This book by Harry Gaston, a local historian, has recently been published. According to the blurb, “Brighton Born, Sussex Bred shows how maternity care has developed over the last 200 years in Brighton and Hove and nationally … Fully illustrated, the book includes the experiences of mothers and midwives from the 1950’s to 1980’s as they tell their birth stories.”
The book is on sale via the Friends of Brighton and Hove Hospitals at £12.00 per copy including postage and packing: please order using this form.
I am trying to find the Rosary Maternity Home, Brighton which was attached to the Catholic church. A member of my family was born there in 1913 and I am trying to find information about it, if anyone can help.