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the Galleon Hi in the 50s my friends and i spent most ... | liz | 27 November 2023 10:35 AM by Colin Philcox |
montepelier hotel can anyone tell me if the montpelier hotel is still around ... | michele | 27 November 2023 10:35 AM by TOMMASO BRUNO |
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 | 27 November 2023 10:32 AM by Sue Boxell |
nicholas tattersall Hi I have heard the story of Nicholas tattersall over the years passed down from my grandmother, her maiden name was ... | Sharon Geldard | 27 November 2023 10:32 AM by Richard Pearce |
The Black Horse, 112 Church Street in 1900-1903 I would appreciate any information about the licence history of this pub. An entry in The Brighton Gazette 17 Dec ... | Stephen Henley | 14 November 2023 6:37 PM by Stephen Henley |
361 Old Shoreham Road This was a children and baby home I believe run by a Mrs H Mockford Any info would be appreciated as ... | Gary Cusack | 14 November 2023 6:37 PM by Alan Phillips |
varndean grammer school for girls does anyone remember this school around 1961 – 1964 | sue loveridge | 14 November 2023 6:36 PM by Sue Dee |
King & Son and Lea & Son both in Western Road I have been trying for sometime now to find out more information on a Butcher’s shop called King & Son ... | Jackie Rooney | 14 November 2023 6:36 PM by Kay Ar |
Landlord surname "Alce" from Flowing Stream My grandparents (Chas Alce) used to run The Volunteer (Mash Tun) and my mother was born upstairs in 1943. However, ... | Rich Benham | 14 November 2023 6:36 PM by george sibun |
The Shades Bar I remember spending many an evening in a pub called “The Shades Bar”, which was in a little street between ... | Marc Turner | 14 November 2023 6:35 PM by Rob Padwick |
teacher training college in 1931 My mother went to Brighton Municipal College, possibly at 8 Eastern Terrace Brighton in 1931, but I cannot find any ... | Christine Lethbridge | 14 November 2023 6:35 PM by David Wilkinson |
Elizabeth Sarah HUMPHRIES c1850s I am still trying to trace one Elizabeth Sarah Humphries who was known to have been in Brighton in the ... | Tim Sargeant | 12 November 2023 12:48 PM by Tim Sargeant |
Foundling Record: William Thomas Hope Hi Group I wondered if anyone could point me in the right direction regarding my 92 year old friends father who ... | Denise Smith | 11 November 2023 6:30 PM by Denise Smith |
Medieval village of Perching I am desperately searching for information about the medieval village of Perching; the remains of which are on the Downs. ... | Rev Peter King | 3 November 2023 9:26 AM by Peter King |
Mound in field near Mile Oak Farm Is there any archaeological significance to this big mound in a field about 1/2 mile east of Mile Oak Farm? | brian churchill | 3 November 2023 9:25 AM by Mark Standen |
Christopher Horlock The above named person writes amazing books on the history of Brighton which are clear and have wonderful pictures. I ... | Tasha Humphrey | 3 November 2023 9:23 AM by Peter Jeffery |
In reference to Jubilee Street - running North/South between North Road and Church Street, Brighton. Having lived in 22 North Place from around 1944 & into the late 1950’s, I was aware of this area ... | Nigel Buxton | 3 November 2023 9:23 AM by Dr Geoffrey Mead |
About a poultry, eggs and butter shop Have you any photo or information about a shop in 13 Cranbourne Street? My ancestor Adolphe Drincqbier was eggs, butter ... | Stéphanie Chesterton | 3 November 2023 9:22 AM by Stephanie Chesterton |
Sussex Drug Company I had an edwardian house in hurstpierpoint. We dug up a bottle in the garden that had “SUSSEX DRUG COMPANY ... | Kenton Green | 13 October 2023 9:51 AM by Andrew Bannister |
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 | 5 October 2023 10:20 AM by Nigel Buxton |
Palace Pier Was the Palace Pier in council ownership prior to the Noble Organisation buying it? Was it ever in Council ownership? | John Knight | 5 October 2023 10:19 AM by John Knight |
Cordoba Coffee Lounge Does anyone remember this popular meeting place back in the late 1950’s/early 1960’s? Think it may have been in either ... | Jean | 5 October 2023 10:19 AM by Carol Rudland (nee Connors) |
Question about sackville road hove I am trying to find out if there was a bottling plant in Sackville Road on the left hand side ... | Eleanor Fitzgerald | 5 October 2023 10:19 AM by Dr Geoffrey Mead |
Odd Ball Characters. Brighton has always been a Town of Tolerance(alliteration) and because of this attracted and fully accepted those who chose to ... | Roy Grant | 5 October 2023 10:18 AM by Ermina Contrast |