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Easy Bar, 9-10 Cranbourne Street Does anybody know when Easy Bar was first established? It is now Crowns and has been for several years, but ... | Martin | 15 November 2021 12:06 AM by Cordelia |
Fishing family My grandfarther was ,william john grieve.i was told he was from a fishing family in gt yarmouth or Lowestoft..my surname ... | Garfield Grieve | 15 November 2021 12:04 AM by Alison Grieve |
waterloo street does anyone remember the linden club thay was in a basement in this street i think it was owned by ... | duffy newman/watkins | 15 November 2021 12:03 AM by Tania Langridge |
Pimlico can anyone tell me where the area of brighton calle pimlico was | kate | 14 November 2021 11:50 PM by Paul Kaye |
The Crossfields I’ve posted a couple of articles on my ancestors the Crossfields on this site, but I’m keen to hear from ... | Steve Williams | 14 November 2021 12:10 AM by trevor crossfield |
Harriet Gunn flower seller I have been researching the Gunn family for a grandchild of Harriet Turner & C E Gunn. Although this mother ... | Chris Grant | 14 November 2021 12:01 AM by Nicole Andan (nee Gunn) |
Painting of Brighton beach from Hove: any info about the artist? I bought this painting in Boston, Massachusetts. I can’t make out the name of the artist, though I have been ... | Miranda Swift | 8 October 2021 8:10 AM by Miranda Swift |
whichelo family does any one know anything about the whichelo family in 1800 especially richard lemon whichelo, any information would we greatly ... | sam | 7 October 2021 10:51 PM by Stuart Mayer |
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 | 15 August 2021 12:20 PM by Denise Borer |
Stanley Greenhow Sorry i forgot to ask if anyone could give me any tips on how i can go about finding information ... | Trudy | 28 July 2021 3:11 PM by Ingrid Greenhow |
kemptown area Hi, Most of my family lived in the kemptown area between 1841 and 1901. I was just wondering if you had ... | Katie Hogbin | 22 July 2021 12:15 PM by William Jeal |
Cumberland Place and Hawker's permits George Thomas Smith was born at 9 Cumberland Place in February 1892, his mother Frances Smith’s occupation was Fruit Hawker. ... | Fenella Rook Smith | 7 July 2021 12:49 AM by Fenella Rook Smith |
Wiston School, junctions of Old Shoreham Road/ Dyke Road /Chatsworth Road Brighton? A private school, later to become a private medical center. The site is no up for sale | Joan Oliver | 28 June 2021 5:29 PM by Joan Oliver |
Bedford Brewery I was looking on an old map recently and came across a Bedford Brewery on the corner of Bedford Place ... | Debbie Waldon | 25 June 2021 10:07 AM by Dr Geoffrey Mead |
A question about Western Road. Could anyone please help with details of a photographer who was in business at 79 Western Road, Hove, in the ... | Mark Dickens | 10 May 2021 8:50 AM by Geoff Robbins |
THE DOWNS SCHOOL IN 1932 During my family history research I’ve found a relative who was an engineer working in India in the period between ... | Richard Corden | 10 May 2021 8:48 AM by Geoffrey Mead |
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 | 1 May 2021 11:41 PM by Rodney Standing |
The Whitehouse I work in The Whitehouse in saltdean, and we believe that when it was origanly built, it was built for ... | Peter Hall | 1 May 2021 11:39 PM by Marianne Long |
International Women's Day - March through Brighton in 1997. Does anyone have any memories/photos from the International Women’s Day march that started on the seafront at the Angel and ... | Sally Mckenzie | 6 April 2021 9:20 PM by Sally Mckenzie |
Aryeh House School Has anybody got any recollections of the evacuation to Llandysul in the Second World War – or does anyonen know ... | Jen Mathias | 5 April 2021 5:48 PM by Harry Trister |
Steyning Union Workhouse Does anyone know the address of the Steyning Union Workhouse in the first part of this century, say up to ... | Jeanne Masterson | 2 April 2021 3:48 PM by Graham Broad |
Chain Pier Jigsaw Puzzle Does anyone know of a print and jigsaw puzzle publisher n/o J. Hunt of Castle Square, date around 1824. | Geoff Hellman | 2 April 2021 3:37 PM by Geoff Hellman |
Preston Barracks / Roy Spearey I am researching my family tree, my Grand-Father was serving at Preston Barracks in 1924 he was in the R.A. ... | Phil Spearey | 17 March 2021 12:27 PM by Tom Cruikshanks |
Martin family anyone remeber the Martin family at 33 Nelson Place? | Terry Lever | 17 March 2021 12:16 PM by Shelley Teague |