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| Topic | Started by | Replies | Last post |
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| Edward Street My paternal grandmother in 1893 was residing at 11 Edward Street. I know nothing of her and am wondering whether ... | Vivienne Richardson | 8 | 25 October 2018 by Vivienne Richardson |
| Musicians As a child probably around the late 40s to 50s I remember seeing two musicians busking on the pavement in ... | Vivienne Richardson | 6 | 25 October 2018 by David Blackford |
| Admiralty Works Southwick In April 1919 Charles Tribe labourer died from a fall at the Admiralty Works Southwick. I have tried to discover ... | Vivienne Richardson | 2 | 25 October 2018 by Vivienne Richardson |
| Tony Tree: the Gunn family Hi Tony I know you were searching the Gunn family a while ago.I have research them back to 1644. Can you tell ... | maralyn eden | 11 | 24 October 2018 by Sandra Milligan |
| greatham court patcham what was at 21-23 old london road patcham before greatham court was built | Richard Clark | 1 | 8 October 2018 by Geoffrey Mead |
| Tom Sayer Hello. I’m related on my Mother’s side to Tom Sayers the bareknuckle fighter and would really love to hear from anyone ... | Karen Aked | 0 | 4 October 2018 by Karen Aked |
| Local History Questions What’s happened to all the local history questions? No new enquiries for nearly six weeks now! I’ll have to try ... | Tim Sargeant | 0 | 3 October 2018 by Tim Sargeant |
| Brighton painting? Hi, I have a painting by Grace Collcutt who was an artist who lived in Brighton and painted some street ... | Chris Haywood | 3 | 13 September 2018 by Jennifer Drury |
| Captain George Burden McKean Hello, I am currently looking for anything on Canada’s highest decorated World War One Army Recruit who was born in Durham ... | Peter Bourne | 2 | 29 August 2018 by Alan Hobden |
| Church House / 2 Lancaster Road Ive recently moved into 2 Lancaster Road and have been trying to find some history on the building – its ... | Adam Young | 1 | 21 August 2018 by Geoffrey Mead |
| Brighton Theatrical Boarding House Hello. I should be very interested to know if anyone has information on a theatrical boarding house run by my relative, ... | Richard Webb | 4 | 10 August 2018 by Geoffrey Mead |
| Prestonville Road Hi, Would anyone have a photo of the newsagent shop in Prestonville Road between 1920s through to 50s. My mother in ... | Sylvie Duffin | 1 | 8 August 2018 by David Blackford |
| Standean Farm Patcham Does anyone remember this farm? It was accessed via a narrow lane opposite the top of Church Hill. I was ... | Neville Bolding | 1 | 15 July 2018 by Geoffrey Mead |
| Horton Stephens Hello, could anyone tell me more about the school uniform shop Horton Stephens and where they were located? Thank you. Karen. | Karen Daly | 11 | 14 July 2018 by Neville Bolding |
| 1918 York Place Division Pavilion General Hospital I am in possession of my relative’s (Roy Meville Leeson) Hospital Admission records on November 8, 1918 for ... | Marc Bradell | 1 | 29 June 2018 by Sam Flowers |
| High Street Brighton How did High Street Brighton gets its name, there have never been any shops only a couple of ... | Ken Ross | 0 | 27 June 2018 by Ken Ross |
| extra-mural cemetery hi, I’m doing a reserch project for my local museum & after some info about a family grave in the ... | Karl Neve | 0 | 22 June 2018 by Karl Neve |
| Historic information A27 Brighton Hove Bypass Hi Everyone, I am trying to find information on the Brighton Hove A27 Construction back in the late 80s or ... | Bobby Pennycoste | 3 | 12 June 2018 by Georgie Hole |
| Brighton 19c photographers A distant relative of mine sent me parcel of mainly Victorian photographs of possible relations. I am compiling a SNELLING ... | John Snelling | 6 | 8 June 2018 by John Snelling |
| Sussex Terrace. Can anyone tell me the location of Sussex Terrace in 1939 please? | Graham Maskell | 2 | 4 June 2018 by Tim Sargeant |
| Searching street directories for The Avenue I am trying to research the residents of The Avenue in South Moulsecoomb but I am having problems locating it ... | Paul Clarkson | 1 | 3 June 2018 by Geoffrey Mead |
| Sea View Hotel Hello, I’m an American just passing through and enjoying the beautiful scenery of Hove/Brighton. I’m staying at the Sea View ... | Cara Graf | 0 | 26 May 2018 by Cara Graf |
| Davigdor Road I’ve just seen this 2008 postfrom Celia Proud. There was “another establisment with ation on the end”. It was an electricity ... | Bristol Boater | 1 | 23 May 2018 by Alan Hobden |
| Landsdowne place original plans Hello! I was wondering if some of the original plans for the Regency houses in Landsdowne place still exists? I am ... | Miri | 1 | 22 May 2018 by Geoffrey Mead |