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| Topic | Started by | Replies | Last post |
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| Frai family (could they be Fray, now?) Furthering my research into my family’s relocation to Brighton, it would appear that a relative, Phyllis Abell, married a chap, ... | Julie M | 5 | 3 days ago by Penny Broomhead |
| 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 | 3 | 3 days ago by Geoffrey Davies |
| Mrs Fitzherbert and Brighton Hello members Have just joined and am asking if anybody has any information on the historic sites related to Mrs Fitzherbert ... | Derrick Bradfield | 3 | 4 days ago by Rob Body |
| Waterhall Golf Course Anyone know what’s happening at Waterhall Golf Course? I’m not talking about the possible closure, although info on that would ... | Peter Groves | 5 | 4 days ago by Peter Groves |
| 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 | 10 | 5 days ago by Robin |
| Hove County Grammar School for Girls I attended Hove County in Nevill Road from 1950-55. Are the buildings still there & does anyone have photos of ... | Jean | 4 | 5 days ago by Helen Smith |
| The Winsor family Hi,I am researching my ex nans family,her surname was Winsor and she was born in Bute st kemp town 1908.I ... | Phillip Baker | 2 | 5 days ago by Diane |
| George Ernest Bryant lived in Brighton Hi, I was adopted shortly after my birth and have in the last year or so found many ancestors. ... | Kathryn Bryant | 6 | 5 days ago by dom smith |
| Metal Box company Does anyone remember the metal box company portslade ny father used to work there and it is annoying me because ... | Jacky Collard | 10 | 5 days ago by Geoffrey Mead |
| A question about Coleman Street, Brighton Bit of a long shot but when I was 6 (now 69!) years old my parents Chris and Lois Lade ... | Nick Lade | 0 | 5 days ago by Nick Lade |
| Fish and Chip Restaurant in the North Laine 1990's. Does anyone know of a Fish and Chip Restaurant in the North Laine? I was taken there in the 1990’s ... | Ria Ship | 0 | 7 days ago by |
| Brighton Free Home for Destitute and Orphan Boys - aka Bryn aka 3 Upper Lewes Road. The 1891 census shows my great uncle as being a resident (or inmate) at No 3 Upper Lewes Road (a ... | Geoff Robbins | 8 | 14 days ago by Andy Grant |
| Bombings in Brighton Does anyone know any information on bombs in Caledonian rd Brighton 1940 September the 20 that where dropped, or have ... | vikkysmile | 8 | 14 days ago by Allan Warner-Clarkson |
| Miss Margaret Hardy I am researching Brighton’s first female Mayor, Miss Margaret Hardy. Local Studies are sending me a brief history of her ... | Colin Cartwright | 2 | 3 September by David Packham |
| Looking for Reginald Footitt/Footit Hello, I’d like to re-unite my Dad with his old Navy colleague called Reginald Footitt (or Footit). All we know is he ... | Steph Joynson | 4 | 30 August by Steph Joynson |
| Barrance and Ford Hello, I am doing some research on the department store Barrance and Ford that was situated on the corner of Kings ... | Karen Scanlon | 4 | 30 August by Karen Scanlon |
| Rings Of Hove I am trying to find out about this shop which was on Western Road near Palmeira Square – it closed ... | Caroline Carter | 9 | 30 August by Jean Bethell |
| 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 | 4 | 30 August by keren hancox |
| Wigney's Bank Does anyone know anything about the Wigney family who came to Brighton at the end of the 18th Century? Brighton’s ... | Heather King | 12 | 22 August by Ivor Williams |
| the weaver family Hi i wonder if anyone can help me i am a member of the weaver family and trying to find ... | wayne | 6 | 22 August by Shady Pooh |
| Warren Farm I wonder if anyone can tell me please if I can access any lists of people who stayed at Warren ... | Denise | 12 | 6 August by Geoffrey Mead |
| Davigdor Dairies Does anyone have any information about Davigdor Dairy{or Dairies}.I remember them from my childhood and sometimes was taken by my ... | Edward | 9 | 6 August by Stan Foulkes |
| First Scout Camp Baden Powell’s first ever scout camp took place in 1908. Amongst those first thirty scouts who attended the camp was ... | Peter Whitcomb | 7 | 2 August by Mary Norris |
| Mormon church Can anyone tell me if there is a Mormon church in Brighton or Hove, and if so whereabouts please | John | 13 | 31 July by Geoffrey Mead |