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| Beaconsfield Villas Having lived in Beaconsfield Villas for over 20 years and being interested in local history, I am trying to find ... | Bill Goodchild | 15 | 17 June 2022 2:29 PM by Andy Grant |
| Medieval village of Perching I am desperately searching for information about the medieval village of Perching; the remains of which are on the Downs. ... | Rev Peter King | 8 | 16 June 2022 3:27 PM by mike stoakes |
| Rock Street Does anyone know the origin of the name of this street? | Richard Parker | 11 | 16 June 2022 3:27 PM by Tim Sargeant |
| Winnie Hilder I look after a gentleman of 94 who knew Winnie Hilder, does anyone have any infomation about her. He still ... | Sue Eburn | 6 | 16 June 2022 3:27 PM by Ila Hudson |
| Brighton station old left luggage office Whereabouts in the current Brighton train station was the left luggage office? Thinking of the Trunk Murders. | Sassy Sal | 2 | 16 June 2022 3:26 PM by Peter Groves |
| Brighton bus office I worked for a short while in the Brighton bus office in Lewis Road around 1950. I remember that it ... | Dave Blackford | 9 | 16 June 2022 3:25 PM by Dave Blackford |
| Brighton Festival 1967 hello ~ does anybody here remember the very first Brighton Festival way back in 1967? In particular ... | Michael Kemp | 7 | 16 June 2022 3:25 PM by Tim Baker |
| lancing carriage works history i am trying to find any information available for the above particularly any records held for the staff who were ... | mark harland | 10 | 16 June 2022 3:23 PM by John Snelling |
| Madame Tussauds Does anyone remember the waxwork museum? My childhood memories are that it was linked to Madame Tussauds, but in ... | Adam Johnson-Short | 12 | 16 June 2022 3:22 PM by Fenella Rook Smith |
| Salisbury Road, Hove I am trying to find out more about the history of Salisbury Road in Hove. I can find lots of information ... | Kellee | 2 | 16 June 2022 3:22 PM by Karen Vincent-Jones |
| 1950's plus Wheh I was a small girl I visited Brighton with my parents and went to a cafe/restaurant and purchased “tiddieoggies”,I ... | mrs arkwright | 12 | 16 June 2022 3:22 PM by Joan Woodruff |
| Harman Family Tree This is a long shot but……not long into my family tree and my aunt told me of a story about ... | Gail Oldfield | 10 | 16 June 2022 3:22 PM by HUGO RUNE |
| 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 | 28 | 16 June 2022 3:17 PM by Sam Flowers |
| Bunkers Hill Does anybody know where Bunkers Hill was in Brighton, a local fisherman area ,l think? | Sheila Jones | 9 | 16 June 2022 3:17 PM by Janet Fenner |
| Brighton River? I’m Brighton born and bred but in Africa for 50 years. Brighton must have had a river, judging by the ... | Leon Bradley | 9 | 16 June 2022 3:16 PM by Leon Bradley |
| Rev A D Wagner Who were ‘The Wagners’ mentioned on this site in ref. to church and almshouses. I am curious about Rev A ... | S Bland | 3 | 15 June 2022 3:25 PM by Dick Saunders |
| Manorbes and Cheetahs. When still a teenager and still getting into weight training I remember finding Manorbes Health Studio? in Hove which was ... | Edward | 11 | 15 June 2022 3:25 PM by Jax Atkins |
| Saturday morning pictures for us kids We sang the National Anthen with adapted words, as the song ,as we were minors of the ABC, can anyone ... | Joyce Blackman | 4 | 15 June 2022 3:24 PM by Allan Fowler |
| Dolls Hospitals There are two places i remember as mending dolls.Known as the dolls hospital.This might be just a phrase used ... | jennifer tonks nee smith | 15 | 15 June 2022 3:24 PM by jan simms |
| the Galleon Hi in the 50s my friends and i spent most ... | liz | 9 | 15 June 2022 3:24 PM by Janet Rolf |
| Does anybody remember Brighton snooker clubs in the sixties? I clearly remember two, the Piccadilly snooker club below Burtons Tailors, 130a North Street Brighton, and Chic’s snooker and card ... | George Sibun | 5 | 15 June 2022 3:24 PM by Lee Mitchell |
| Box's Commercial College I went to Box’s Commercial College in 1954. This was a private secretarial college situated on Gloucester Place. Does ... | Trish Summers (nee Wells) | 7 | 15 June 2022 3:23 PM by Sue McShane |
| Cab Drivers I’m told that George Wheatland was the last cabbie in Brighton and I would like to confirm that. ... | Ken G | 9 | 15 June 2022 3:23 PM by Kelly Deadman |
| Semadeni's confectioners Hi. Has anyone come across this family in their research. Apparently they had a shop in Brighton from ... | Angela | 11 | 15 June 2022 3:20 PM by René Rüdlinger |