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The Dolby Family
My family, the Dolbys lived next door to Deighton's Butcher Shop (c1926). My father, Richard Edward Dolby worked as a groom for Colonel Staniforth. My mother, Winifred, was a teacher at Green Hammerton School for over 20 years. We were: Frank, John, Mary, Ruth, Enid and Audrey.
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The Howard Family Of Barnes And Hammersmith
My Great-Great-Grandad, Henry Howard, lived in the early 1800’s - a time of great rural depression - and so he left his Devon home to look for work in London with the result that several generations of my ...Read more
A memory of Barnes in 1870 by
Brighton Bypass
I can remember going up onto Southwick Hill with my son Gary and his friend Ben the day before the opening of the Brighton bypass. I told them that it would never again be as quiet as it was now!! Dave Smith.
A memory of Southwick by
Eversley, 1971 1983
Dear Jan, I have found this website quite by chance! I first moved to Eversley with my family as a child (aged 6) in July 1971. My mother became the sub postmistress and we lived in the purpose build, red brick 5 bedroomed ...Read more
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Visiting Salford Circa 1955 60
My Grandparents Henry and Alice Dorning lived on Brighton Street which on trying to trace the existence of has proved to be a struggle. I remember visiting them with my parents at the age of 5-9 years of and at the time ...Read more
A memory of Salford
Burgh Heath Sugar Bowl
I remember the Sugar Bowl very well as I used to swim there. I was a boarder at Red House School further down the Brighton Road, does anyone remember that? Best days of my life (another story), Walton on the Hill for ...Read more
A memory of Burgh Heath in 1960 by
Growing Up In Cadishead
I was born in 1943 in Bankfield Avenue, Cadishead. When I was 5 we moved to a brand new council house in Devon Road, on the same day I started school which was 2 minutes away round the corner. There were 6 in our ...Read more
A memory of Cadishead in 1940 by
County Oak A23 Southdown Coach Station
The Coach Station had a cafe (or restaurant) backing a large parking area for London to Brighton Southdown Coaches. It was sited 100 yards south of the County border opposite "Overton's" Beehive workshop on ...Read more
A memory of Crawley in 1950 by
Co Op
If I remember correctly, the buildings on the right hand of this photo was the Co-op, somewhere there was a butcher, there was always sawdust on the floor, they had the tubes that used to take the money away shooting around the shop it made ...Read more
A memory of Redhill in 1960 by
My Ancestors Lived And Worked Here!
In the 1881 Census, Elizabeth Mitchell is listed as the head of the household and a widow aged 54 as her husband John Mitchell had died in February of that year and so running the Six Bells Beer House along ...Read more
A memory of Billingshurst in 1920 by
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The Wheatsheaf Inn, for many years an important staging post on the Brighton to Hastings route, was rebuilt in 1886.
These compact, if undistinguished, houses still stand behind the Fox on the Hill in Smithy Lane, as it leads towards the busy A217 Brighton Road.
The parade of shops at the junction of Reigate Road and Brighton Road has an unfamiliar appearance without traffic lights and the extensive Shell Garage.
In this view, looking eastwards over the gardens, Hove's famous Lawns are clearly visible, and Brighton's West Pier can be seen.
Brighton Pavilion is a fitting reminder of this town's emergence as a seaside resort.
He published a treatise on the advantages of sea-bathing, recommending Brighton very strongly.
By the 1920s Bournemouth had become a major south coast resort, rivalling Brighton and Torquay.
The medieval settlement of Crawley, situated half way along the London to Brighton Road, was ideally located to become an 18th-century coaching town.
Always jealous of its independence, Hove evaded big brother Brighton's dominance and obtained borough status in 1898.
Pronounced Slaffham, this quiet village lies close to the A23 London to Brighton road.
Fine sea views can be obtained from the regular summer open-top bus service which runs from Brighton to Rottingdean, a picturesque village situated in a dene, or valley in the downs.
The foundation stone of the New Brighton lighthouse was laid on 8 June 1827 by Thomas Littledale, Mayor of Liverpool.
The New Brighton Tower was completed in 1898, about eight years after the Blackpool Tower.
This is clearly demonstrated in this fine panoramic view of Brighton from the West Pier, which was designed by Eugenius Birch and opened in 1866.
The Red Lion public house, the Water Works and Coulsdon Library on the east side of Brighton Road contrast in style and date with the Victorian terraced houses and shops opposite.
Opposite in the 1950s was Payne Transport, a family-run business which also had depots in nearby Handcross and Brighton.
The Venture coach-and-four, made a number of promotional journeys from London to Brighton, but these passengers arrayed in top hats are probably bound for a race meeting at Epsom.
Previously a journey from London to Portsmouth entailed one of two options: to go to Croydon and then to Brighton, with a change there onto the South Coast line to Chichester and Portsmouth, or
Although his business was in banking and railways, his great love was coaching, and his coach travelled daily to and from Brighton.
The hotel, run by H Leighton, was described in1955 as being 'fully licensed, Adnams (Southwold) beers, large garage for cars'.
We are looking east along a lively Brighton Beach towards the unfinished Palace Pier at the close of the 19th century.
Its railway and pier, both now gone, prompted ambitious plans to transform the town into a major seaside resort similar in size to Brighton or Bournemouth, but the scheme failed to make the grade.
By 1894 Brighton's West Pier had been extensively rebuilt, and a landing stage had been added together with a new pavilion.
The Old Steine (pronounced 'steen') is the traditional centre of Brighton - in earlier times it was a broad grassy valley where fishermen dried their nets.
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