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| The Shades Bar I remember spending many an evening in a pub called “The Shades Bar”, which was in a little street between ... | Marc Turner | 4 | 14 November by Rob Padwick |
| stonepound house remand home hassocks. Can anyone tell me more about the remand home,where naughty girls were sent by County Borough of Brighton Juvenille team ... | nico | 13 | 14 November by Dona pattison |
| teacher training college in 1931 My mother went to Brighton Municipal College, possibly at 8 Eastern Terrace Brighton in 1931, but I cannot find any ... | Christine Lethbridge | 5 | 14 November by David Wilkinson |
| 17 Buxton Road / Felicity Evershed Does anyone know anything about what this property used to be? Or the artist who owned it? 🙂 It’s near the ... | Jayne T | 3 | 14 November by Diana Evershed |
| Cromwell House School, Hove 1954 Does anyone remember attending boarding school at the above between the yeats 1954-1958 and what happened to the school. My surname ... | Elizabeth Meakin | 18 | 14 November by Chris Reed |
| Elizabeth Sarah HUMPHRIES c1850s I am still trying to trace one Elizabeth Sarah Humphries who was known to have been in Brighton in the ... | Tim Sargeant | 12 November by Tim Sargeant | |
| Foundling Record: William Thomas Hope Hi Group I wondered if anyone could point me in the right direction regarding my 92 year old friends father who ... | Denise Smith | 11 November by Denise Smith | |
| Medieval village of Perching I am desperately searching for information about the medieval village of Perching; the remains of which are on the Downs. ... | Rev Peter King | 9 | 3 November by Peter King |
| Mound in field near Mile Oak Farm Is there any archaeological significance to this big mound in a field about 1/2 mile east of Mile Oak Farm? | brian churchill | 2 | 3 November by Mark Standen |
| akehurst family my grandads name was charles william akehurst and he was a postman until he retired .he lived with his sister ... | sheryl | 7 | 3 November by Contribution Form (do not delete) |
| Christopher Horlock The above named person writes amazing books on the history of Brighton which are clear and have wonderful pictures. I ... | Tasha Humphrey | 5 | 3 November by Peter Jeffery |
| In reference to Jubilee Street - running North/South between North Road and Church Street, Brighton. Having lived in 22 North Place from around 1944 & into the late 1950’s, I was aware of this area ... | Nigel Buxton | 1 | 3 November by Dr Geoffrey Mead |
| About a poultry, eggs and butter shop Have you any photo or information about a shop in 13 Cranbourne Street? My ancestor Adolphe Drincqbier was eggs, butter ... | Stéphanie Chesterton | 6 | 3 November by Stephanie Chesterton |
| Sussex Drug Company I had an edwardian house in hurstpierpoint. We dug up a bottle in the garden that had “SUSSEX DRUG COMPANY ... | Kenton Green | 4 | 13 October by Andrew Bannister |
| HENRY STREET DOES ANYONE KNOW WERE HENRY STREET WAS IN BRIGHTON AND DOES ANYONE EVER HEARD OF J,TOURLE.I FOUND AN OLD BOTTLE WITH ... | BRIAN THORNTON | 13 | 5 October by Nigel Buxton |
| Palace Pier Was the Palace Pier in council ownership prior to the Noble Organisation buying it? Was it ever in Council ownership? | John Knight | 6 | 5 October by John Knight |
| The Downs Hotel hassocks can any body remember the the downs it was the the place to be various bands groups ithink it was ... | young again | 21 | 5 October by William Owen |
| Cordoba Coffee Lounge Does anyone remember this popular meeting place back in the late 1950’s/early 1960’s? Think it may have been in either ... | Jean | 9 | 5 October by Carol Rudland (nee Connors) |
| Question about sackville road hove I am trying to find out if there was a bottling plant in Sackville Road on the left hand side ... | Eleanor Fitzgerald | 3 | 5 October by Dr Geoffrey Mead |
| Clubs and Coffee Bars 1964-1966 Can anyone help!Am writing a history on Clubs and Coffee bars in Brighton in the Mod era of 1964-1966 and ... | geri | 35 | 5 October by Veronica Walton |
| Odd Ball Characters. Brighton has always been a Town of Tolerance(alliteration) and because of this attracted and fully accepted those who chose to ... | Roy Grant | 28 | 5 October by Ermina Contrast |
| The Fountain Inn I’m searching for any information/photo’s of The Fountain Inn, Upper Bedford Street, Brighton. In 1881 an ancestor of my wife ... | James Hammond | 2 | 5 October by george sibun |
| Knowles BAKERY Can anyone help me to trace Knowles Bakery in the 60s my grandmother worked there and I would like ... | Nicky Parker | 5 | 5 October by Gillian Cooper |
| Elm Grove workhouse As a result of exploring family history in Brighton where I grew up I have discovered my grandfather and great ... | Sylvia Oram | 6 | 5 October by Sylvia Oram |