R.N.V.R./DOWNS LAUNDRY
Meeching Road
By Colin Holden
R.N.V.R. Headquarters, my grandfather Robert Holden seen here in the white apron, he played the base drum and lived at 99 Chapel Street.
Robert Holden,1880`s Dalhouse, India. He married Elizabeth Howell and before 99 Chapel Street they lived at 55 Saint Lukes Lane. Robert was a Carrier and had his stables between Meeching Road and South Road.
The staff of Downs Laundry.
The Brighton registration number "CD" would suggest this photograph of the Downs Laundry`s Model T Ford van to have been taken in the early 1920`s.