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Does any one know the year when Nina and Frederik were guests I represented Saltdean with an Owen Dives Transport from London we had a stuffed seagull with a cliff scene I ... | Christopher Moore | yesterday by Christopher Moore |
Unknown structure and hotel and tea gardens My great-great grandfather lived in Buckinghamshire St from around 1875 (or earlier) and took care of his grandsons who became ... | Andrew Warland | yesterday by Andrew Warland |
Does Prestonville Terrace still exist? (Birthplace of my g'father Henry Bolding). Hi. I’m a 4th generation Brightonian (still live nearby) and have my grandfather’s (Henry Bolding) 20 yrs royal naval record (position, ... | Neville Bolding | yesterday by Dr Geoffrey Mead |
Brighton Tigers Canadian Brighton Tiger Bob Mcneil is currently visiting Brighton and staying with my Dad Tim Wiltshire. I wonder if any of ... | Matt | yesterday by Val Manchee |
Jack Sheppard's My father Carl Sargeant, now 93, tells me that there was a bandstand where Peter Pan’s Playground was later, ... | Tim Sargeant | yesterday by Tim Sargeant |
North Road swimming baths I have just asked the question of this site. There is no record, I find this strange. My school friends ... | David Ward | yesterday by Marc Turner |
akehurst family my grandads name was charles william akehurst and he was a postman until he retired .he lived with his sister ... | sheryl | yesterday by Charles Ford Charles ford |
Matlock House 27 Grand Parade Hello. I’m researching my family history and have come across a photo of my grandmother in Rottingdean in roughly 1926 ... | Gina Parsons | yesterday by Gina Parsons |
Jew Street, Brighton, in 1881 I am researching my family history and trying to find the Jewish connection. My ancestor John Masters Bromage married Edith ... | Ann Topsom | yesterday by Ann Topsom |
Peacehaven Hotel Does anyone remember the Peacehaven Hotel. It ws built in the 1920s. I’d like to know what it was used for in ... | Jules Davis | yesterday by Jilly Harris |
H.J. Greens of Hove I have searched pages for any comments re the Greens factory in Hove, just off Portland Road I believe. My mother ... | Bonny Cother | yesterday by Timothy Walker |
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 | yesterday by Matilda Thomas |
Western Road shops no longer there Does anybody know the name of a large departmental store on the western road that was approx opposite Maples we ... | Mrs J Pullen | yesterday by ANN PATRICIA EATWELL |
stonepound house remand home hassocks. Can anyone tell me more about the remand home,where naughty girls were sent by County Borough of Brighton Juvenille team ... | nico | yesterday by Jeanett Dinham |
Kemp Town, does anyone remember the property developer Godfrey Parker? Hi, I wanted to contact Christopher Horlock to see if he has any records and images of the old Kemp Town ... | G.G. Weiner | yesterday by Geoffrey George Weiner |
Christopher Horlock The above named person writes amazing books on the history of Brighton which are clear and have wonderful pictures. I ... | Tasha Humphrey | yesterday by G.G. Weiner |
Hove County Grammar School for Girls I attended Hove County in Nevill Road from 1950-55. Are the buildings still there & does anyone have photos of ... | Jean | yesterday by Frank Raschke |
date of fire.bedford hotel brighton. researching history of real tennis court behind bedford hotel. | b.rich. | yesterday by Nikki Weighell |
Laurie Poore Anyone know what happened to Laurie ? A sentimental enquiry .. I remember all night guitar parties on Brighton beach ... | chrissy roman | yesterday by Christine Fiddes |
Sussex Drug Company I had an edwardian house in hurstpierpoint. We dug up a bottle in the garden that had “SUSSEX DRUG COMPANY ... | Kenton Green | yesterday by Malcolm Hazleton |
Aryeh House School Anybody knows about it? | Janine Silberman | yesterday by Rosalind Stuart |
Odd Ball Characters. Brighton has always been a Town of Tolerance(alliteration) and because of this attracted and fully accepted those who chose to ... | Roy Grant | yesterday by John GIBSON |
Trevor Chepstow I read a few postings that Trevor Chepstow has recently died. My sympathies to family and friends. What has become ... | David Ward | 9 April by Valerie Abraham |
Patcham and the A27 Hello, I’m looking for people who lived in Patcham before and after the construction of the A27, ... | David Parker | 9 April by Karen Pirks |