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| Adelaide Crescent, Hove In the 1891 Census I have found a distant relative who was a Lady’s Maid at number 15 Adelaide Crescent ... | Angela Brook | 1 | 1 May 2016 by Andy Grant |
| Warren Farm The brother of an ancestor, in 1817, occupied 2 plots of land, as a tenant, at Porto Bello, a small ... | Suzie S | 0 | 28 April 2016 by Suzie S |
| Babes Dancers As a young child, in the 1890s, my mother attended a dancing school in Brighton called the Babes. I believe ... | Betty Gillett | 1 | 23 April 2016 by Lesley Gent |
| Ditchling road history I was born in 1956 at 93a ditching road, the 2 adjoining houses just up from the open market. Does ... | Angie Martin | 1 | 11 April 2016 by Geoffrey Mead |
| Brighton food history Hi, I am doing some research into food history in Brighton. I have info on Prince Regent’s feasts and herring but ... | Cat Lane | 2 | 5 April 2016 by Roy Grant |
| Dolci Vita coffee bar circ 1964 Hi, I’m looking for any information on a coffee bar called Dolci Vita which my dad owned circ 1964 in ... | Donella Trickey | 3 | 30 March 2016 by Tim Sargeant |
| Brighton newspapers Does anybody know what happened to the original negatives belonging to the Brighton Gazette, and the Brighton and Hove Herald, ... | Georgie Hole | 3 | 23 March 2016 by Geoffrey Mead |
| norfolk square in the 1861 census I am tracing a family whose head was a GP in Brighton and living in Norfolk Square in the 1851 ... | Terry Needle | 2 | 22 March 2016 by Andy Grant |
| Foster and Harwood Brighton postcards I am researching my Great, Great, Great Uncle who was a seaside entertainer between 1900-1920. His name was Fred Austen ... | Chris Shields | 1 | 20 March 2016 by Andy Grant |
| Brighton River? I’m Brighton born and bred but in Africa for 50 years. Brighton must have had a river, judging by the ... | Leon Bradley | 6 | 16 March 2016 by Geoffrey Mead |
| Territorial Army Drill Hall, Coombe Road Hi all. Up to the first world war (and possibly after) there was a drill hall in Coombe Road that ... | Andrew Barrowcliff | 2 | 15 March 2016 by Andrew Barrowcliff |
| W.H.Selby Hall, Master of SS Persia 1915 I am researching the history of P&O liner SS Persia, torpedoed and sunk without warning off Crete on 30th December ... | Alan Wren | 0 | 13 March 2016 by Alan Wren |
| Ralph, Haffenden, Howick surnames-Post deleted Your post has been deleted as it was inappropriate for this board. Before future postings please read the Posting Guidelines above. Thank ... | Beverley Scott | 0 | 11 March 2016 by Beverley Scott |
| Kellys lookups 1960s-Post deleted Your post has been deleted as it was inappropriate for this board. Before future postings please read the Posting Guidelines above. Thank ... | Beverley Scott | 0 | 11 March 2016 by Beverley Scott |
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| Ivy cottage-Post deleted Sorry but your post was deleted because it was not appropriate for this board. Please read the posting guidelines above before ... | Sylvia Bentley | 0 | 8 March 2016 by Sylvia Bentley |
| Any existing locations from Brighton 1966?? Please help! I am researching for a BBC documentary about the opening of Sussex uni in 1966 and am looking for locations ... | Holly Johnson | 3 | 7 March 2016 by Roy Grant |
| Brigadier General K J Kincaid Smith I have been researching my grandfather’s war record and have come across the name of his old CO – (then) ... | Geoff Robbins | 1 | 4 March 2016 by Andy Grant |
| arundel house Hi, when I was a child in the 1970’s we used to stay in a hotel/guesthouse in Brighton called Arundel ... | Gillian Bell | 0 | 1 March 2016 by Gillian Bell |
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| Gaston Undertakers ? Edward Gaston (whose sister I have directly descended from) died at 17 Mount Zion Place in January 1886 aged 62. ... | Suzie S | 2 | 22 February 2016 by Suzie S |
| Dreadnought Garage I trying to find any history on this establishment. Relating to early/mid 60’s auto racing. Thanks! | Bradley Hueftle | 7 | 15 February 2016 by Ben Basten |
| Middle street & Ship street in the 50s/60s Hello everyone, I am researching history on my fathers Austin Healey 100 which was sold new by the Austin dealer ... | Ben Basten | 0 | 15 February 2016 by Ben Basten |