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  • Winkle Island

    The image above shows a merge of two photographs past and present in the area near Winkle Island in Hastings. The original photograph was taken in around 1900. Winkle Island is…

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  • St Pauls Parish Hall

    A group of children outside St Pauls Parish Hall as they appeared in the patriotic tableau “Britannia’s Flag” which scored a success in the hall on Empire Day and resulted in the sum of £4,5s being sent to the local fund…

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  • War Hospital Supply Depot

    This Now and Then image shows members of the War Hospital Supply Depot with Canadian soldiers on the balcony of 41 Marina, St Leonards…

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  • Recruiting at Battle Abbey

    A group of men from the 5th Royal Sussex Regiment with the recruiting committee outside Battle Abbey. They were out trying to get…

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  • 9th Hampshire Cyclists Regiment

    The then and now image above shows the 9th Hampshire Cyclists Regiment preparing for parade on Sea Road next to West Marina Gardens. The original photograph appeared in the Hastings and…

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  • 11th Welch Regiment at Winchelsea Church

    Over 200 of B Company of the 11th Welch Regiment attended Divine Service at Winchelsea Church on Sunday 7th March 1915. The 11th Regiment moved to Seaford then Aldershot within two months…

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  • Priory Meadow

    Priory Meadow, in the centre of Hastings, was once part of the Hastings Priory. The marshly land, probably once part of the harbour before it silted, up was used as farmland before being converted into a cricket ground in 1864…

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  • Land Army Girls at Lewes Town Hall

    This then and now image shows Land Army Girls at Lewes Town Hall in 1919. The Women’s Land Army had recently disbanded and these women were awarded a presentation medal and parade for their efforts.

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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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  • 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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