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| The Feld Family and the Norfolk Hotel As a Canadian exhange student I worked a few months of the summer of 1979 at the Norfolk’s American Bar. ... | Russ Cowan | 5 | 11 May by Genifer Best |
| 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 | 5 | 9 May by Tracy Wadey |
| Hicks Family Has anyone got any information on the Hicks family? There was apparently one Hicks whose nickname was “Spank” and he ... | David Ward | 2 | 9 May by David Lacey |
| Existence of Smuggling Tunnel ? Hi all, I am just wondering if the smuggling tunnel still exist underneath the Lane at Brighton. I’ve recently found a ... | Kin | 8 | 6 May by Mike Bjarkoy |
| zylo does anyone remember the zylo plate metal works off queenspark road | june | 10 | 5 May by Sean Clark |
| A question about Roedale Woods and farm buildings Are the woods and various old farm buildings and road named Roedale at Hollingbury named after William Roe or derived ... | John Knight | 3 | 5 May by Dr Geoffrey Mead |
| Dig for Victory and vegetable and fruit growing in Brighton and Hove in World War Two. Brighton Community Supported Agriculture – Fork and Dig It (FADI) is a local organic food growing project based at Stammer ... | Mary Hill | 3 | 5 May by Mary Hill |
| Stoner/Mowbray My great grandfather Herbert Mowbray had a hair dressers in Air street (and his brother ran another in Queen`s street) ... | Stephanie Caplen-Jerromes | 13 | 4 May by linda sandilands |
| Mainstone Family Has any 1 got any information on the Mainstone family | Mainstone | 3 | 4 May by James Chalcroft |
| 45 Lansdowne Place Hello! We recently moved into 45 Lansdowne Place and would love to know anything regarding its history. If anyone has ... | Natalie Sargent | 3 | 4 May by Natalie Sargent |
| New Sussex Hospital, Windlesham road 1960s Hi, my mother Matilda Merlyn died in January 2020 and was a retired nurse. She came to England in 1961 ... | Emil wijeweera | 0 | 2 May by Emil wijeweera |
| Finsbury Road school On 10/9/07, R LUCAS I am looking for historical information re the Junior School that was in Finsbury ... | Ron Lucas | 4 | 29 April by alan clarke |
| Clapshaw & Cleave I am looking for information about william T Cleave and his family who ran the Clapshaw & Cleave shop on ... | S Fryer | 6 | 29 April by Richard Bowes |
| the girls of Wish Road I wonder if anyone can help my uncle in Australia who is piecing together half forgotten memories – three elderly ... | Caryle Sarah Webb-Ingall | 4 | 29 April by Dominic Cassidy |
| Dyke Tavern Pub Does anybody have any interesting facts about the Dyke Tavern Pub on 218 Dyke Road. Who was the architect of ... | Ian Smith | 5 | 29 April by Peter Groves |
| Gas Works at Black Rock; Does anyone know if the Black Rock gas works are still in use? I went past there this afternoon and ... | Tim Sargeant | 4 | 29 April by George Mason |
| Johnstone's Midget Coaches, Brighton. I recently added a posting on the ‘Childrens Memories of Brighton seafront in the 1950‘s page about Johnstones Midget Coaches. ... | Tim Sargeant | 1 | 27 April by John Snelling |
| Streamline Taxis I am researching Streamline Taxis, (both Brighton & Hove). Does anyone have any snapshots of drivers, cars or stories that ... | James Wright | 8 | 27 April by Cliff Marchant |
| BHC and The Keep The more I go into this, the less sense it all makes. To recap: The Keep is a joint scheme ... | David Fisher | 4 | 26 April by Allan Warner-Clarkson |
| FUGGLES This a strange name, does anyone remember two sisters, the Misses Fuggles, who ran a little private school in Powis ... | June | 7 | 26 April by David O'Dell |
| family history Also, Phyllis may have married a Kenneth Yeates in 1950 and moved to Worthing. Am desperate for any information. Thankyou | laura | 3 | 26 April by matthew yeates |
| John Howard House does anyone know the history of this building on the corners of Roedean and Whitehawk roads, and presently housing a ... | anna | 2 | 22 April by Rebecca Ryan |
| History of Gladstone Place Hi, I have recently moved to the area and I would like to know more about the history of the ... | Chloe Daniel | 2 | 22 April by Chloe Daniel |
| 34 Medina Villas Hove I was born at this address during World War 2, in September 1944 and was almost immediately adopted. In stories ... | Robert | 4 | 22 April by Richard Bianco |