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The Fountain Inn I’m searching for any information/photo’s of The Fountain Inn, Upper Bedford Street, Brighton. In 1881 an ancestor of my wife ... | James Hammond | 5 October 2023 10:18 AM by george sibun |
Elm Grove workhouse As a result of exploring family history in Brighton where I grew up I have discovered my grandfather and great ... | Sylvia Oram | 5 October 2023 10:18 AM by Sylvia Oram |
sack factory Does anyone remember the sack factory in portslade where many of the ... | alma | 5 October 2023 10:17 AM by Terry Jones |
Royal Crescent Hotel - Chaplins bar Who out there remembers Chaplins bar under the Royal Crescent Hotel. I worked there in the late 80’s. Post your ... | cm | 5 October 2023 10:17 AM by Ian S |
H. THUNDER - Court Boot maker 15, East Street I am trying to find out more about the THUNDER Boot and Shoe Premises at 15, East Street, Brighton. My ... | John Knowles | 26 September 2023 10:26 AM by Alan Charlton |
Old Building, Hove Recreation Ground I have noticed several time a small building in the Old Shoreham Road, Shirley Drive corner of Hove Recreation Ground. ... | Mary Turner | 26 September 2023 10:26 AM by ian |
Sir David Scott 1782-1851 Sir David Scott (1782-1851), 2nd Baronet of Dunninald, was a prominent Brighton resident in the 19th century and a local ... | Paul | 26 September 2023 10:25 AM by Andeta Mulatu |
Wedding at Brighton 6 Sept 1902, Gibson Philip Dundas and Lucy Harriet Weller. I have a photo of the wedding but would like to know who else was in the photo besides bride and groom Photo has Edwards, 10 Lewes Rd, Brighton. These people are my husbands grand parents. | Phil & Marj Dundas | 26 September 2023 10:25 AM by Marjorie Dundas |
Western House, Western Terrace Does anyone know exactly what Western Terrace was built for? I have found very little history. I know it was ... | Ivor Williams | 11 September 2023 12:43 PM by Ivor Williams |
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 | 11 September 2023 12:43 PM by Jackie Farlow-Collett |
A question about 90 Kings RD 1911 I would like to know what was located at 90 Kings Road in 1911? My grandmother is listed on her ... | R. Angela Vause | 11 September 2023 12:43 PM by Gill Wales |
17 Lewes Crescent, 1910 Does anyone know of a Miss West who set up a school “Pension for Young Ladies”? She was there for ... | Barbara Turner | 7 September 2023 9:01 AM by Barbara Turner |
Zetlands Coffee Shop Does anyone recall Zetlands Coffee Shop? It used to be patronised by ‘ladies who took morning coffee’ they wore smart ... | Hawkeye | 7 September 2023 9:00 AM by Cheryl Felix |
43/44 Marine Parade On the 1861 census Scottish ancestors appear to be residing at 43/44 Marine Parade. Does anyone know what this building ... | Mary Jane Harvey | 7 September 2023 9:00 AM by Dr Geoffrey Mead |
Gardner Street Brighton Does anyone have photos of Gardner Street, Brighton taken between 1967 and 1986? Specifically I am looking for ... | Phil Drayton-Morris | 7 September 2023 9:00 AM by Dr Geoffrey Mead |
Rotunda Cafe Preston Park I went there recently,and very nice it is too.A lovely book of old postcards of Brighton and Hove I found ... | Jennifer Tonks nee Smith | 7 September 2023 9:00 AM by Simon Thornley |
Dentsply building Lewes Road I AM TRYING TO FIND OUT ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE DENTSPLY BUILDING ON THE LEWES ROAD. CAN ANY ONE HELP. | Benjamin Bale | 31 August 2023 10:58 AM by Chris Morris |
Where was York Terrace 1871? A great grand parent was living at 1 York Terrace in 1871. I can see York Grove and York Villas ... | Mike Woodham | 31 August 2023 10:57 AM by Tim Sargeant |
PUB LANDLORDS BRIGHTON Can anyone help i am trying to confirm that my grandfather ran the albion inn in the early years of ... | David Fitzgerald | 31 August 2023 10:57 AM by Dave Richards |
Ferguson Tractors In the early 1950s the Brighton Corporation were using Ferguson tractors painted dark blue and carrying the Coporation name and ... | A Barnes | 31 August 2023 10:57 AM by Freddie Golding |
Michael Wilcock and his Father Tim Sargeant talks of Michael Wilcock at the Swandean Garage near Worthing who in 1953 ran his Swandean Spitfire Special ... | John Woodget | 31 August 2023 10:57 AM by Robin P N Fryer |
Jewish Convalescent Home in Hove Anybody happen to have any knowledge of the whereabouts of the Jewish Convalescent Home situated in Hove in the 19th ... | Dave Phillips | 31 August 2023 10:56 AM by Emma Rands |
Mormon church Can anyone tell me if there is a Mormon church in Brighton or Hove, and if so whereabouts please | John | 31 August 2023 10:56 AM by Kimball North |
Whitehawk Bottom What was Whitehawk Bottom like before houses were built around 1910? | Jane Emery | 31 August 2023 10:56 AM by Gill Wales |