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  • Black and White

    Here are two photos, one of Hastings Beach and the other of Hastings Old Town, both processed in black and white. The hazy weather had made the colour versions of these images look a bit flat…

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  • Sunday Music in Alexandra Park

    This then and now image shows the crowds gathered in Alexandra Park to listen to the Municipal Band in May 1915. The Hastings and St Leonards Pictorial Advertiser, from which all of the original images used in this series come from…

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  • Old Scotney Castle

    I’ve blogged about Scotney Castle before, but the place is very photogenic that I think it is worth doing again. The day we visited was nice and calm…

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  • Double Wedding at St Peters Church

    This now and then image shows a joint wedding that took at St Peter’s Church, St Leonards on Monday 3rd May 1915…

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  • Havelock Road Race

    Runners line up to take part in a military team road race in Havelock Road, Hastings in February 1915. There were eight teams and 79 runners taking part in the 9.5 mile race…

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  • RAF Cadets at Wellington Square

    This 1919 image shows RAF cadets outside of their boarding house at 20 Wellington Square, Hastings. They were in Hastings for part of their training programme. The source of the original photograph…

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  • The Stream by Marine Court

    The Stream by Marine Court in St Leonards is a light art installation created by Esther Rolinson and Sutton Vane Associates. It was commisioned by Hastings Borough Council and constructed in 2002. At night…

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  • Before it Rains

    We thought we would have a nice walk along Bexhill seafront last weekend. As we drove there via Catsfield the sun, which had been out since it rose, went in. As we got closer to Bexhill the clouds were getting thicker and thicker to the west…

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  • The Flooding River Brede

    These two photos showing the flooding River Brede were taken from the road bridge. We haven’t had the persistant rain this winter that we experienced last year. Instead we seem to have received lots of rain in a short period of time…

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  • A perfect winter day

    These two photographs of Pett Level were taken on what I think was a perfect winter day. It was sunny and there was no wind. Ice was still formed on water that had not been exposed to the sun during the day…

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