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| Topic | Started by | Replies | Last post |
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| Rings Of Hove I am trying to find out about this shop which was on Western Road near Palmeira Square – it closed ... | Caroline Carter | 10 | 10 December 2019 10:07 AM by Keren Hancox |
| Stanmer Village Cricket Club Can anyone remember the name of the original Stanmer Village Cricket team that played on the lawn in front of ... | Bee Oliver | 0 | 4 December 2019 11:22 AM by Bee Oliver |
| Elmhurst, Warren Road, Lily Emma Livett Hi All, I’m not a local, but I have enjoyed reading all the reminiscences on here just the same. I am ... | Daniella McCarthy-Stewart | 0 | 4 December 2019 11:22 AM by Daniella McCarthy-Stewart |
| Essential festival Stanmer Park 1991 Hi, I’m trying to find out information on a festival I attended in 1991 at Stanmer Park, I think it ... | Will Turner | 1 | 4 December 2019 11:20 AM by johnny depp |
| 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 | 2 | 4 December 2019 11:19 AM by Tim Barrance |
| Patcham and the A27 Hello, I’m looking for people who lived in Patcham before and after the construction of the A27, ... | David Parker | 7 | 4 December 2019 11:18 AM by John Snelling |
| Harry Cowley There is a Harry Cowley on 1891/1901 census living at Lincoln St Brighton – son of Thomas & Jane Cowley. Would ... | David | 7 | 27 November 2019 9:20 AM by Michael Cowdrey |
| Valley Drive,1943 Hello, This is my first posting. First of all I found History of Westdene, by David Fisher, most interesting. I would like ... | Margaret Titterington | 24 | 27 November 2019 9:19 AM by Jan M |
| Evacuation I know that this subject has been raised before, but Radio Sussex is doing a programme about it. I was evacuated ... | David Blackford | 9 | 23 November 2019 5:52 AM by Margaret Brenchley |
| London Road Shops and Pubs Further to recent queries, there is (or was)a web site some time ago dedicated to London Road shops. In 1969 the ... | David Ward | 10 | 22 November 2019 7:37 AM by Anthony Paice |
| Francois Bonnot Hi, for many years I have been trying to trace Francois Bonnot and can get no further, I am hoping ... | Sarah Bonnot | 11 | 7 November 2019 2:50 PM by Sarah Bonnot |
| 13th boys brigade Both my sons Steve and Andrew Atkins went to the ... | Harry Atkins | 3 | 7 November 2019 2:50 PM by Malcolm Halley |
| Goble Family Is there any one on this site that knows anything about the Goble family of Carlton Court.Brighton. Namely Thomas Goble ... | Sheila Jones | 11 | 1 November 2019 10:53 AM by Tim Sargeant |
| Egremont Place Researching the Driscolls who lived here in 1876. Huge family so thinking there must still be descendants in Brighton. | Karen Pullen | 0 | 30 October 2019 12:01 AM by Karen Pullen |
| St Mary’s Place Does anyone remember a dance school at the very top of St Mary’s Place? Myself and several friends used to ... | Jenny | 0 | 28 October 2019 9:26 AM by Jenny |
| Slaughterhouse, Portslade I have a old memory of going to a slaughterhouse in Portslade, to collect manure for the garden. Does any ... | Malcolm Mackenzie | 0 | 23 October 2019 1:41 AM by |
| The Square Patcham I am looking for any information on My Great Grandfathers Business in Patcham. I have a photograph of a Butchers ... | Justine Robertson | 4 | 22 October 2019 9:34 AM by john snelling |
| Val's Taverne, a 1950's/60's bar in the basement of a Chichester Terrace house. I have come across a 1950’s postcard advertising Val’s Taverne at 11 Chichester Terrace. The postcard has an interior shot ... | Andrew Doig | 1 | 16 October 2019 4:25 PM by Tim Sargeant |
| eade family Is anyone researching the Eade family – especially Emily Eade (1874-1906) who married Frederick Sutton in 1900 in Brighton. | Judith | 3 | 14 October 2019 9:25 AM by John Snelling |
| Eastern Street, Kemptown - why is it called a street? There’s a short twitten in Kemptown next to Belgrave Place called Eastern Street and I wondered if anyone knows why ... | Chris Dadswell | 4 | 14 October 2019 9:25 AM by Penny Broomhead |
| The Cap of Liberty Pub Does anyone have any information on the Cap Of Liberty Pub which existed in Brighton in the first half of ... | Nick Heath | 4 | 6 October 2019 2:16 PM by David Packham |
| Martin's Club circa 1943 Greetings from Canada. I’m curious about a card I’ve found. It is a membership card to Martin’s Club, 42 Kings ... | Brad Uphill | 11 | 22 September 2019 8:33 PM by Davi Fisher |
| London Street Where was London Street in Brighton | Carol Hardy | 3 | 22 September 2019 8:31 PM by Ron Jeffs |
| Frai family (could they be Fray, now?) Furthering my research into my family’s relocation to Brighton, it would appear that a relative, Phyllis Abell, married a chap, ... | Julie M | 5 | 17 September 2019 10:54 AM by Penny Broomhead |