Compelling Photography

In the Pink

West Marina Gardens was a place where soldiers billeted in the town came to do their exercises. Today the area is still used for the same purpose...

Royal Flying Corps

A group of Royal Flying Corps Cadets at Bathing parade. Hastings and St Leonards billeted many service men for training during WW1.

All Saints Memorial Plaque

Published in November 1917 in the Hastings and St Leonards Pictorial Advertiser, the caption with the original photo said ‘The parents of the late Lance Sergeant R F Canning commemorated the anniversary of his death...

Ancient and Modern

The original photo used for this Then and Now image of Ancient and Modern was taken from the Hastings & St Leonards Pictorial Advertiser...

Boy Scouts Deliver Coal

During the winter months the 2nd Hastings (Calvert) Troop of Scouts have devoted their Saturday afternoons to delivering coal to old age pensioners and others...

Hastings Pier Fire 1917

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the fire on Hastings Pier in 1917, I was asked to create some now and then images by the team working on the East Sussex WW1 website...

Seaforth Highlanders in Alexandra Park

The photographs that make up this Then and Now image were taken at the Bandstand, Alexandra Park, Hastings...

Canadian Presentation (Part 2)

Following on from the last post, Canadian Presentation 2 shows the winners of two Distinguished Conduct Medals and six Military Medals