Stories - Bevendean History Project
Peoples Stories about Bevendean and the local area - 2
John Funnell lived and worked in Bevendean
John was born in Brighton in 1946 and moved to Walmer Crescent about 1951. He worked for the Brighton Sheet Metal Company at the Hyde in Bevendean for 43 years. [Story_021]
Pearl Brown's memories of Higher and Lower Bevendean
Pearl was born at 176 Bevendean Crescent in 1936. She has memories of playing in the street and walking the fields and more. Her
father-in-law Arthur Potiphar lived at
Windmill House Farm at the Race Hill. [Story_022]
Douglas Victor Brown's Life StoryDouglas
was born in London in 1930. His father died in 1937 and the family
moved to Brighton at the start of the war. He joined the Army in
1947 and in October 1960 joined the Brighton Ambulance service where he spent the rest of his working life. [Story_023]
Andre Bevan memories of Bevendean
Andre was born in 1943, his earliest memory of Bevendean was when he went on a bus and looked out of the windows. He lived in one of the prefabs and attended the local school. Andre also remembers the White Admiral. [Story_024]
Amelia Scopes memories of BevendeanAmelia was born iin 1920 in Brighton
and has memories of working for Dr Roberts. She remembers the
allotments in the middle of the Avenue during the war and the shops in
Bevendean. [Story_025]
Brian Donaldson Bevendean & the Self-Build Bungalows
Brian memories of the Avenue
were the allotments and playing on the
green. He worked as a paper boy on the estate and has many memories of
the estate. Brian was one of the bungalow self builders in Heath
Hill Avenue.
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Bob Wakelin memories of Bevendean
His earliest memory was in the nursery class in the
infants school at Bevendean. Bob remembers his time at School, the gardens, cold winters, the local shops and Dr Roberts. [Story_027]
Stephen Hazell memories of BevendeanHe was born 1951 in Hornby Road and went to Bevendean
School. Stephen enjoyed sports and remembers the shops on the estate.
He talks about his life on the estate moving to Moulsecoomb in 1983. [Story_028]
Housing and Gardens in Bevendean
Violet Bradford, Stephen Gorringe and Sheila Lemon remember the new houses and gardens on the estate. [Story_029]
Leisure and Playing Out in and around Bevendean
Memories
of Mick Short, Robert Brown, Stephen & Margaret Gorringe, Violet
Bradford and David Ide who talk about playing football on the estate.
Also walking over the Downs to Falmer and back. [Story_030]
The White Admiral Public HouseDoris
Hill and Robert Brown talk about the public house formerly in Taunton Road at Bevendean. [Story_031]
Local Amenities in Bevendean
Violet Bradford, Stephen Gorringe, David Ide, Mick Short,
Margaret Gorringe and Robert Brown remember the local amenities including the shops and Salvation Army hall. [Story_032]
Farms, Weather and Wildlife in Bevendean
Memories
of Violet Bradford, Stephen Gorringe, David Ide, Mick Short, Margaret
Gorringe and Robert Brown about cold winters. They also remember the
Barn Church which was also used as a Clinic. [Story_033]
Community and Friendship in BevendeanSheila Lemon, Michael Short, Margaret Gorringe and Robert Brown
remember. In the early days neighbours looked after one another not
like today. A football pitch was created at the end of Heath Hill
Avenue. [Story_034]
Clifford Tidy remembers Building the roads in Bevendean
Information from John Horsfield about his neighbour Clifford Tidy who both live in Plymouth Avenue. [Story_035]
The Downs above BevendeanA Brighton Park Ranger talking what the Downs used to be like while working on fencing near the Dew pond. [Story_036]
Aircraft landing near Cambridgeshire Farm in 1940Kelvin Young has provided information on the crash landing of a Hurricane aircraft near
Cambridgeshire Farm in 1940. Sergeant Josef Frantisek was the pilot. [Story_037]
Concrete Batching Plant in Heath Hill AvenueThe memories of Roger Jarvis have provided the information on the concrete mixing plant installed by Heath Hill Avenue. The concrete was used to lay the estate roads. [Story_038]
Memories of Moulsecoomb & Bevendean
I was born in Croydon in 1929 and moved to Brighton in
1943 to live in Milner Road. I started working at Allen West and joined St Andrews Church at Moulsecoomb. [Story_039]
Stories from the Arts Festival at Holy NativityThe White Admiral was used to shoot a scene
for Only Fools and Horses in 1992. David Jasons brother Arthur White
lived above the hairdressers shop run by Joy Beaumont at the top of the Avenue. [Story_040]
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