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| Topic | Started by | Replies | Last post |
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| Does any one remember Cooks Cycles, White Cross Street, Brighton? This cycle shop was run by a very good guy Len Cook with his wife. | David Ward | 3 | 22 April by Kirk Daly |
| Miller's Pies Does anyone remember Miller’s Pies just up Bear Road on the left? I can smell and taste them now – shiny ... | Janet | 5 | 22 April by Roy Parsons |
| Bunkers Hill Does anybody know where Bunkers Hill was in Brighton, a local fisherman area ,l think? | Sheila Jones | 3 | 22 April by Harry Kee |
| acorn club Does anyone remember the Acorn Club?I have found my membership certificate dated 8th september 1953!Also two letters sent to me ... | jennifer tonks nee smith | 6 | 16 April by Leslie Cornford |
| Hove County Grammar School for Girls I attended Hove County in Nevill Road from 1950-55. Are the buildings still there & does anyone have photos of ... | Jean | 7 | 16 April by Keren Hancox |
| 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 | 7 | 16 April by Anthony Swan |
| Card suits in the windows There is a building in Marlborough Street with a heart, a diamond, a spade and a club in the upstairs ... | Val Stockley | 0 | 15 April by Val Stockley |
| Captain Samuel Brown RN. Chain Pier and Bridge Builder. Captain Samuel Brown who lived on Marine Parade whilst he was building the Chain Pier at Brighton also built bridges. ... | Tim Sargeant | 0 | 13 April by Tim Sargeant |
| Laundries in Brighton and Hove I was reading some of the posts and comments on the site about laundries in Brighton and Hove and I ... | Peter Groves | 22 | 13 April by Dr Geoffrey Mead |
| Brighton Register Office - 1947 Hi there, I’m researching for a book and want to find out where Brighton Register Office was in 1947. I believe ... | Maggie Elliott | 8 | 13 April by Maggie Elliott |
| Info on Buckingham Street, Brighton Iam intrestedin knowing a little about Buckingham Street, Brighton. I wanted to know who may have lived in the street ... | Anthony | 4 | 10 April by Gail Williams |
| Zetlands Coffee Shop Does anyone recall Zetlands Coffee Shop? It used to be patronised by ‘ladies who took morning coffee’ they wore smart ... | Hawkeye | 6 | 10 April by keren hancox |
| Carlton House Prep School 1940s. During the 1940s, Carlton House Preparatory School at No 50 Great College Street was run by a Miss Swan and ... | Tim Sargeant | 0 | 8 April by Tim Sargeant |
| Stanmore Hotel Where was the Stanmore Hotel in Brighton in the 1970’s? | David Collis | 3 | 8 April by Dr Geoffrey Mead |
| Sugarman's Shirts Hi all, Just found out that Ben Sherman’s started in Brighton & I wondered if anyone knew where the original factory ... | Suzie Box | 9 | 8 April by Dr Geoffrey Mead |
| Colebrook Family of Blackman Street I have just been viewing on this site a lovely photograph of Blackman Road taken in 1959. One of ... | Colin Jarman | 8 | 8 April by Graham Camfield |
| Looking for information on the "Swiss Warehouse" at 71 Kings Road I believe this gift store was owned by somebody else in the 1880s and 1890s, but it was acquired by ... | James Bigwood | 3 | 7 April by James Bigwood |
| 2 Cannon Terrace, 1867 I am looking for a map that has this address ‘2 Cannon Terrace’ in 1867. My great grandfather had a ... | Shelly Comfort | 8 | 7 April by Andy Grant |
| The Joke in the Royal Pavilion! Having nowhere else to put this “Note” I thought I would pass it on even though I have no idea ... | Roy Grant | 1 | 3 April by Jennifer Martin |
| West Pier Mysteries I’ve been reading a lot about the evolution and sad decline of The West Pier but there are a couple ... | Luke | 5 | 30 March by Dr Geoffrey Mead |
| Rottingdean Place Having recently moved to an apartment in Rottingdean Place I am keen to research its history. The national archives ... | Liz Hopkin | 4 | 30 March by Dr Geoffrey Mead |
| City Cemetery, Bear Road, Brighton I’ve just been informed that my father was buried at this Cemetery in 1961. I have been given a ... | Kathryn Bryant | 12 | 30 March by Dan McDonald |
| Fruit and Veg My grandmother was a “Mears” one of the fruit and veg sellers still operating in Brighton, She used to have ... | Laine | 18 | 25 March by Katie Mears |
| 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 | 3 | 18 March by Tracey Cross |