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| Pub: Kennington/Kensington Arms? I was wondering if anyone could help me? I have searched the Internet but to no avail whatsoever. In 1995 I ... | Mark Miller | 6 | 8 June by Dr Geoffrey Mead |
| Edward Hill Creasy My husband’s great great grandfather, E H Creasy, I believe started the Brighton Gazette. and wondered if there were ... | Yvonne Creasy | 5 | 8 June by Stephen Conrad |
| Elim Church, The Lanes and it's burial ground. The Font & Firkin pub in Union Street, Brighton used to be a Non Conformist Chapel and later an Elim ... | Alan Hobden | 2 | 8 June by Alan Hobden |
| Doctor Thomas Gardner & Family Gt Grandfather,born in Brighton and practised medicine in Brighton and other places in UK. Married in Brighton -First wife Bessie(Maynard)-2 ... | Lyn Tod | 1 | 8 June by John Smith |
| Sloane Street, Brighton I have just found the parish record of the burial of an ancestor. His address is not very easy to ... | Angela Emmerton | 12 | 8 June by Larry Marchant |
| Police Convalescent Home - Clarendon Villas Hove Can anyone help with information and pictures of what was the first Police Convalescent Home – Clarendon Villas in Hove ... | andy aliffe | 5 | 8 June by Jeanne Rathbone |
| 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 | 8 | 1 June 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 | 7 | 27 May 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 | 2 | 27 May 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 | 1 | 27 May by george sibun |
| Bunkers Hill Does anybody know where Bunkers Hill was in Brighton, a local fisherman area ,l think? | Sheila Jones | 12 | 27 May 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 | 6 | 27 May 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 | 23 | 19 May 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 | 16 | 19 May 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 | 7 | 19 May 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 | 7 | 19 May 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 | 14 | 19 May 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 | 7 | 19 May 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 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 by Stephen LeVine | |
| Kemp Town, does anyone remember the property developer Godfrey Parker? Hi, I wanted to contact Christopher Horlock to see if he has any records and images of the old Kemp Town ... | G.G. Weiner | 2 | 4 May by Dr Geoffrey Mead |
| 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 | 12 | 4 May 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 | 7 | 4 May 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 | 8 | 4 May by Tom Dean |