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| 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 | 4 May by Dee Gee |
| gracie field orphanage Hi i wonder if anyone can help. My friends mumwent to the above orphange, we believe it was sussex. Seh ... | joanne | 8 | 4 May by Sophie |
| 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 | 4 May 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 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 | 8 | 9 April 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 | 9 April 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 | 2 | 9 April 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 | 9 April by Bob Eager |
| "Beaconsfield", Furze Hill, Hove My parents first met at a New Year party in January 1940. It was held in “Beaconsfield”, the home of ... | Alan Hobden | 5 | 9 April by Alan Hobden |
| Barrance and Ford clothing shop, Kings Road Brighton. Trying to find photographs of BARRANCE AND FORD before it closed in the 1970s. Or hear from anyone who remembers shopping ... | Stephanie Richards | 3 | 9 April by Carol Redbourn |
| Laundries in Brighton and Hove I was reading some of the posts and comments on the site about laundries in Brighton and Hove and I ... | Peter Groves | 29 | 9 April by Virginia Graham |
| shows at the dome 1960s My father worked at the dome in the 60s and I used to get to see a lot of ... | jennifer tonks nee smith | 14 | 9 April by Irene Dobson |
| Neptune Pub Can anyone tell me if the Neptune Pub on Kingways Hove at junction with either Seafield Rd or Osborne Villas still exists? ... | Michele Chivers | 9 | 9 April by Kim Fox |
| Codrington House Can anyone provide any information on ‘Codrington House’ situated at No. 1. Hampton Place, it is currently housing a ... | John Billing | 9 | 24 March by Frazer Streames |
| Margaret Williamson (née Potter) This is a long shot but if anyone has any information about, or even remembers, Margaret Mary Williamson, I would ... | Becky Matthewson | 4 | 24 March by Becky Matthewson |
| Film Studios My mum’s been telling me about some film studios that were situated opposite their house in Saint Nicholas Road, Brighton. ... | Alan Taylor | 14 | 24 March by PAUL Bond |
| Searching for my mother I have been searching for my birth mother for many years and need to ocate her before it is too ... | Rachel llsley | 7 | 24 March by Rachel Illsley |
| James Greene, Schoolmaster mid 1800s James Sparrow Greene was a schoolmaster. In 1841 he had a school in Poisey Green with nearly 40 pupils. However, ... | David Barnard | 15 March by David Barnard | |
| scrase family looking for any inf on the scrase family – came from horsham – brighton road | isabel brazier nee scrase | 13 | 15 March by Philip Slater |
| Hove County Grammar School for Girls I attended Hove County in Nevill Road from 1950-55. Are the buildings still there & does anyone have photos of ... | Jean | 23 | 15 March by SANDRA VISSE Née CUDDEFORD |
| jenkinsons caberet bar what a great place to chat up the birds!!!!.bobby sansom .alias tom jones ,plus his loaf of bread??and that delicous ... | duffy | 6 | 15 March by Colin Wild |
| Bakers Bottom Bakers Bottom was at the top of Sutherland Road. A mate of mine who was born in Dawson terr told me ... | Viv Webb | 8 | 15 March by William |
| Ewart Street I have recently found that my grandfather was born in 1900s in house on Ewart Street. Can you direct ... | Marsha Phelps | 7 | 15 March by Vic Jordan |
| harland triplets;haywards heath in some way i am related to the above triplets as my ancestors came from the lindfield area but most ... | mark harland | 3 | 15 March by Alison Whitestone |