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The Mystery of Benfield House Close to the junction of Hangleton Lane and the A293 Link Road, now covered with brambles, hawthorn and short-lived elm ... | Tony Betteridge | 16 April 2022 3:13 PM by Tony Betteridge |
Westwood School Does anyone know about Westwood School? My father went there in early 1920s I reports from there but no address, ... | Keren | 16 April 2022 3:11 PM by Keren |
Does anyone remember the "Rous Sisters"? I am hopeful some one may remember the dancing group the “Rous Sisters” who had a dancing group in the ... | Leslie Whitlow | 16 April 2022 3:07 PM by Leslie Whitlow |
Mound in field near Mile Oak Farm Is there any archaeological significance to this big mound in a field about 1/2 mile east of Mile Oak Farm? | brian churchill | 16 April 2022 2:38 PM by David Shelton |
Camelford Street Hello. Some of the residents of Camelford, Cornwall, recently visited Camelford Street. It looks like it changed its name from York ... | Helen Smith | 15 March 2022 11:01 PM by Helen Smith |
Rous sisters dancing group Does any one know anything about these four Rous sisters? They had a dancing group who were locally well known ... | Leslie Whitlow | 6 March 2022 9:04 PM by Leslie Whitlow |
Shoe Shops in Brighton 1953-1954 Does anyone have any information about shoe shops in Brighton in 1953-1954? I believe the name ay have been Wall or ... | Wendy Harvey | 6 March 2022 5:17 PM by Wendy Harvey |
Upstreet / Ovingdean Road I have discovered on a website that Ovingdean Road was named Upstreet and Woodingdean Road. In 1933 and 1934 it ... | Joanna Goddard | 28 February 2022 10:01 AM by Dr Geoffrey Mead |
Brighton Newspapers Does any one know which local Brighton based newspapers were available in Brighton between 1880 and 1900? I believe ... | pathoaruk | 28 February 2022 10:00 AM by Geoffrey Mead |
Nightingale House, Marine Parade Hello, I’m interested in Nightingale House, Marine Parade. It was opened on Saturday 27th April 1929 as a Christian Spiritualist ... | Monty Dart | 28 February 2022 9:59 AM by Geoffrey Mead |
Kings Road property numbers A strange request but does anybody know which properties (house numbers) are under Kingswest and which are under The Brighton ... | Allan Warner-Clarkson | 28 February 2022 9:56 AM by Dr Geoffrey Mead |
a question about Sussex Street and Nelson Street Looking for information regarding a Greengrocers shop on the corner of Sussex St and Nelson St. | Stan Storry | 13 February 2022 11:24 AM by Stan Storry |
St Mary's Cricket Club, Preston Park? - photo from the 1890s The 19th century photo, from my family’s archives, shows members of a cricket club. My great-grandfather, Tom Taylor, was a ... | Rod Taylor | 4 February 2022 12:14 PM by Rod Taylor |
Amateur Football in East and West Sussex in the 1890s I have acquired an envelope sent from Southwick to Auckland, New Zealand in 1899. It is addressed to Oswald Mayall ... | Paul Wreglesworth | 4 February 2022 12:13 PM by Paul Wreglesworth |
A question about the volunteer fire brigade in Brighton WW2 I have for some time been trying to find out information about the AFS/NSF during WW2 in Brighton, mainly Whitehawk ... | Amanda Soutter | 4 February 2022 12:11 PM by Amanda Soutter |
I'm Looking for Someone Very Specific! (North Laine) My name’s Ira, I’m a London-based photographer and I need your help! I took a photograph of a friend performing in ... | Ira Giorgetti | 4 February 2022 12:07 PM by Ira Giorgetti |
The café at Portslade & West Hove railway station. Does anyone have any information or memories regarding the café that used to sit at the corner of the south ... | Alan Phillips | 4 February 2022 12:03 PM by Alan Phillips |
Does anyone remember who owned the Harris Clothier's on Brunswick Place, Hove? Does anyone remember who owned the Harris Clothier’s on Brunswick Place, Hove, Sussex? My grandmother worked there, when she was ... | Amelia White | 4 February 2022 12:03 PM by Amelia White |
Brighton Engineering ltd Fishersgate Can anyone tell me when BEL closed please. I worked their from 1963 for about 8 years | Dennis KING | 4 February 2022 11:59 AM by Dennis KING |
Freemason's Tavern 33 Terminus Road My great grandfather was Publican at this address from about 1919 until about 1930. I believe it was demolished in ... | Peter Faulkner | 4 February 2022 11:58 AM by Peter Faulkner |
Childrens home. Preston Road 1940s My husband was in a Childrens home in Preston road in the mid 1940s. He thinks it was 265 Preston ... | Beverley Martin-Lee | 31 January 2022 12:30 PM by Beverley Martin-Lee |
Information of First DSM holder in Brighton Herbert Tom Barnes: b. 28 January 1906 Portsmouth, Hampshire d. August 1984. In February 1940 ‘Tom’ was one of the Royal ... | Paul Comber | 4 February 2022 11:56 AM by Paul Comber |
Does anyone remember the owners of Harris clothers in Hove Does anyone remember the owners of Harris clothiers in Hove? I think they were second-hand clothiers. | Amelia White | 22 December 2021 7:15 AM by Amelia White |
Trying to find my dad - Bruce Surname? Hi, So I’m based in Brighton, been trying to find my dad. So far all I have to go on is ... | Kieran Adams | 1 December 2021 5:32 PM by Kieran Adams |