Royal beginnings

The Chapel Royal

10:30am Monday 17th June 2013

Adam Trimingham finds out why the Chapel Royal was reserved for the rich in the 18th century

West Pier, Brighton

West Pier, Brighton

10:00am Monday 17th June 2013

This is the West Pier in Brighton when it was at its beautiful best more than a century ago.

Hove Lawns

Hove Lawns as they looked a century ago

9:20am Monday 10th June 2013

The seafront lawns in Hove were much more secluded a century ago than they are today. Hedges on the south side of Kingsway formed a dense barrier between the pavement and the grass.

Falling from grace

Harvey and Christine Holford on their wedding day

9:00am Monday 10th June 2013

Harvey Holford was one of the most flamboyant characters in Brighton during the early 1960s.

Brighton fish market

Brighton fish market, as it looked more than 100 years ago

10:00am Monday 3rd June 2013

For many years the fish market in Brighton was on the seafront, in front of the Victorian arches. This picture, taken more than a century ago, shows the horses and carts used to transport the fish.

A tragic ending

Shipley churchyard where Samuel Evers was buried

9:00am Monday 3rd June 2013

Adam Trimingham looks at the life of Samuel Evers who wrote of his travels before his untimely death

Louise Dickens writes from the US:

5:19pm Friday 31st May 2013

My family is searching for relatives of my mom, Nellie Helen Mugovero (née Marchant), who left the UK after the Second World War as a war bride and came to the US.

Mix of old and new

King’s Esplanade in 1907

11:30am Monday 27th May 2013

Adam Trimingham delves into the past of King’s Esplanade

Gun carrier in Oxford Street, Brighton

A Bren gun carrier in Oxford Street in 1941

11:00am Monday 27th May 2013

This picture shows a Bren gun carrier in Oxford Street, Brighton, during the Second World War in August 1941. It was sent in by local historian David Rowland who specialises in wartime stories and pictures.

Tough sentence

10:30am Monday 20th May 2013

Adam Trimingham takes a look at one of Brighton’s harshest court Recorders

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