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| Popes Folly Duffy raised the problem of the origin of Popes Folly, but so far I have drawn a blank. It is ... | Roy Grant | 11 | 6 November 2020 10:11 AM by sophie hearne |
| THE FORGE AT FALMER As a result of my researches into my family history; my grandfather Albert Slarks was the blacksmith at Falmer for ... | JAMES BROWNING | 2 | 6 November 2020 10:07 AM by Stan Berrett |
| School Records from the 1850s? Would anyone have any knowledge whether any school records survive from the 1850s for a girls’ school called ‘Belvedere’ which ... | Tim Sargeant | 5 | 26 October 2020 8:13 AM by Tim Sargeant |
| scrase family looking for any inf on the scrase family – came from horsham – brighton road | isabel brazier nee scrase | 7 | 26 October 2020 8:13 AM by John Snelling |
| FUGGLES This a strange name, does anyone remember two sisters, the Misses Fuggles, who ran a little private school in Powis ... | June | 13 | 21 October 2020 3:30 PM by Tim Sargeant |
| Johnstone's Midget Coaches, Brighton. I recently added a posting on the ‘Childrens Memories of Brighton seafront in the 1950‘s page about Johnstones Midget Coaches. ... | Tim Sargeant | 4 | 19 October 2020 9:45 AM by Tim Sargeant |
| Bunkers Hill Does anybody know where Bunkers Hill was in Brighton, a local fisherman area ,l think? | Sheila Jones | 7 | 19 October 2020 9:45 AM by janet fenner |
| 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 | 9 | 19 October 2020 9:43 AM by Margaret BISHOP |
| 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 | 15 | 19 October 2020 9:43 AM by Agnes Bean |
| Co-op laundry? Does anyone remember the Co-op? laundry, somewhere around Byron St, or that area? I recall it as ... | Annie | 4 | 19 October 2020 9:43 AM by John Barber |
| family history I am trying to track the Edlin family history in Brighton as I am led to believe that my ... | edlin | 11 | 19 October 2020 9:43 AM by Vicki Lefort (née Noble) |
| Rainbow Children's Home Hi, I hope someone can shed light on my question! Does anyone have any information on The Rainbow Childrens Home ... | Mark Stewart | 11 | 16 October 2020 9:57 AM by Jillian Foley |
| betting shop opend by max miller what is the shop now which once was a betting shop which was opened by max miller.in new england road | wayne | 7 | 16 October 2020 9:56 AM by Geoffrey Mead |
| gracie field orphanage Hi i wonder if anyone can help. My friends mumwent to the above orphange, we believe it was sussex. Seh ... | joanne | 7 | 16 October 2020 9:54 AM by Mark Woodouse |
| Church Road Studios - ex-Barclays Bank? Can anyone give me any info on the history of the building which is now Church Road Recording Studios (Enterprise ... | Kristen | 5 | 12 October 2020 3:30 PM by Diane Ruff |
| 19 Clifton Terrace My great grandmother, Sophia Celia Hutchins, was born 19 Clifton Terrace Brighton in 1854. Her parents were Richard Hutchins ... | Judith Sutherland | 8 | 12 October 2020 3:21 PM by Tony Patrick |
| Anyone remember John T Kirkham? I am looking for any information on John T Kirkham. He drove buses around 1930-1936 from Brighton to Chailey, Sussex. ... | Serena Kirkham | 5 | 29 September 2020 9:20 AM by Serena Kirkham |
| Medieval village of Perching I am desperately searching for information about the medieval village of Perching; the remains of which are on the Downs. ... | Rev Peter King | 6 | 29 September 2020 9:18 AM by Justin Brice |
| Cromwell House School, Hove 1954 Does anyone remember attending boarding school at the above between the yeats 1954-1958 and what happened to the school. My surname ... | Elizabeth Meakin | 9 | 29 September 2020 9:17 AM by Julia Allen |
| Bombings in Brighton Does anyone know any information on bombs in Caledonian rd Brighton 1940 September the 20 that where dropped, or have ... | vikkysmile | 10 | 29 September 2020 9:17 AM by Allan Warner-Clarkson |
| Demolished school, Upper Drive, Hove An old OS map 1944-1969 shows a school in Upper Drive, Hove, on the north side. The site is the ... | Alan Hobden | 3 | 21 September 2020 5:26 PM by Alan Hobden |
| Warren Farm I wonder if anyone can tell me please if I can access any lists of people who stayed at Warren ... | Denise | 13 | 21 September 2020 5:20 PM by Robert Kesterton |
| 37 Rugby Road Preston Drove once formed part of an ancient trackway across the parish from Lewes to Portslade. Does anyone have any ... | John Knight | 3 | 21 September 2020 5:19 PM by Alan Phillips |
| Johnny Dee & The Initials As a ex member of the above band in the 1960s just wondering if their are any ex members of the ... | John Grover | 1 | 21 September 2020 5:18 PM by Martin Fuller |