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| Captain Samuel Brown RN. Chain Pier and Bridge Builder. Captain Samuel Brown who lived on Marine Parade whilst he was building the Chain Pier at Brighton also built bridges. ... | Tim Sargeant | 0 | 13 April by Tim Sargeant |
| Brighton Register Office - 1947 Hi there, I’m researching for a book and want to find out where Brighton Register Office was in 1947. I believe ... | Maggie Elliott | 8 | 13 April by Maggie Elliott |
| Info on Buckingham Street, Brighton Iam intrestedin knowing a little about Buckingham Street, Brighton. I wanted to know who may have lived in the street ... | Anthony | 4 | 10 April by Gail Williams |
| Carlton House Prep School 1940s. During the 1940s, Carlton House Preparatory School at No 50 Great College Street was run by a Miss Swan and ... | Tim Sargeant | 0 | 8 April by Tim Sargeant |
| Stanmore Hotel Where was the Stanmore Hotel in Brighton in the 1970’s? | David Collis | 3 | 8 April by Dr Geoffrey Mead |
| Colebrook Family of Blackman Street I have just been viewing on this site a lovely photograph of Blackman Road taken in 1959. One of ... | Colin Jarman | 8 | 8 April by Graham Camfield |
| Looking for information on the "Swiss Warehouse" at 71 Kings Road I believe this gift store was owned by somebody else in the 1880s and 1890s, but it was acquired by ... | James Bigwood | 3 | 7 April by James Bigwood |
| 2 Cannon Terrace, 1867 I am looking for a map that has this address ‘2 Cannon Terrace’ in 1867. My great grandfather had a ... | Shelly Comfort | 8 | 7 April by Andy Grant |
| The Joke in the Royal Pavilion! Having nowhere else to put this “Note” I thought I would pass it on even though I have no idea ... | Roy Grant | 1 | 3 April by Jennifer Martin |
| Rottingdean Place Having recently moved to an apartment in Rottingdean Place I am keen to research its history. The national archives ... | Liz Hopkin | 4 | 30 March by Dr Geoffrey Mead |
| City Cemetery, Bear Road, Brighton I’ve just been informed that my father was buried at this Cemetery in 1961. I have been given a ... | Kathryn Bryant | 12 | 30 March by Dan McDonald |
| Fruit and Veg My grandmother was a “Mears” one of the fruit and veg sellers still operating in Brighton, She used to have ... | Laine | 18 | 25 March by Katie Mears |
| Captain George Burden McKean Hello, I am currently looking for anything on Canada’s highest decorated World War One Army Recruit who was born in Durham ... | Peter Bourne | 3 | 18 March by Tracey Cross |
| E G Brown (Brighton) Ltd Can anyone assist with this query? In 1927 They were Ironfounders/Hardware & Bldrs Merchants at The Arches, Station Street & Trafalgar ... | David Eldridge | 3 | 18 March by Koulla |
| Semadeni's confectioners Hi. Has anyone come across this family in their research. Apparently they had a shop in Brighton from ... | Angela | 5 | 18 March by Michael Mansfield |
| Cows on Hove Lawns Does anybody remember the dairy shows which used to come to Hove Lawns by the King Alfred in the summer? ... | Val Stockley | 5 | 18 March by Graham Matless |
| Smiths Clock Factory After the 2nd World War, my Aunty lived in Brighton and worked at a Clock Factory (assembling Smiths clocks I ... | Tracy | 8 | 18 March by Peter Groves |
| Brighton Tigers Ice Hockey player Clive Millard Does anyone have any info on Clive Millard (my uncle)? I believe he was connected to the club around the ... | Chris Millard | 0 | 15 March by Chris Millard |
| 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 | 6 | 7 March by Lorraine Conroy. nee West |
| Standean Farm Patcham Does anyone remember this farm? It was accessed via a narrow lane opposite the top of Church Hill. I was ... | Neville Bolding | 10 | 7 March by Neville Bolding |
| Wood Street 1851 My great grandmother Louisa Mary Goodwin was living in Wood Street in 1851 aged 3 along with her parents James ... | Marilyn Palfreman | 0 | 7 March by Marilyn Palfreman |
| May 1942 - Luftwaffe bomber crash, Patcham The attached newspaper clipping appeared in “The Star” on Wednesday 13 May 1942 shows my father an army officer examining ... | Bill Ashby | 0 | 5 March by Bill Ashby |
| Charles Ewer I have the family bible dated 1817 for the EWER family who I see spent many years in Brighton and ... | EWER | 11 | 3 March by Tina Ewer |
| Vantas drink dispenser in newsagent Does anyone have details of the old fizzy drink dispenser like a large glass globe that you could get fizzy ... | David Shelton | 1 | 3 March by david shelton |