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| Topic | Started by | Replies | Last post |
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| High Street Brighton How did High Street Brighton gets its name, there have never been any shops only a couple of ... | Ken Ross | 0 | 27 June 2018 by Ken Ross |
| extra-mural cemetery hi, I’m doing a reserch project for my local museum & after some info about a family grave in the ... | Karl Neve | 0 | 22 June 2018 by Karl Neve |
| Historic information A27 Brighton Hove Bypass Hi Everyone, I am trying to find information on the Brighton Hove A27 Construction back in the late 80s or ... | Bobby Pennycoste | 3 | 12 June 2018 by Georgie Hole |
| Sussex Terrace. Can anyone tell me the location of Sussex Terrace in 1939 please? | Graham Maskell | 2 | 4 June 2018 by Tim Sargeant |
| Searching street directories for The Avenue I am trying to research the residents of The Avenue in South Moulsecoomb but I am having problems locating it ... | Paul Clarkson | 1 | 3 June 2018 by Geoffrey Mead |
| Sea View Hotel Hello, I’m an American just passing through and enjoying the beautiful scenery of Hove/Brighton. I’m staying at the Sea View ... | Cara Graf | 0 | 26 May 2018 by Cara Graf |
| Davigdor Road I’ve just seen this 2008 postfrom Celia Proud. There was “another establisment with ation on the end”. It was an electricity ... | Bristol Boater | 1 | 23 May 2018 by Alan Hobden |
| Landsdowne place original plans Hello! I was wondering if some of the original plans for the Regency houses in Landsdowne place still exists? I am ... | Miri | 1 | 22 May 2018 by Geoffrey Mead |
| What links St Nicholas Road House names. I have walked along St Nicholas Road for longer than I care to mention and I have always wondered WHY ... | Jon Prideaux | 1 | 21 May 2018 by Andy Grant |
| Schools near Newmarket Road On the 1911 census my father Edward Edmund Evento was a foster child age 7, living at #8 Newmarket road. ... | Christine Mepham | 7 | 6 May 2018 by Geoffrey Mead |
| trying to identify pupils in Cardinal newman School in the 1880s I know that two of my grandmothers sisters attended this school, and I am now looking for information on them. ... | Ann Maguire | 0 | 19 April 2018 by Ann Maguire |
| 1939 to 1945 the longest camp which area in Falmer was the Queens west surreys regiment T A camping when the second world war started | Barry Eade | 0 | 19 April 2018 by Barry Eade |
| Daisy Margaret Burtenshaw Hi there, I am looking for any information about my grandmother Daisy Margaret Burtenshaw (we think that is how she spelled ... | Susanne Conroy | 2 | 16 April 2018 by Andy Grant |
| bradshaws shop and stuarts wholesale grocers whar i wonder what happened to bradshaws in westeren road it was near stuarts were my father was manager in ... | john sharratt | 1 | 5 April 2018 by Robert Bradshaw |
| Alexandre Public House Lewes Road Brighton Hi, Is it true, that the upstairs of the Alexander Public House Lewes Road, Brighton has a preservation order ... | Theresa Phillips-Gunn | 0 | 5 April 2018 by Theresa Phillips-Gunn |
| St Anne Convent Sorry Elizabeth – your post has been deleted. Please read the posting guidelines. | Elizabeth Greenhill | 0 | 2 April 2018 by Elizabeth Greenhill |
| Gloucester street Hi l wonder if anyone can help me. We have lived in Lancashire for the last 22yrs and moved back ... | Maxine Quigley | 1 | 24 March 2018 by Geoffrey Mead |
| Allum family My wife’s grandfather,Francis Walter Allum was born at 2,Clarendon Place, Hove on 16th July 1877. Can anyone tell me who ... | William Stevens | 0 | 23 March 2018 by William Stevens |
| Roedean Coastguard cottages Can anyone help me find an early photograph of the Roedean Coastguard cottages before the Roedean estate was developed? | Stephen Rowlins | 1 | 18 March 2018 by Sam Flowers |
| HOLLAND FAMILY You need to give details – but remember – we do not deal with any enquiries post 19ll. Please read the ... | Michael Payne | 0 | 18 March 2018 by Michael Payne |
| John Douglas Edward How Thumbing through the photo album of a long-deceased aunt, I came across a newspaper cutting reporting the loss during the ... | Geoff Robbins | 3 | 15 March 2018 by Geoff Robbins |
| Portslade Street One of my ancestors, William Packham, lived in Portslade Street, Portslade in 1861. Can anyone tell me where this was? ... | Geoffrey Barber | 3 | 12 March 2018 by Alan Hobden |
| War Memorials Prompted by some of my recent research and the knowledge that this year marks the centenary of the end of ... | Geoff Robbins | 0 | 11 March 2018 by Geoff Robbins |
| coaches in Brighton I would like any information & photos of Campings, Alpha & Unique coaches which were old coach operators in the ... | Simon Stanford | 3 | 5 March 2018 by Simon Stanford |