The Close - Fairlight

[littlemoo]

Hi,

My Grandparents lived at "emohruo" (Our home spelt backwards)
The Close, Fairlight, East Sussex, in the 1940's. I have been trying
to find out what number they lived at. The Royal mail address
website finder only shows numbers.

Does anyone possibly know that area, or could kindly point
me in the direction of help ?

Cheers,

Clare

[Gwyn in Kent]

Did they have a telephone?
If so they may be listed in the old phone books on Ancestry?

[margaretmarch]

The Electoral Roll would show what number in the street they were. These are available in the local library.
Margaret

[littlemoo]

I'm not sure if they had a telephone, as my grandparents and father
are no longer with us.

Thank you for the suggestion of Electoral roll, I will need to take a trip
to the local area, or send my Mum there when she visits that part of
the area

Clare

[margaretmarch]

I'm not sure if they had a telephone, as my grandparents and father
are no longer with us.

Thank you for the suggestion of Electoral roll, I will need to take a trip
to the local area, or send my Mum there when she visits that part of
the area

Clare

You could email the local library as they are sometimes happy to do a look up for you. You will need to give your grandparents names and the years they were living there.

I had a look on google maps for a street view in case you could recognise the house and work out what number it might be but there is not much to see from the road as the hedges are high, but maybe look at the satellite view - if you know where the house was in the street you might be able to work it out.
Margaret

[margaretmarch]

Another though - was your mother born at that address? If so it may show on her birth certificate as the address of the parents.

Margaret

[littlemoo]

Hi Margaret,

They were my Paternal Grandparents. My father was born at the Fernbank
Nursing home in Hastings, which is no longer there. My Mum found my
Fathers birth certificate showing my Grandparents living at Emohrno,
The Close, Fairlight

Clare

[margaretmarch]

Hi Margaret,

They were my Paternal Grandparents. My father was born at the Fernbank
Nursing home in Hastings, which is no longer there. My Mum found my
Fathers birth certificate showing my Grandparents living at Emohrno,
The Close, Fairlight

Clare

Right so not a house your parents went to so really all you can do is see if the electoral roll will help.

Did your grandparents leave a will at all - that might show the address as a number. If you are really keen to find out it might be worth writing to every house in the road and asking if they know whether what it was previously called Emohrou - people now get to have the previous papers relating to houses which give more of a history.

Margaret

[littlemoo]

Hi Margaret,

My Grandparents moved to London, not sure how long they lived in Fairlight.
I have mailed the Hastings library, asking if they could check the electoral
roll for 1947 for me.

Thank you for helping me, much appreciated.

Clare