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Bathhouse in or near Park Street. My friend Mary Cahill and I visited a bathhouse near Park Street/Freshfield Place because we were curious. We both had ... | Maria Jones nee Johnston | 20 December 2023 11:28 AM by Maria Jones nee Johnston |
Kemp Town Pillars Hello! Despite hunting on this site and on the internet, I can’t seem to find anything more about Michael Gower ... | Andrew Bradstreet | 20 December 2023 11:28 AM by andrew Bradstreet |
Rottingdean in the past I worked at Lloyds Bank in the High Street straight from school (1974 to 1982). Does anyone remember Manson’s Bakery? ... | Cheryl Felix | 20 December 2023 11:28 AM by Cheryl Felic |
Camden Arms and Running Horse My great grandfather John Jackson (who is credited with being the creator of Brighton and Hove Albion) ran the Farm ... | Bob | 20 December 2023 11:27 AM by Philip Dennett |
Violent teachers of the past Noting the recent news report of a teacher accused of attempted murder, an old schoolchum and I reflected that ... | Twit Jim | 20 December 2023 11:26 AM by Tony Lenton |
New England Hi. In conversation it was expressed to me that New England is an unusual choice of a road name. Doea ... | John Wheatland | 20 December 2023 11:25 AM by Michelle Putman Lack |
Dr Banardos Please does anyone know if there was a Dr Banardos Home in or near to Brighton.Thank you. | Joy | 20 December 2023 11:25 AM by Bob Beattie |
Richard Gillam My ancestor Richard Gillam b. abt. 1768 married 1. Mary Measor 1784 and 2. 1793 Sarah Mercer. Were the Measor ... | dorothy cooper | 20 December 2023 11:25 AM by Kevin Ellis |
Sherrie's dance hall My family history shows that my Grandfather was working at Sherrie’s dance hall in 1927. I new Sherries in the ... | Richard Weal | 20 December 2023 11:24 AM by Bob Simmons |
Roundhill Crescent Any information about 74 Roundhill Crescent would be most interesting . My Greta Grandparents Thomas Lennard Gooding Wilkinson and his ... | Sue Hoskinson | 20 December 2023 11:24 AM by A saward |
Buchanan photographers This is a long shot but does anyone know what happend to Buchanan Photographers in Portslade? I am trying ... | Mike | 20 December 2023 11:24 AM by Phillip Lunt |
Clarendon Hotel History Hello I have come by a set of silverware fork & serving knife commissioned by Elkington & Company bearing The Clarendon ... | Michelle | 20 December 2023 11:24 AM by Tom Bradley |
Frai family (could they be Fray, now?) Furthering my research into my family’s relocation to Brighton, it would appear that a relative, Phyllis Abell, married a chap, ... | Julie M | 20 December 2023 11:24 AM by george sibun |
Aryeh House School Anybody knows about it? | Janine Silberman | 20 December 2023 11:24 AM by douglas king |
Hove Crazy Golf - 60's or 70's??? Hello! Someone I know – a keen historian of Crazy Golf courses in the UK – was told of a course ... | Anthony Pope | 20 December 2023 11:24 AM by Mark Dearling |
Who was Florence Moore? Dinsdale Landen and several other Brighton based theatrical personalities stated they they took their first steps into the profession at ... | Roy Grant | 20 December 2023 11:24 AM by John Locke |
Carrington's the Bootmakers My great grandfather ran boot and shoe shops at 17 and 18 St Georges Road, Kemp Town, around the 1899. He ... | Derek Barontini | 20 December 2023 11:23 AM by Derek Barontini |
akehurst family my grandads name was charles william akehurst and he was a postman until he retired .he lived with his sister ... | sheryl | 20 December 2023 11:23 AM by Charles thomas Ford |
Convent of the Sacred Heart, Dyke Road A great-uncle of mine was educated at the Convent of the Sacred Heart in DYKE ROAD, in the late 1890s/early ... | Suzie S | 20 December 2023 11:23 AM by Peter Groves |
Locating a relative I am hoping to make contact with a relative who was from the Brighton/Hove area. He is my mother’s 2nd ... | Geraldine Hughes | 20 December 2023 11:23 AM by Liz Wright |
Arnold House, 15 Montpelier Terrace, Brighton Hello! Tracing my Grandfather’s life I discovered he lived in Arnold House, 15 Montpelier Terrace, Brighton from mid 1930’s until 1956 ... | Mo Harris | 20 December 2023 11:23 AM by Sorrel Smith |
A Love Story at Cosmos Greek-Cypriot Restaurant I’m a journalist helping out an older French-Moroccan friend who is looking to reconnect with his early 20s Cypriot sweetheart, ... | Sarah Souli | 27 November 2023 10:36 AM by Sarah Souli |
French Bakery My father was Jean Ranwez. He was a baker. One family member says he had his own bakery in town ... | Martin Best | 27 November 2023 10:36 AM by george sibun |
Running Horse Pub King Street My great grandfather was the publican from 1910 to 1931 – he was John Jackson the man who set up ... | Bob | 27 November 2023 10:36 AM by Melita Dennett |