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stuart norris does anyone remeber stuart norris in george strret hove. i had my first job there at the tender age of 15 | Valerie Bruce | 11 June 2022 7:17 PM by Richard White |
Warren Farm Orphanage Can anyone tell me if there were any records kept on the names of the children in this childrens home,ie ... | Joan | 11 June 2022 7:17 PM by Maria Burbidge |
Burial Vaults in Brighton I’m looking for the resting-place of my GGGfather William Hebden, who was drowned in the sea near Brunswick Place 19.7.1839. ... | Stuart Hebden | 11 June 2022 7:17 PM by Richard Wickham |
Moodys Motors ltd. Hove Where were they in the 1930’s? Do they still exist under another name? regards Nick Warren warrenick@hotmail.com | Nick Warren | 11 June 2022 7:15 PM by Fred Todd |
Hove College Does anybody have any information on Hove College, in particular the fire which destroyed the old building and what happened ... | Martin White | 11 June 2022 7:15 PM by Andy Mepham |
Portland Road Schools- Now West Hove schools Hello all, I am very interested in the history of these schools- especially the then Girls school- (the southern block). ... | Kate Southwell | 11 June 2022 7:14 PM by Sylvia Lee |
Somers-Marshall hping someone can help looking for anyone related to the somers marshalls paticularly James Allen and his twin brother Ernest ... | gaynor | 11 June 2022 7:14 PM by Gwynneth Drabble |
penny farthing coffee shop think at the bottom of north rd,back in the late fifties.?? | mick | 10 June 2022 9:20 AM by Alan Hobden |
starlight rooms i remember it well.Bobby Sansom was very popular and very good looking as i recall.Somethings you never forget! Having just ... | jennifer tonks nee smith | 10 June 2022 9:20 AM by Patti Durham |
Terminus Road Brighton My ancestors lived at 33 Terminus Road Brighton at the time of the 1871 census. I visited Brighton recently and ... | Rachel | 10 June 2022 9:20 AM by Ann Dowsett |
Dreadnought Garage I trying to find any history on this establishment. Relating to early/mid 60’s auto racing. Thanks! | Bradley Hueftle | 10 June 2022 9:20 AM by Simon Flack |
A question about a Chinese Restaurant in West Street In the sixties, there was one of the first Chinese restaurants about halfway down West Street on the right hand ... | Martin Tidy | 10 June 2022 9:20 AM by Vikki Pomfrey |
rosalind hersee /thorpe family Hi Rosalind, i’ve noticed a few of your post regarding the thorpe family,i have been doing my family tree for a ... | paula | 10 June 2022 9:20 AM by Jacqueline Thorpe |
Early recycling? I remember as a child that a sort of early recycling scheme was run during the 50s in Brighton in ... | Edward | 10 June 2022 9:20 AM by Pat Brown |
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 | 10 June 2022 9:20 AM by John Scrase |
Trevor Chepstow I read a few postings that Trevor Chepstow has recently died. My sympathies to family and friends. What has become ... | David Ward | 10 June 2022 9:19 AM by Valerie Abraham |
Brighton Tigers Ice Hockey player Clive Millard Does anyone have any info on Clive Millard (my uncle)? I believe he was connected to the club around the ... | Chris Millard | 10 June 2022 9:18 AM by Valerie Abraham |
Pub: Kennington/Kensington Arms? I was wondering if anyone could help me? I have searched the Internet but to no avail whatsoever. In 1995 I ... | Mark Miller | 10 June 2022 9:18 AM by Philip Ralph |
'Purley Lodge Truant Industrial School' I wonder if anyone could help me, an ancestor of ours is listed as an ‘inmate’ at Purley Lodge Truant ... | polly james | 10 June 2022 9:18 AM by Fred Hards |
Annual visitor numbers for Brighton pre WW1 Can anyone help me please with the location of any statistics for annual numbers of visitors to Brighton? I am ... | Les Waters | 10 June 2022 9:18 AM by Geoff Robbins |
Patcham Duck Fayre How did the Patcham Duck Fayre get its name ? I’m given to understand that the original site was The Old ... | Bee Oliver | 10 June 2022 9:17 AM by John Snelling |
Newhaven Street Does anyone have any information or photos of Newhaven Street. My nan lived at number 27. She went to Sussex Street School ... | Harriet Knight | 10 June 2022 9:16 AM by Elaine Anscomb |
Filming in Hartington Road I grew up in Hartington Road and remember seeing, one early evening after school in the late 1960’s early 1970’s, ... | Geoff Robbins | 10 June 2022 9:15 AM by jamie adams |
Brighton Gas Works In 1890 my Great Great Grandfather was manager of the gasworks in Brighton and resided at 1 Gas Cottages in ... | Graham Harmes | 10 June 2022 9:15 AM by Ian Tutt |