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| Brighton aquarium: Princes dance hall/ballroom Can anyone assist me in learning more about this dance hall/ballroom. It is my understanding that it was part of ... | jules | 9 | 15 March by Linda Gregory |
| Does anyone know anything of RAOC 10th Army Field Workshop, Brighton Uncle of mine was a WO1 at this establishment – name Stocks, A H. Also he was a musician who ... | Vivienne England | 8 March by Vivienne England | |
| Freemasons Tavern 33 Terminus Road Info and Photos Hello – I am desperately looking for any information, especially old photos, of the Freemasons Tavern at 33 Terminus Road. ... | Peter Faulkner | 4 | 8 March by Peter Faulkner |
| Hectors House name in 1968 Hi, does anybody out there know what Hectors’ House pub was originally called in 1968 ? I am trying to find ... | Mareth McCombe/Winch | 5 | 8 March by Jennifer Addison |
| The Florida Rooms Anyone have any memories of the Florida Rooms in the 60s? | Tony Clevett | 11 | 8 March by Alan Phillips |
| 19 Clifton Terrace My great grandmother, Sophia Celia Hutchins, was born 19 Clifton Terrace Brighton in 1854. Her parents were Richard Hutchins ... | Judith Sutherland | 9 | 8 March by Rebecca Nash |
| The Rockingham Inn I was an American exchange student in 1986 and rented a room above the Rockingham Inn. Looks like it has ... | Ting Na | 2 | 8 March by P Jameson |
| Bill Butler Anyone have any information about the whereabouts of Bill Butler once owner of Unicorn Bookshop in Gloucester Road Brighton.I have ... | Edward | 12 | 8 March by Mike Jempson |
| The Greyhound, East Street My one of my husband’s ancestors ran the Greyhound pub in East street in the 1800s but we are not ... | Pam Oxenbury | 13 | 8 March by Adam |
| Sussex or London? I have been thinking what has formed the character of Brighton and its good people more: Sussex or London? Maybe ... | Pat Benham | 23 | 8 March by Robert (Bob) Scott |
| Did you move to Moulsecoomb? Hello, I’m Zoë from QueenSpark Books, Brighton’s community history publisher. Our current project is looking at migration and movement around ... | Zoë Ganderton | 27 February by Zoë Ganderton | |
| New Church Road Hello I’m looking for more information / old images of New Church Road. My Grandfather was born there in 1926 and ... | John Cooper | 1 | 24 February by Dr Geoffrey Mead |
| Dowds looking for someone called the dowds family? lived in moulescoomb area. | carol | 2 | 24 February by Isla Dowds Skinner |
| Finsbury Road school On 10/9/07, R LUCAS I am looking for historical information re the Junior School that was in Finsbury ... | Ron Lucas | 9 | 24 February by Jim Payne |
| museum of pipes i am trying to find any information on the museum of pipes which was open in the mid eighties in ... | david bonehill | 5 | 24 February by steven stainsby |
| A question about a bakery in Hove My grandfather Hector E Watts is supposed to have run a bakery at 28 Sterling Place, Hove in approximately 1925/26. ... | Michelle Bowen | 6 | 24 February by Michelle Bowen |
| HOME GUARD DOES ANYONE KNOW ABOUT THE 14TH SUSSEX (HOVE)BATTALION.HOME GUARD. OR ST.ANDREW’S SCHOOL PORTSLADE.MY DAD WAS HERE IN 1924. | JANICE EMSLEY | 1 | 9 February by Chris Woods |
| Hove photographers I have a photo of my paternal grandmother which appears to have been taken professionally. Does anyone know if there ... | Alan Hobden | 5 | 6 February by Hans Hoes |
| Harriet Gunn Does any one have any images of one of Brighton’s famous flower seller Harriet Gunn? She used to have a ... | Tony Tree | 5 | 6 February by Jacqueline Martin |
| Were there houses built from coal? In her book Three Houses, Burne Jones’s grand daughter describes being driven past some black houses on the (then) seafront ... | Wendy Knipe | 2 | 6 February by Wendy Knipe |
| Grosvenor Street, circa 1856 to 1858 period. I am trying to find a listing of the residents of Grosvenor Street for the 1850s period. Unfortunately directories of this ... | Tim Sargeant | 3 | 6 February by Tim Sargeant |
| 2 Upper Shoreham Road I am trying to trace family in the Brighton area and one of two addresses I have on a birth ... | Deborah Frost | 4 | 6 February by Chris Whelan |
| Metal Box company Does anyone remember the metal box company portslade ny father used to work there and it is annoying me because ... | Jacky Collard | 27 | 6 February by Pauline Fox |
| HO alliance building society Hove park late 60'summer early 70's . When did it close?9 I have never seen anything on the above firm, but it was my first job, just 16, and worked in ... | Teresa Mackintosh | 4 | 6 February by Sheila Tobin |