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| Topic | Started by | Replies | Last post |
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| Miss Margaret Hardy I am researching Brighton’s first female Mayor, Miss Margaret Hardy. Local Studies are sending me a brief history of her ... | Colin Cartwright | 2 | 3 September by David Packham |
| Looking for Reginald Footitt/Footit Hello, I’d like to re-unite my Dad with his old Navy colleague called Reginald Footitt (or Footit). All we know is he ... | Steph Joynson | 4 | 30 August by Steph Joynson |
| Barrance and Ford Hello, I am doing some research on the department store Barrance and Ford that was situated on the corner of Kings ... | Karen Scanlon | 4 | 30 August by Karen Scanlon |
| Cows on Hove Lawns Does anybody remember the dairy shows which used to come to Hove Lawns by the King Alfred in the summer? ... | Val Stockley | 4 | 30 August by keren hancox |
| Wigney's Bank Does anyone know anything about the Wigney family who came to Brighton at the end of the 18th Century? Brighton’s ... | Heather King | 12 | 22 August by Ivor Williams |
| the weaver family Hi i wonder if anyone can help me i am a member of the weaver family and trying to find ... | wayne | 6 | 22 August by Shady Pooh |
| Warren Farm I wonder if anyone can tell me please if I can access any lists of people who stayed at Warren ... | Denise | 12 | 6 August by Geoffrey Mead |
| Davigdor Dairies Does anyone have any information about Davigdor Dairy{or Dairies}.I remember them from my childhood and sometimes was taken by my ... | Edward | 9 | 6 August by Stan Foulkes |
| First Scout Camp Baden Powell’s first ever scout camp took place in 1908. Amongst those first thirty scouts who attended the camp was ... | Peter Whitcomb | 7 | 2 August by Mary Norris |
| Mormon church Can anyone tell me if there is a Mormon church in Brighton or Hove, and if so whereabouts please | John | 13 | 31 July by Geoffrey Mead |
| Old Hove College, Kinsway Am trying to find information about the Old Hove College on Kingsway, any info would be good. | Robin Cook | 15 | 24 July by David Harris |
| Prestonville School, Hove I went to Prestonville School (nr the Seven Dials) from 1962 until 1968. Anyone out there a former pupil and ... | Steve Sherwood | 9 | 23 July by Geoffrey Mead |
| 14th Hove Scouts Hello. Hope anyone can out there can help?! I am helping my local scout group to celebrate its 100 years ... | Naomi Darling | 1 | 20 July by Michael Endean |
| Eaton Mews???? Hi everyone, Can anyone inform me as to where Eaton Mews is/was in Brighton/Hove as I am researching my family history ... | Terry Jacobs | 13 | 17 July by Kevin Wilson |
| A question about the bas relief at 59 North Street Brighton On the front of 59 North Street, between the windows on the first and second floors, is a bas relief ... | Lawrence Suss | 0 | 17 July by Lawrence Suss |
| Remembrance Train in Brighton sheds My grandfather Albert Bartlett had his photo taken with a few ( about 5 ) of the other men who ... | Mavis Strong | 0 | 14 July by Mavis Strong |
| Baroda Pigeon House at Brooker Hall (Hove Museum). Does anyone know what happened to the Baroda Pigeon House? It stood in front of Brooker Hall in New Church ... | Alan Hobden | 1 | 13 July by Geoffrey Mead |
| Johanna Hutton Snook - concert pianist Do you have any record of this lady playing the piano to Edward V11 in the late 1800s. Or ... | Alison Layton | 3 | 8 July by Tim Sargeant |
| Roy Charles Whipps How do I go about finding any information about this man – my father — who was born and lived ... | Alison JOhnson | 6 | 30 June by Peter Whipps |
| Watts, Hampson, Diplock, Carron Hi, I’m trying to find my ancestors from the brighton and hove areas and wondering if anyone can help. My ... | Denise | 13 | 24 June by Kirsty Carron |
| Holland Road Repository Can someone spread some light and history on the Holland road repository as was? I can’t seem to find anything ... | Liam | 5 | 21 June by Alan Hobden |
| Brighton Institution for the Blind & Dumb 1901ish Does anyone have any old photographs of this building on 136 Eastern Road, Brighton from about 1901, as I have ... | Samantha Bye | 4 | 13 June by Geoffrey Eagling |
| Quebec Street Does anyone know when Quebec Street was built and who built the houses (postcode BN2 7NB)? | Indira Becha | 1 | 9 June by Andy Grant |
| Was there a Sandringham Hotel in Brighton about 1934? My grandmother worked there and we are trying to trace what happened to it. | Ian Hill | 4 | 7 June by Geoffrey Mead |