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The Whitsed family
John David Newell emails: "I am trying to trace any living members of the Whitsed family, originally from Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire, who moved to Sussex in the late 1800s. "James Whitsed and his wife Drusilla, nee Maxwell,were, according to the
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Help me find Helen
Tony Calver emails from Australia: "I am trying to locate Helen Scutt. Helen lived in the Shoreham area in the early-Sixties and I believe she is still in Sussex. "She is originally from Stamford Hill, north London. Helen moved with her parents Fred
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Derek Smith QC?
David Smith emails from Canada: "My cousin Derek Smith is known to have moved to Brighton along with his family. This section of the Smith history has disappeared and I would dearly like to reconnect. "Here are the relevant details: Derek Smith born
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We can see the dump is dangerous
So Simon Burgess, the new leader of Brighton and Hove City Council, supports the waste transfer facility in Hollingdean Lane does he? Can I ask exactly where Mr Burgess and his family live? And where his children go to school? I'm guessing it's nowhere
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England shirts in short supply
Sports shops are selling out of England football shirts with only a week to go until the team begins its World Cup campaign. Fans have snapped up the shirts from stores across the city including the Brighton and Hove Albion FC Shop in Queen's Road, Brighton
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Superstitious June in fear of 6/6/6
Not everyone expects to meet their maker on their birthday but June Dumas will be expecting the worst when she turns 66 tomorrow. The retired nurse is unsure whether she will even get out of bed on 6/6/06 as she is certain it is the day her fate will
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Think more of our city's future
While there is no doubt the major competition small businesses face from Starbucks and other large companies needs to be resisted, I wonder why there is so much opposition to exciting new developments which would bring more tourists and money into our
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Keep it small
It was fascinating to read the account of the preparations by campaigners for the potentially epic struggle, set in irreplaceable Sussex woodland at Titnore Woods, and now under way (The Argus, May 31). While my memories of the treetop protests mounted
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It's our choice
I have seen a lot in the Press about assisted dying for the terminally ill and am surprised by the various views. If we were allowed to request this, surely we would not have to take advantage of the facility if we did not wish to? Why do some object
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Living with boar
I would love to know exactly who was consulted by the Government regarding the hunting of wild boar, now re-established in Sussex and elsewhere after being eradicated by hunters in the 13th Century. I certainly wasn't and neither was anyone else I know
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Better outside
Like so many others, Ron Wood considers it would be much safer for seals and otters to be inside the Brighton Sea Life Centre than outside in today's environment (Letters, May 26). The outside environment is where they belong so they can take their chances
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Price of police merger: 500 jobs
The cost of merging Sussex and Surrey police could lead to cuts equivalent to losing more than 500 front line officers, new research has revealed. Plans to develop neighbourhood policing would effectively be destroyed and officers could end up doing support
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Old-time policing
I find myself becoming increasingly exasperated at the way the present police force is run. I have a friend in Lancing who is afraid to leave home in the evenings. The local shopkeepers and residents complain of the constant vandalism and general yobbery
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He was the kind of man who made Britain great
My dad died on May 8 at 11.45pm. He was 83 years old. He wasn't famous, he wasn't rich and the only ones who will remember him are his wife, Dot, and his family and friends. He served in the Second World War for his country but never won any medals, nor
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Football: Vines calls for Crawley owners to quit
Former manager Francis Vines today told Crawley's owners: "Go now". He is furious that Chas and Azwar Majeed have applied to take Reds into administration and believes the Conference club are in danger of going under if they stay in charge. Vines was
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Cricket: Sussex in the mood
Skipper Chris Adams today warned Sussex's Championship rivals: "We're in the mood to keep on winning." The county strengthened their bid for a second title in four years on Saturday when they reeled off their fifth successive win against Middlesex at
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The tourists flock in as sun shines, at last
Thousands of day trippers flocked to sizzling Sussex to soak up the glorious weekend sunshine. Tourists packed Brighton beach on Saturday as temperatures across the county soared to 25C. Swimmers dived into the waves to cool off while sun worshippers
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Martha Wainwright, Gardner Arts Centre, Brighton
Martha Wainwright's all-acoustic set at The Gardner Centre on Friday could have melted the stoniest of hearts. Everything was going against her. The amplifiers didn't work at the start, then kicked into life with an electric burp. She was suffering from
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Paul Merton's Impro Chums, Dome Concert Hall, Brighton
One imagines that improvised comedy arose out of the need for stand-up comedians to have the quick wit to deal with hecklers and provide suitably funny ripostes to remarks shouted out by the audience. This developed into the format whereby audiences were
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Vision of marina divides opinion
This is how a new marina, which would create 1,000 jobs, could look. A shopping piazza, cafs and restaurants could line the waterfront on what is now the Lady Bee Marina at Southwick. A fitness centre and new businesses would also be part of the development
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Charity event now a tribute
Part of the money from a charity auction will pay for a permanent memorial to the woman who organised it before her sudden death. Bianca Heard, 29, was in Barcelona with her friend Mark Whiting when he found her dead in her hotel room on May 14. The results
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Two killed, two injured, in weekend of crashes
A motorcyclist has been killed after hitting a deer and another man has died in a highspeed collision following a weekend of serious accidents. One smash happened on Friday night and one on Saturday. Two others are in hospital this morning suffering from
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First day out for cancer sufferer
A father who is battling an aggressive cancer has enjoyed a day out with his family for the first time in months. Readers of The Argus helped raise money for Neil Cooper, 33, to have experimental chemotherapy to tackle his rare illness. He finished his
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Shocking danger forces owner out
A shopkeeper has been forced to quit after 18 months of mysterious floods and an electric shock which almost killed her. Roison Murphy, 44, of Hove, has had to put up with intermittent streams of water cascading down her walls since she opened dog grooming
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Diver dies after too rapid ascent to the surface
A man has died following a rapid ascent while diving off northern France. The diver, believed to be a 50-year-old man from Brighton, came up fast from 48m deep and was unconscious when he surfaced. The crew of the Brighton Marina-based catamaran Seabreeze
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La Boheme and Rigoletto, Theatre Royal, Brighton, June 5 - 10
Making a return visit to Brighton is Ellen Kent's Opera International featuring the State Companies of Chisinau and Odessa in Puccini's La Boheme and Verdi's Rigoletto. La Boheme, the story of love and loss among artists in late 19th Century Paris, is
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Gift revealed as stolen war art
A BBC correspondent has returned a painting given to him as a wedding gift because it turned out to be a priceless masterpiece looted from a Berlin museum during World War Two. A German farmer gave the 16th Century portrait of Eleonora of Toledo to Charles
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Al Murray - The Pub Landlord, Theatre Royal, Brighton, Sunday June 4
Obnoxious, jingoistic and about as refreshingly un-PC as you can get, everyone's favourite landlord barges into Brighton for another comedy lock-in and evening of quick-fire banter. As the Theatre Royal stage transforms into a pub for the occasion with
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The opposition is giving as good as it got
I agree with the logic in Adam Trimingham's article regarding John Prescott that even the busiest of people is entitled to a spot of relaxation, so the croquet was of little significance. However, Labour and the Lib/Dems made great capital out of Tory
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A local boxer
I wonder if your readers might be able to help me with research on my late father's life. His name was Sidney Burns. He had a brother Johnny, sister Pauline and brother Harold Jnr. Mother was Margarite (nee McCarthy). She died when the children were young
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Speedway: Richardson returns
Childhood Eastbourne Eagles fan Lee Richardson admits he will probably never sign for the team he used to support. The Hastings-based Grand Prix rider learnt his speedway on the renowned junior track at Arlington and grew up cheering his father Colin
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Los Albertos, Joogleberry Playhouse, Brighton
Men in trilbies singing dizzyingly infectious anthems about dead goldfish can only mean Los Albertos. The "foot-stomping" tag with which their riotous flurry of ska, drum and bass and swing is usually summarised always falls several superlatives short
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Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Dome Concert Hall, Brighton
After a miserable May, Saturday's scorching weather was as refreshing as a lemon Slush Puppie shower. In the warm evening Brighton had rarely looked better and it was a wrench to turn our backs on the coast and walk inside the cool, dark interior of the
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Girls Aloud, Brighton Centre, Brighton
Anybody who puts Girls Aloud in the same bracket as Atomic Kitten or Westlife hasn't been listening properly. They (or their producers, depending on how cynical you are) have been responsible for some of the millennium's most sublime pop moments. Tonight
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Hot Chip, Concorde 2, Brighton
Watching a dance music act live can often be underwhelming. Despite being behind banks of monitors, synthesisers and turntables, the actual experience can sound as if the superstar DJ is simply twiddling his thumbs while his CD spins in the background
