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Looking for something on Bosses Gardens I am attempting to trace our family history, My great Grandparents (Ernest Fellingham and Ellen Farncombe, were married in Brighton, ... | Jayne | 1 June 2023 8:21 AM by Ivor Williams |
Applesham Way Portslade Hello does anyone have any old images of Applesham Way or stories they can share? We are hoping to hold ... | Eleanor Bell | 27 May 2023 8:56 AM by Dr Geoffrey Mead |
Air Raid shelters - Varndean School A query that has intrigued me for many years. The warren of air raid shelter under the playing fields at ... | Fred Woolven | 27 May 2023 8:56 AM by Harry Atkins |
Crutwell's Preparatory School in 1890's Major A.G.Wade MC, born in Henfield in 1881, boarded at this private school in Brighton in about 1893, as did ... | ADRIAN VIELER | 27 May 2023 8:56 AM by george sibun |
Bunkers Hill Does anybody know where Bunkers Hill was in Brighton, a local fisherman area ,l think? | Sheila Jones | 27 May 2023 8:56 AM by Simon Pettett |
H K Muddle; Does anyone remember H K Muddle, piano and organ repairer somewhere in the back streets of Hove in the 1950s. ... | Tim Sargeant | 27 May 2023 8:55 AM by Ralph Reeves-Saunders |
Bellmans London Road. My mother Violet worked for Sydney Bellman during and after the war. Bellmans ran the Helpy Club for the war ... | Jennifer Goddard nee Norrell | 19 May 2023 10:53 AM by David Busfield |
250 Elm Grove Brighton Hi can anyone with a street directory for Brighton tell me please who was living at 250 Elm Grove Brighton ... | Kaz | 19 May 2023 10:53 AM by Joyaa Antares |
Brighton Barrow Boys My father who passed away in 1966 was a Brighton Barrow Boy. I would like to learn more of them ... | Steve Mockett | 19 May 2023 10:52 AM by Harry Atkins |
Bruce Green and Edith Clopet Can anyone give me information about these two people,please? I believe they were pantomime artists in Brighton. Thank you Jackie | Jackie Matthews | 19 May 2023 10:52 AM by Clopet Clopet |
Rings Of Hove I am trying to find out about this shop which was on Western Road near Palmeira Square – it closed ... | Caroline Carter | 19 May 2023 10:49 AM by Clive Descombes |
Essie and Fred Lyons I am trying to find out more about the lives of Essie ( nee tapp) and frederick george Lyons who ... | Claire Tiffany | 19 May 2023 10:49 AM by Linda Brand |
Cinema in a domed marquee on Brighton Sea Front Does anyone remember in or about 1956, a traveling show that featured a tent with a circular cinema screen that ... | Chris Edwards | 4 May 2023 9:10 AM by Chris Edwards |
Warship Savings Week 1942 Any information on when it was held in Brighton and Hove and how much was raised by the residents? All ... | Stephen LeVine | 4 May 2023 9:10 AM by Stephen LeVine |
Old Brighton Families In my (Windsor) family history searches I have noticed the intermingling of many Brighton families back in the 16th,17th and ... | RichardW | 4 May 2023 9:08 AM by Deborah Jordan |
Ebenezer Church Does anyone have any historical knowledge about the Ebenezer Church in Brighton and the congregation that was sent to Australia ... | Bronwyn Williams | 4 May 2023 9:08 AM by Geoff Hellman |
Warren Farm Orphanage Can anyone tell me if there were any records kept on the names of the children in this childrens home,ie ... | Joan | 4 May 2023 9:07 AM by Tom Dean |
A pothole reveals a lost road surface. Here is a pothole I’ve seen today in Prince Albert Street Brighton which has revealed a rather unusual original road ... | Bob Niblett | 4 May 2023 9:07 AM by Dee Gee |
H J Lawson Dear Sir/Madam, around 1874/6 Henry John Lawson, better known as Harry and founder of the car industry, was resident in ... | Lee Hitchin | 4 May 2023 9:07 AM by James Peatling |
Evacuees in Moulsecoomb Hello, looking for any information/contacts regarding children evacuated from London to Moulsecoomb – around the beginning of WW2, I believe. ... | Zoë Ganderton | 9 April 2023 9:06 PM by Zoë Ganderton |
Hove College Does anybody have any information on Hove College, in particular the fire which destroyed the old building and what happened ... | Martin White | 9 April 2023 9:06 PM by William Brett |
Leslie Arthur Scarce I am trying to track any relative of Leslie Arthur Scarce who was a retired metal merchant at the time ... | Janet Davis | 9 April 2023 9:05 PM by Alison Scarce |
Vernon Athletic Does this Football Team strike home(!) to anyone? I am 73 now but when I was a kid our ... | Thelma Berry | 9 April 2023 9:05 PM by Philip Dennett |
Queens Park Cricket Ground There have been previous answers concerning this but if anyone has any knowledge or information on this ground that existed ... | Ian Fennell | 9 April 2023 9:04 PM by Bob Eager |