Personal Stories

Page link: Robin (Bob) Nutley
Robin (Bob) Nutley
My Story
Page link: MR DAVID SWALLOW
MR DAVID SWALLOW
A short account of my life in the Whitehawk area
Page link: Teachers
Teachers
Page link: Bennett Road
Bennett Road
I lived there too
Page link: Bennett Road
Bennett Road
A lovely place to live
Page link: Vic Lander
Vic Lander
18th June 1940 - 29th January 2011
Page link: St. Marks School - Arundel Road.
St. Marks School - Arundel Road.
Wartime/air-raids
Page link: THE HOVE TOWN HALL FIRE - 8/9 JANUARY 1966
THE HOVE TOWN HALL FIRE - 8/9 JANUARY 1966
As experienced by my friend Katie Ashdown
Page link: HOVE TOWN HALL FIRE
HOVE TOWN HALL FIRE
An emergency GPO response.
Page link: D Day
D Day
Members Reminiscences
Page link: FAWCETT SCHOOL
FAWCETT SCHOOL
THEN AND NOW
Page link: Memories of School Air Raid Shelters
Memories of School Air Raid Shelters
Wartime memories of Brighton
Page link: More of The Land Girls of Peacehaven
More of The Land Girls of Peacehaven
Paper cutting from the Evening Argus in the late 60s - early 70s
Page link: Belle Vue Cottages
Belle Vue Cottages
Page link: The fisherman's nickname
The fisherman's nickname
Photo of Horace 'Rachel' Leech
Page link: 1949 Whitehawk Senior School
1949 Whitehawk Senior School
Trip on the River Thames
Page link: The Land Girls of Peacehaven during the 1960s
The Land Girls of Peacehaven during the 1960s
Grant Currie's farm at the back of Peacehaven
Page link: My bubble car
My bubble car
Page link: Back in Time
Back in Time
Page link: All froth and no coffee
All froth and no coffee
Brighton in the '50s
Page link: Memories of living in Rifle Butt Road
Memories of living in Rifle Butt Road
Childhood
Page link: Life at No.3 Nuthurst Road
Life at No.3 Nuthurst Road
1930s Whitehawk
Page link: Proper Poor Law
Proper Poor Law
A glimpse into the past of wartime Brighton, before the introduction of the Welfare State.
Page link: Dead mice and the Quaker cemetery
Dead mice and the Quaker cemetery
Memories of Rifle Butt Road
Page link: My family here
My family here
Parkers
Page link: Whitehawk 1947 -1967
Whitehawk 1947 -1967
Page link: The Medicine must get through
The Medicine must get through
Page link: Lost in France 1944
Lost in France 1944
Page link: Me and Zoe Brigden
Me and Zoe Brigden
Page link: My Own Two Heroes
My Own Two Heroes
A true tale
Page link: Spot the Dog
Spot the Dog
An old shaggy dog story
Page link: Laid to rest
Laid to rest
Death at the cemetery
Page link: And then a funny thing happened!
And then a funny thing happened!
The transatlantic story of a rocking horse
Page link: PARROT TALK
PARROT TALK
By Rene Marriot
Page link: Tidal wave of 1929
Tidal wave of 1929
Page link: What did we do before television?
What did we do before television?
Page link: Carol Thomson - a very special lady
Carol Thomson - a very special lady
Page link: Images of Brighton
Images of Brighton
Page link: My gran's story
My gran's story
Daughter of a blind match-seller
Page link: My life with the Guides and Brownies
My life with the Guides and Brownies
1970s
Page link: D-Day Decoy
D-Day Decoy
Page link: Kathleen Mounsey
Kathleen Mounsey
My mother
Page link: Gladstone Adams and my g-g-grandmother
Gladstone Adams and my g-g-grandmother
Page link: Carol Thomson 1937-2005
Carol Thomson 1937-2005
Celebration of a Life
Page link: Wilson Avenue
Wilson Avenue
Memories of the self-build scheme
Page link: Albert Swarbrook
Albert Swarbrook
My father-in-law
Category link: Bevendean Hospital
Bevendean Hospital
A brief history and memoirs by Ruth Watts plus various publications
Category link: Early Memories
Early Memories
by Rosemary Deacon
Category link: Letters home 1943-1947
Letters home 1943-1947
George Horrobin's collection from England and Iraq