A small house and its many occupants

The Roberts of 70, Church Street, Old Town, Eastbourne 70, Church Street was built about 1887. The Eastbourne Chronicle of 26th March 1889 describes it as ‘recently and substantially built’.  The first family to live in the house were the Potter family.  Walter Potter was a bricklayer and the 1891 census shows he was living at number 70 with his…