SearchCurrently displaying: 52 results. Clear the search. You can also search our Questions and Answers.You've searched for:Categories: "Places" xArea: "Moulsecoomb" x Search term Filter by Categories People (1)Schools, Schoolchildren, and Youth Groups (1)Topics (2)Celebrations and events (1)Transport (1)Railways (1) Sort by: RelevanceTitleOldestNewest My great grandfather's farm This is a photo, belonging to my father, of Hodshrove Farm. The farm was owned by his grandfather, who also had ... Junior School: Class 4a c1949/50 The photograph here is of class 4a Moulsecoomb Junior School, 1949/50. Can you recognise yourself or anyone else? Please leave a ... The Chimney Sweep Grandad Russell, the Chimney Sweep of Newick Road. A listed building constructed c1790 Please note that this text is an extract from a reference work written in 1990. As a result, some of ... Development in the 1920s Please note that this text is an extract from a reference work written in 1990. As a result, some of ... Church and community Please note that this text is an extract from a reference work written in 1990. As a result, some of ... Site of 13th century farm e) HODSHROVE: Only one flint outbuilding and a small wall now remain of Hodshrove, a farm that stood on the ... Corporation purchase in 1925 Please note that this text is an extract from a reference work written in 1990. As a result, some of ... Growing up in the 1930s Further up Newick Road (number 5?) were the Killicks. Johnny was mad keen on the cinema and became an usher ... Happy memories of hard times Newick Road is in the Moulsecoomb housing estate and ends where Ringmer Road begins. Just round the corner to the ... Hard times shared The cohesive happiness of the Moulsecoomb area has already been touched upon by others elsewhere on this site,but I’ll mention ... A new boy in 1931 Starting at the Infants’ School is still something I can remember from all those years ago (1931) and the sheer ... Remembering our neighbours Our neighbours next door at 32 Newick Road were the Moppetts. ‘Old Moppett’ as he was called, was related to ... Coronation Street Party My family and I lived in Whitehawk from 1947 until 1958 when we emigrated to Australia. We lived in Wiston ... A Moulsecoomb poem This is a beautiful poem about Moulsecoomb which is from the book ‘Moulsecoomb Memories’ by Sheila Winter, published by QueenSpark ... Welcome to Moulsecoomb Hello – my name is Tim Ovard, and I am your Local Editor. I’m 24 years old, have lived in ... The railway behind the houses Behind the odd numbered houses of Halland Road in Moulsecoomb runs the Brighton to Lewes railway line. When I moved ... 'The Lane' Until about 1957 the East Moulsecoomb bus, which was a 109 run by Southdown, terminated in Moulsecoomb Way at the ... A bonfire as big as a house During the 1940s and 1950s the people of Moulsecoomb had a hard time scraping enough money together to feed and ... Emergency landing by aeroplane:17th May 1939 After reading what my brother Paul mentioned with regards to the landing of the plane back in 1939, I remembered seeing the ... Living in Halland Road in the 1940s As a child in the late 1940’s I spent my holidays where I lived, Halland Road, one of the last ... A favourite day out When I was a child, a favourite day out from Moulsecoomb was a visit to the pond in Falmer village. ... A potted history This suburb of Brighton and Hove has an impressive history. Its name is largely unaltered from the Old English for ... 'Moulsecoomb Memories' Below is an extract from ‘Moulsecoomb Memories’ by Sheila Winter. This is a personal history depicting the growth of North ... Good, hard-working folk I was two years old when my parents moved to Ringmer Road in North Moulescoomb in 1927. It was my ... It's not all bad Sue Burton suggested we include Moulsecoomb in ‘My Brighton and Hove’ for the reason she gives below: “Because as far as ... A wonderful new home My own room Around 1956/7 we moved out of Boston Street in Brighton to Shortgate Road Moulsecoomb till 1964/5, then moved ... Summers always seemed longer Moved in as a three year old I was about three years old when we moved to 48 Colbourne Avenue, Moulsecoomb ... Jumpers for goal-posts Great for football I lived in Colbourne Avenue between 1959 and 1967 with my parents and grandparents. I was about nine ... Infants playing c1936 This is a photo of Moulsecoomb Infant School taken about 1936. The child with the arrow pointing to him is my father, ... Wiston Road in the 1950s Homesick for Whitehawk Reading all the interesting posts here has made me homesick for Whitehawk. I know that Whitehawk has changed ... A teacher's perspective Teaching 1961/1963 I would like to offer a quite different slant on Moulsecoomb Boys’ School from that expressed by several of ... Barefoot fun in Wild Park Playing in Wild Park When I think of all the hours we would play over at the Wild Park, it is ... School photograph I was at Moulsecoomb Infants and Junior School from 1961 and Janet Collins, who can be seen here second from ... A tough but happy childhood Living in the 1950s I lived in Moulsecoomb at 99 Ringmer Road in the 1950s. I went to Moulsecoomb Infants, then ... 1950s living room Museum photograph trolling again today for you. This is the living room in a type ‘B’ house on the East Moulsecoomb estate ... Memorial Birdbath Is it a war memorial? This photograph shows my grandfather, Alderman Horace Robbins, unveiling a Memorial Birdbath at Moulsecoomb Infants’ School. ... Class 2a c1949/50:Teacher Mrs Briggs Meeting up with old pupils For a few years now I have been meeting up with a couple of school friends, ... Memories of the 1950s Moulsecoomb in the 1950s My name in 1953 was Sylvia Watts and I lived on Southall Avenue, Moulsecoomb. I remember Miss ... A personal visit in 2006 These pictures are of what I took of the Moulsecoomb estate during a day visit to Brighton in July 2006. ... Visiting my grandparents in the 1950/60s Visiting my grandparents Looking at the picture of the Avenue and the green brings back happy memories of visiting my nan ... Lovely times doing simple things Gathering twigs for fire-lighting When we were children grandma used to take us “up the hills” to collect sticks and bits ... Living there in the 1930s The boys in the photograph here are Cedric & Norman Barrow who lived at 78 The Avenue, with their younger ... Greycott Kennnels Exploring in the 1970s As a child, in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s we’d explore the scrubby woodland to the ... Nativity Play Christmas 1964 Miss Tiley’s class I was seven years old in 1964 when I went up from the Infants to the Junior school ... A 1950s childhood in Moulsecoomb Football on the tennis courts I lived at 90, Staplefield Drive from 1955 until I joined the army in 1970. I ... Many changes over the years Fond memories I have very fond memories of growing up as a kid in The Avenue. I was always playing out ... Boy Cubs in the 1960s I was eight years old In 1965 I lived at 48 Colbourne Avenue, Moulsecoomb, and that year I became eight years ... The late 1960s to early 1970s Original building in 1929 Moulsecoomb primary school was built in 1929 and then extended over the years. The entrance to the ... Entertaining the parents This cutting is from the Sussex Daily News, published in July 1951. My mother Eunice is in the middle row,second from ...