Maps

181 maps found.

1898, Ovingdean Ref. RNC798906
1920, Coldean Ref. POP675018
1920, Rottingdean Ref. POP820466
1920, Westdene Ref. POP865389
1940, Hove Ref. NPO741239
1920, Moulsecomb Ref. POP784650
1940, Rottingdean Ref. NPO820466
1895, Aldrington Ref. RNE621356
1895, Bevendean Ref. RNE639435
1940, Stanmer Ref. NPO838402
1895, Whitehawk Ref. RNE868666
1895, West Blatchington Ref. RNE863733
1895, Hollingdean Ref. RNE738102
1895, Withdean Ref. RNE871899
1909, Bevendean Ref. HOSM37625
1897 - 1909, Patcham Ref. HOSM56247
1896 - 1909, Hove Ref. HOSM34665
1898 - 1909, Saltdean Ref. HOSM58503
1897 - 1909, Withdean Ref. HOSM64879
1896 - 1909, Mile Oak Ref. HOSM71352

Books

2 books found. Showing results 145 to 2.

Memories

184 memories found. Showing results 61 to 70.

Re The Buffs

The Royal order of Buffalos..... Next door but one to the nurses home (as was), now a nursing home. I was born in Highfield hospital, Mill Lane, lived in Wallasey until I was 62 and now live in the north of Scotland. When I was a ...Read more

A memory of Wallasey in 1993 by Linda Holland

Cosy Corner Cafe

My grandparents (Mr and Mrs Riches) owned the cosy corner cafe on the Brighton Road and we lived at 93 Brighton Road. I've been told it is now a Costa Coffee or something like that. The last time I went there is was a Happy Eater and ...Read more

A memory of Hooley in 1950 by Diane Nye

Dunstaffnage The War Years 1942 45

In 1942 aged 5 due to my father being a shipwright in the Portsmouth Dockyard he was transferred to a satellite dockyard at Dunstaffnage where we stayed as a family until the war finished and we then moved back to ...Read more

A memory of Oban in 1942 by Brian Woodward

My Time In Liverpool

My memory of Liverpool was living in number 12 Kensington Rd near the corner of Hall Lane where the post office was. My parents' landlady was Mrs Elizabeth Smith, I think she was Tommy Smith's mother? I remember my father taking ...Read more

A memory of Liverpool in 1957 by Alan Bond

Growing Up In Brighton Road

I remember my happy childhood in Brighton Road so well. We lived at 114, heading toward the Portsmouth road. My grandfather had built the house. It lay back from the road. Mr and Mrs Harper ran the paper shop that had a ...Read more

A memory of Surbiton in 1952

My First Job!

I was born in Hooley, so I am an original "Hooligan"!! My family lived in Brighton Road, Hooley, about 300 yds to the left of this photo, in fact my mother still does. My first Saturday job was in the newsagents, Fords, which is the second ...Read more

A memory of Hooley by Cheryl Holdway

An Evacuee During World War Ii

My name then was Babs Collins and my memory goes back to World War II, when I and others from my school in Victoria, London were evacuated to both East & West Clandon. We had been moved very hurriedly in July ...Read more

A memory of East Clandon in 1940 by Gina Arnold

St Bart's Bomber

I was christened in this church in 1952. We lived in Crystal Palace Park Road, and I was a Cub Scout there as well, 4th Sydenham. I remember one year we entered a 'Soap Box' go-cart in the soap box derby that was held in Brighton ...Read more

A memory of Sydenham in 1958 by Wayne Ruffle

Norbury And Environs

I lived in Norbury Court Rd. My first school was Mrs. Nicholson's school, called St. Winifreds. I was there at the age of 4, and later went on to Coloma in Croydon for the rest of my school life. I remember our school blazer ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1948 by Pat Courtney

Summer In The Village

I remember summers in Wallasey Village being absolutely glorious as a kid. I used to live in Green Lane, and during the summer holidays,Ii and my friends worked on the market gardens, from early in the morning until mid ...Read more

A memory of Wallasey in 1975 by Philip Hoggett

Captions

170 captions found. Showing results 145 to 168.

Caption For Crawley, East Park 1907

In the distance is the Brighton Road junction; the gable belonging to Garrett's, the greengrocers.

Caption For Horsham, Brighton Road 1899

Two phases of Victorian expansion are shown here in this view along the Brighton Road heading south-east from the town.

Caption For Bolney, Post Office 1957

Bolney is a quiet village, located just off the main London to Brighton trunk road.

Caption For New Brighton, Beach And Pier C1960

There was something for everyone at New Brighton.

Caption For Falmer, The Village C1955

We are on the Downs between Brighton and Lewes.

Caption For Egremont, From The Sands 1895

The area was never as commercial as its sister New Brighton, but it was still a popular holiday destination.

Caption For Barkway, Main Street C1965

William Phelps, alias Brighton Bill, the pugilist, died here after his brutal encounter with Owen Swift in 1838.

Caption For Formby, The Old Lifeboat Cottage C1965

Seaforth, Bootle, Crosby, Brighton-le-Sands, Blundell Sands and Formby were easier to reach along the firm sand during the wet winter months.

Caption For Redhill, High Street C1955

Redhill grew from nothing after the building of the London to Brighton road in 1807 and the railway in 1841.

Caption For Chailey Green, Village Green C1965

There are examples of Chailey pottery on display at the Brighton Museum and Art Gallery.

Caption For Upper Dicker, The Plough Inn C1950

The inn in the photograph is offering Tamplins Brighton Ales.

Caption For Bangor, The Front 1897

Brighton made the seaside fashionable for the upper crust, and its wider popularity was settled when the railway made the connection in 1841.

Caption For Worthing, The Broadway 1919

These were retained as a feature when part of the Brighton Road was widened on either side and renamed The Broadway.

Caption For Worthing, Warnes Hotel 1925

Unlike Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings, Worthing never aspired to having an opulent purpose built Victorian hotel.

Caption For Haywards Heath, Oaklands 2005

Harry Treacher Harry Treacher was a bookseller from Brighton.

Caption For New Brighton, Tower And Sands 1900

An Eiffel Tower at New Brighton was part of the original dream of James Atherton as he planned his new holiday resort.

Caption For New Brighton, The Lighthouse 1887

They did not sink, and the two lighthouses on this coast were built on this same principle: Leasowe first, then New Brighton in 1827 at a cost of £27,000.

Caption For Coulsdon, The Recreation Ground C1960

…Cornfields were seen where the Fairdene Estate now rises whilst High Street, Coulsdon [Brighton Road] did not exist.

Caption For Worthing, Marine Parade 1890

Little Terrace (centre on above photograph) was built as a terrace of fashionable lodging houses by a Brighton bricklayer named William Hall circa 1794.

Caption For New Brighton, Lighthouse 1892

New Brighton is situated on the extreme tip of the Wirral Peninsula, and is separated from the busy city and port of Liverpool by the River Mersey.

Caption For Dorking, Punch Bowl Inn 1907

An unsuccessful candidate for Brighton at the general election in 1832, he was returned for London in August 1833, and sat until he was defeated in June 1841.

Caption For Dorking, The Dorking Halls 1936

An unsuccessful candidate for Brighton at the general election in 1832, he was returned for London in August 1833, and sat until he was defeated in June 1841.

Caption For Hinckley, Castle Street 1964

A few late Georgian buildings brighten up this otherwise dull street-scene.

Caption For Burgh By Sands, The Station C1935

Neatly-kept gardens and colourful flowerbeds brighten the station buildings at Burgh-by-Sands, a small village near the mouth of the Eden on the Solway Firth.