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| A question about the volunteer fire brigade in Brighton WW2 I have for some time been trying to find out information about the AFS/NSF during WW2 in Brighton, mainly Whitehawk ... | Amanda Soutter | 0 | 4 February by Amanda Soutter |
| I'm Looking for Someone Very Specific! (North Laine) My name’s Ira, I’m a London-based photographer and I need your help! I took a photograph of a friend performing in ... | Ira Giorgetti | 0 | 4 February by Ira Giorgetti |
| Long lost family Looking for info regarding my long lost family of Lilly Ann Deveson who lived in Campbell Road Brighton, Who at ... | Rosemary Britt | 0 | 4 February by Rosemary Britt |
| The café at Portslade & West Hove railway station. Does anyone have any information or memories regarding the café that used to sit at the corner of the south ... | Alan Phillips | 0 | 4 February by Alan Phillips |
| Does anyone remember who owned the Harris Clothier's on Brunswick Place, Hove? Does anyone remember who owned the Harris Clothier’s on Brunswick Place, Hove, Sussex? My grandmother worked there, when she was ... | Amelia White | 0 | 4 February by Amelia White |
| Brighton Engineering ltd Fishersgate Can anyone tell me when BEL closed please. I worked their from 1963 for about 8 years | Dennis KING | 0 | 4 February by Dennis KING |
| Freemason's Tavern 33 Terminus Road My great grandfather was Publican at this address from about 1919 until about 1930. I believe it was demolished in ... | Peter Faulkner | 0 | 4 February by Peter Faulkner |
| Where was or is Mills Terrace I have just finished reading an amazing book about the life of Admiral Francis Beaufort, he who refined and detailed ... | Chris Warren | 0 | 4 February by Chris Warren |
| Childrens home. Preston Road 1940s My husband was in a Childrens home in Preston road in the mid 1940s. He thinks it was 265 Preston ... | Beverley Martin-Lee | 0 | 31 January by Beverley Martin-Lee |
| Information of First DSM holder in Brighton Herbert Tom Barnes: b. 28 January 1906 Portsmouth, Hampshire d. August 1984. In February 1940 ‘Tom’ was one of the Royal ... | Paul Comber | 0 | 25 January by Paul Comber |
| Does anyone remember the owners of Harris clothers in Hove Does anyone remember the owners of Harris clothiers in Hove? I think they were second-hand clothiers. | Amelia White | 0 | 22 December 2021 7:15 AM by Amelia White |
| London Road Glass and Porcelain shop I don’t know if anyone can help. In the 1881 census a family lived over their shop at 50 London ... | Martin Best | 0 | 4 February by Martin Best |
| Trying to find my dad - Bruce Surname? Hi, So I’m based in Brighton, been trying to find my dad. So far all I have to go on is ... | Kieran Adams | 0 | 1 December 2021 5:32 PM by Kieran Adams |
| Bruce Surname - Trying to find Father Hi, Does anyone in Brighton know much about the Bruce Surname? I’m trying to find my dad, and the only trace ... | Kieran Adams | 0 | 1 December 2021 11:49 AM by Kieran Adams |
| Preston Road Primary School At the age of 3y10m I went to Preston Road Primary school. I was only there less than 2 years. ... | John Holmes | 10 | 15 November 2021 12:07 AM by Jill Warbrick |
| Easy Bar, 9-10 Cranbourne Street Does anybody know when Easy Bar was first established? It is now Crowns and has been for several years, but ... | Martin | 2 | 15 November 2021 12:06 AM by Cordelia |
| Rings Of Hove I am trying to find out about this shop which was on Western Road near Palmeira Square – it closed ... | Caroline Carter | 11 | 15 November 2021 12:05 AM by Lindsay Leach |
| Fishing family My grandfarther was ,william john grieve.i was told he was from a fishing family in gt yarmouth or Lowestoft..my surname ... | Garfield Grieve | 3 | 15 November 2021 12:04 AM by Alison Grieve |
| waterloo street does anyone remember the linden club thay was in a basement in this street i think it was owned by ... | duffy newman/watkins | 10 | 15 November 2021 12:03 AM by Tania Langridge |
| Streamline Taxis I am researching Streamline Taxis, (both Brighton & Hove). Does anyone have any snapshots of drivers, cars or stories that ... | James Wright | 9 | 15 November 2021 12:02 AM by Ian Campbell |
| The Model Aerodrome The Model Aerodrome model shop was located at the junction of Cranbourne and West Street.I vividly remember as a child ... | Edward | 4 | 15 November 2021 by André Feldmann |
| Semadeni's confectioners Hi. Has anyone come across this family in their research. Apparently they had a shop in Brighton from ... | Angela | 6 | 14 November 2021 11:53 PM by René Rüdlinger |
| sunshine joe does anyone else recall the gentleman tramp, known as “sunshine joe” who used to wander around the old steine and ... | alan purton | 5 | 14 November 2021 11:51 PM by Richard Bristow |
| Pimlico can anyone tell me where the area of brighton calle pimlico was | kate | 8 | 14 November 2021 11:50 PM by Paul Kaye |