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| A question about the coloured houses in Hanover Hello, does anyone know when residents of the Hanover district of Brighton started to paint their houses different colours? I ... | Ben Gladstone | 1 | 8 December 2020 10:00 AM by Geoffrey Mead |
| Football tour of Germany 1938 I am writing in the hope that you may be able to answer some questions from the local sports archives. In ... | Caroline Gaden | 4 | 8 December 2020 9:59 AM by Richard |
| The Florida Rooms Anyone have any memories of the Florida Rooms in the 60s? | Tony Clevett | 7 | 8 December 2020 9:58 AM by Jean Franklin-Johnson |
| Giant Yellow Frog Hello – Am I right in thinking that there used to be a giant yellow ceramic frog on the ground ... | Honor | 7 | 8 December 2020 9:57 AM by Lynda Hockley |
| Andy Gray Would you please ask Andy Gray to contact me on my E-Mail Address. It is about Brighton History, and is ... | David Rowland | 0 | 7 December 2020 2:21 PM by David Rowland |
| catholic girls school I am looking for the names of catholic all girls school in the brighton area in the 1920-1939. The only thing ... | roberta thompson | 21 | 23 November 2020 4:40 PM by Contribution Form (do not delete) |
| Church Army Home 11 Funsbury Road Good Mornoing From Tropical North Queensland, I was born in the Church Army Home of 11 Finsbury Road Brighton in ... | Sheila Monday | 3 | 23 November 2020 4:40 PM by george sibun |
| Jabez Reynolds My great great grandfather, Jabez Reynolds, was a prolific builder in Brighton and Hove between 1856-86 and claimed to have ... | Brenda Andrews | 6 | 23 November 2020 4:39 PM by Donnie Todd |
| Mrs Tee's Bookshop Hello there! Does anyone recall Mrs Tee’s bookshop. It was a second-hand bookshop in New Road Brighton, more or less were ... | Bernard Dutton-Briant | 9 | 23 November 2020 4:38 PM by John |
| Dawn Jordan School of Dancing Does anyone remember the Dawn Jordan School of Dancing which used off Trafalgar Street I recall . | karen | 1 | 23 November 2020 4:38 PM by Lydia Jordan |
| History of San Remo terrace, Kingsway I’ve recently moved into a flat in this terrace, and am trying to find out more about their history. I ... | John Kipps | 1 | 10 November 2020 8:12 AM by Geoffrey Mead |
| 1980 ish toy shop in the lanes I have a couple of strong memories of my grandmother buying me a toy in a shop I thought was ... | Sue M | 8 | 10 November 2020 8:11 AM by Kerry Lennard |
| Does any body recall the music fesytivals held under the Madeira Arches around 1966/67 Mid 60’s bands participating at the venues | John Ledward | 3 | 6 November 2020 10:16 AM by Terry Green |
| Chain pier location I’m curious to find the actual location of The Chain Pier, preferably drawn in on a (reasonbaly) current map. I lived ... | Sven W | 11 | 6 November 2020 10:16 AM by Stephen Henley |
| Children's home Wellington Street In early sixties we lived in a children’s home in Bexhill on sea which was moved to Wellington St Brighton ... | John Clarke | 4 | 6 November 2020 10:15 AM by Brian Styles |
| Warren Farm School My granfather was apparently sent here with his brother as a child. I’m not sure if it was a ... | Jean Franklin-Johnson | 10 | 6 November 2020 10:15 AM by JEANETTE GREEN |
| Researching Maynards sweets. And Lanes or Laines? I’m interested in anyone’s recollections of Maynards sweets as I’m researching a history of them for a weekly column I ... | Penny Chorlton | 13 | 6 November 2020 10:14 AM by Jillian Foley |
| Filming in Hartington Road I grew up in Hartington Road and remember seeing, one early evening after school in the late 1960’s early 1970’s, ... | Geoff Robbins | 7 | 6 November 2020 10:14 AM by john nihill |
| 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 |