Maureen Ross (nee Siviers) writes: "I represent a group of old classmates from the Downs School, Ditchling Road, who left in 1955. "Thanks to Lost Touch, we have been able to contact old friends from as far afield as Australia and we are having a reunion
Steve emails with a request for help: "I am looking for my mum, Doris Evelyn Rose Spice (formerly Clout) or her brother Sidney (Siddy) C Selby. His wife is called Kathleen M Selby." Email Steve at Xbillybrassass@aol.com If you've lost touch with
How long before the Trustees, or whoever the controllers of the purse-strings of Charleston Farmhouse are, do something about the appalling approach roads and dreadful parking facilities? Surely enough income is generated during the year from visiting
Sitting in a cafe opposite a small street of about 50 houses yesterday, I began to wonder how they could possibly consume the £60,000 pa worth of services Brighton and Hove City Council supply, paid for by their council tax. Given this perspective, I
How lovely for David Walker from Lancashire to wish us well with our new treacle mine, recently opened in Polegate, near Eastbourne (Letters, May 19). I am glad many visitors from the North will not be disappointed to see this new wonder, although I must
Your article on drug use was grossly distorted in its seamless combination of drug use with violence and rape, as if crazed junkies are roaming the streets (The Argus, May 17). In fact, the vast majority of the recreational drug use you'll find in the
Leading members of the gay business community are calling for the resignation of a councillor accused of saying homosexuals were all paedophiles. Tory councillor Peter Willows, who represents Hangleton and Knoll ward on Brighton and Hove City Council,
I awaited with interest your article about West Street, Sompting (The Argus, May 18). I was, however, disappointed at how little information it included, focusing mainly on pubs. But the street doesn't end at The Marquis - it continues eastwards for almost
I beg to disagree with Virginia McKenna (Letters, May 22). Seals and otters housed at Brighton Sea Life Centre will be fed and well cared for, have expert veterinary treatment and there will be plenty of room for them to move around. It will be much safer
Three suspects were arrested seconds after a gun shot rang out across the tranquil streets of a historic Sussex town. The shot was thought to have been fired accidentally by a flying squad officer during the arrest of the three men in connection with
I very much enjoyed the Shoreham Port Open Day last Sunday. The steam tug was fascinating. It's good to see local businesses and voluntary groups from the western end of the city and Adur putting on an event which is well worth going to. They deserve
Tonnes of paper, plastic and glass from schools is being dumped in landfill sites each year. Schools in Brighton and Hove are not provided with recycling boxes and a regular collection by the local authority. Brighton and Hove City Council says schools
Sussex today reassured supporters that there is no chance they will lose both members of county cricket's most prolific double act. The county are resigned to losing Rana Naved next month. But reports that Mushtaq Ahmed will be joining him on Pakistan's
Jason Dodd may still have a future with Albion, despite being released. The veteran defender has been invited back for pre-season training and could end up playing for the Seagulls again on a month-to-month basis. Dodd is wanted by a couple of Conference
Coffee giant Starbucks plans to open a sixth cafe in Brighton and Hove, prompting fears it is turning the seaside resort into a clone city. The global chain, which has 400 outlets in the UK hopes fashionable coffee drinkers will soon be supping their
Brighton Festival Fringe appears to be nurturing the tradition ofunusual double acts. Last year we had the impish blonde Caesar Twins in La Clique - and now we've got Japanese comedy mime duo Ketch and Hiropon. Sporting funky coloured mohicans and matching
PR Material for this multimedia collaboration between boundary-pushing electronica label Warp Records and the pioneering Random Dance Company promised a sensory overload that would bring new meaning to the term "dance music". Beginning with a gentle performance
(15, 125mins) Edward Norton, Evan Rachel Wood, David Morse, Bruce Dern, Rory Culkin, John Diehl. Directed by David Jacobsen Who says the Western movie is dead? It's been a while since there's been a good "shoot 'em up, ride a horse, eat beans out of a
Anyone who's heard Bugz In The Attic DJ will know they're all about the good times. Now, with a brand new live band and new album, the west Londoners are taking their party to the next level. "This is the first time we've performed with a full live band
The guide offers a critical view of what's hot for the coming week. Veil Of The Temple, Dome Concert Hall, Brighton, Saturday, May 27 - Originally commissioned in 2003 as a seven-hour, all-night vigil to be performed in the candlelit, incense-filled Temple
Fun Lovin' Criminals current tour has taken them to Vilnius in Lithuania, Athens in Greece and Moscow, Russia. And now, they're heading to Bognor, for the tour's only South East gig. The band kicked off their world tour in January following the release
This is an eagerly-anticipated solo voyage for Paul Buchanan, frontman of ambient pop masters the Blue Nile. The reclusive singer's comeback was prompted by a charity gig he did last year in aid of the Tsunami appeal. "I played just four songs but really
A Chemist who claimed his human rights were violated when he was jailed for producing illegal substances has failed in a bid to win his freedom. Casey Hardison, 35, told judges being jailed for taking and producing hallucinogenic drugs such as LSD "denied
Perhaps it's the slightly misleading "acoustic" tag they've carried around since 2001, or maybe it's just the natural modesty of Olly Knights and Gale Paridjanian. But few of the 200 fans crammed inside the Spiegeltent were left in any doubt that Balham
Our guide to what's on during the rest of the Brighton Festival Fringe. Park Play, St Ann's Well Gardens, Hove, Friday, May 26 and Saturday, May 27 - Live music, ten actors, and the recorded voices of countless people who have visited St Ann's Well Gardens
I would like to thank everyone volunteers, workers, visitors and sponsors - who supported the second Roedale Allotments Society Open Day on Saturday, May 20. This year we were delighted to include a very successful plant sale on the Lower Roedale site
A Russian ship has been detained after failing an inspection. The Maritime and Coastguard Agency found 12 defects on the Cambodian-flagged general cargo ship Piligrim 2 at Shoreham. They included a heavily corroded extinguisher at the gangway and several
Fans of Big Brother favourite Pete Stephenson have been registering in their thousands on a website dedicated to his band. MySpace.com has had 172,000 people registering on Brighton band Daddy Fantastic's page as "friends" since the Channel 4 reality
An estate agent fell victim to a scam by a land speculator who he regarded as a father figure. Gary Bashford, 39, from West Sussex, became suspicious when 56-year-old Leslie Rawlings talked about winding up their company, Lindwood Investments, and splitting
Speed cameras have dramatically reduced the number of people killed or seriously injured in car crashes at danger spots. New figures released by the Sussex Safety Camera Partnership (SSCP) show serious and fatal collisions dropped by 56 per cent at fixed
Brighton and Hove is understandably described as a city of rape and violence (The Argus, May 23). So let's do something about it. How? Easy. Peacefully and legally, discourage the cause. Think about it. It is up to us to make our city a place where decent
Inmates are strolling out of the front door of an open prison every week and not bothering to come back, The Argus can reveal. A Prison Service insider has revealed to The Argus that there have been 11 escapes from HMP Ford in the past two weeks. The
Coffee giant Starbucks plans to open a sixth cafe in Brighton and Hove, prompting fears it is turning the seaside resort into a clone city. The global chain, which has 400 outlets in the UK hopes fashionable coffee drinkers will soon be supping their
I write from the mezzanine floor computer room of the refurbished and upgraded Hove Library and it is wonderful. It comes as a big surprise to find the area which campaigners were most concerned about is the greatest triumph. The music room has had a
You might have spotted Brian Stewart lurking around the water cooler in BBC2's The Office at some point during the series or, more alarmingly, even with his kegs off. For the creator of Killing Castro used to be an actor and while working alongside Ricky
I fully agree with N Carrucan's comments about the Prince Regent complex (Letters, May 19). How is it a rich and vibrant city such as Brighton and Hove cannot build a decent leisure complex when smaller nearby councils in Crawley (the K2 centre) and Burgess
Concerning complaints from anti-car protestors of alleged police repression of the Critical Mass bike ride, do the protestors ever consider that, statistically, you are far more likely to be convicted, even arrested or jailed, for a motor vehicle offence
Recently, I took my wife to the Royal Sussex County Hospital for urgently-needed treatment. We arrived at 7pm and were received with much courtesy and concern. My wife was placed in a side room, as the treatment was likely to be lengthy and required isolation
Hove heavyweight Neil Baker is hoping for a pep talk from a four-time world heavyweight champion as he prepares for the biggest fight of his career. Baker goes for National Novices glory in Yorkshire tomorrow and expects to have a few words with Evander
I notice in my diary that next Monday is listed as Spring Bank Holiday but no reference is made to the traditional Christian religious festival of Whitsun. Older readers, especially those from North and South Wales, will remember Whit Walks, when Sunday
Eastbourne Eagles collapsed to a resounding defeat when they were unable to withstand an all-round Ipswich team effort at Foxhall Stadium last night. The Suffolk side not only collected a win that lifted them to the top of the Elite League table but also
The Four Nations tournament has put Sussex on the non-league football map, according to Eastbourne Borough boss Garry Wilson. Over 1,000 fans watched England draw their second game of the five-day competition against Wales at Borough's Priory Lane last
A businessman has been appointed to drive forward major economic projects in East Sussex. Councillor Simon Radford-Kitty, 41, has been given a portfolio responsibile for new development projects for East Sussex County Council. The Conservative member,
A water company serving most of Sussex has been granted a drought order but will not enforce it - yet. The Government yesterday allowed Southern Water to ban all non-essential use including watering gardens with hoses or sprinklers and filling swimming
Folk rock band The Levellers have withdrawn multimillion pound plans to renovate their studio and convert part of the building into luxury flats. The Brighton band said only that "concerns" had emerged which they wanted to look at in more detail. Proposals
(12A, 104mins) Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman,Ian McKellen, Halle Berry, Kelsey Grammer, James Marsden, Vinnie Jones, Directed by Brett Ratner. X marks the spot where director Brett Ratner (Rush Hour) reduces the X-Men to a soulless, brainless clatter.
(U, 81mins) Voices of: Kiefer Sutherland, James Belushi, Eddie Izzard, Janeane Garofalo, William Shatner, Richard Kind. Directed by Steve Williams. Disney's computer-animated romp bears more than a passing resemblance to Madagascar, the 2005 film set
Giant fish puppets and stilt-walking lobsters will be part of a two-day extravaganza for the Brighton Festival's Big Splash finale. The weekend fiesta of free national and international street art will be the biggest and boldest Big Splash the Festival
Celebrities and artists will step on to the red carpet for the Brighton Festival's answer to the Oscars. The Latest Awards 2006 will honour the performers who have provided the best entertainment during the Festival and Festival Fringe. The event is hosted
The Black Horse Music Festival sees thousands of music lovers, plus a wealth of blues, folk, soul, jazz and rock artists, descend on the normally sleepy hamlet of Telham, near Battle. This is its 18th year and there is real cause for celebration - not
"You go about your day, you're exactly the same person. But then you read you've sold out so many dates in so many minutes. That's when the penny drops." Or in the case of Hard-Fi's Richard Archer, several thousand pennies. The band's current tour is
Two lingerie designers have created sparkling frocks for curvy television presenter Fern Britton. Mum-of-four Fern wore the crystal-encrusted gowns made by Stevi Jelbart and Emma Sandham-King at Saturday's Soap Awards and the previous week's TV Baftas
A young girl abused by a paedophile was barred from telling a court about the trauma she had suffered. The Argus reported on Wednesday that Judge Anthony Thorpe had sparked outrage when he allowed pervert Nelson Doe, 61, of Hillside, Patching, to walk
The Brodsky String Quartet is probably the most well-known string quartet in Britain, largely due to its genre-busting work with such diverse partners as Elvis Costello, pianist Maria Jao Pires and Bjork. At its Brighton recital, it was joined by viola
Supporters of breakdancer JP Omari hope to harness the Sussex block vote as he bids for a place in the final of Strictly Dance Fever. JP and partner Stacey Coleman will dance off against three other couples to reach the final of the hit BBC One Saturday
The youngest Briton to climb Mount Everest has enjoyed his first slap-up meal since reaching the summit. Rob Gauntlett, 19, from Petworth, reached the top of the world's highest mountain on Wednesday last week with friend James Hooper. The pair returned
Brighton's most infamous drag queen rides into town once again. She's putting on an extra special "sharing" show in which she relives the great gemstone studded moments of her life with sparkling show biz stories and saucy songs from her extensive back
