORD before it closed in the 1970s. Or hear from anyone who remembers shopping ... | Stephanie Richards | 1 | 7 June by Geoffrey Mead |
| Elocution Does anyone remember an elocution teacher going by the name of Madam Moore? During the war, I attended lessons with ... | Brenda Matthews | 0 | 4 June by Brenda Matthews |
| Vera Garbut Is there any information about this dance teacher who put on shows at the Dome around 1955 – 1963? | Sue Loveridge | 1 | 4 June by Brenda Matthews |
| Maynards Sweet Factory Hi I am researching the Maynards sweet Factory building for an assignment as part of my History of Art and ... | Alex Ellison | 3 | 2 June by Priscilla Palmer |
| William, Thomas & Charles Cole I have a newspaper cutting from the Brighton Herald of 19/10/1833 which states that a schooner ‘Ranger’ was ‘lately launched ... | Rosalind Boon | 2 | 30 May by Rosalind Boon |
| Black cat at Royal Albion Im sure its been asked before, does anyone know why there is a black cat on the side of the ... | jules | 6 | 28 May by Ron Porter |
| Cable Radio Does anyone remember a company called Switchit? When we lived at 27 Whitehawk Road in the forties there was a two ... | Dave Cresdee | 11 | 27 May by Anthony Williams |
| Does anyone have photos of Ronna florist stall on Brighton Station Concourse? I am looking for photos of Ronna flower stall which she ran on the concourse for 20 years. I have ... | Brian Clark | 2 | 25 May by Brian Clark |
| YMCA Patcham Can any one tell me the name of the big house in Patcham Park which is the YMCA WHen it ... | Susan Welham | 2 | 22 May by Sherrill Paine |
| Clara Rosetta Cottage Can anyone shed light on the house at the corner of Old Shoreham Rd and York Grove please? it has ... | Geoffrey Mead | 3 | 21 May by andrea baulk |