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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…
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A Rush for Potatoes
Whilst the availability of food during WW1 was never as high as during peacetime, the ramping up of German submarine activity in 1917 started to make a real impact…
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High Street, Hastings Old Town
As per tradition the Mayor and Hastings Corporation attended Divine Service at St Clements Church in the Old Town on Sunday 12th November 1916, the first Sunday after Mayor Making…
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Old Hastings Fishmarket
This Then and Now image shows where the Old Hastings Fishmarket used to be. The Octagonal building was built by the council in 1870, and the orginal photo used for this image was taken in about 1890…
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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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Fishing Boats
Here are some photographs of the Hastings fishing boats. I spent a pleasant hour wandering along the fishing beach trying to find some interesting photos…
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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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The Swan Hotel, Hastings
At 1pm on Sunday the 23rd May 1943 10 Focke-Wulf 190’s dropped 25 bombs and […]
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Hastings Seafront from Castle Rocks
This view of Hastings seafront was taken from the sandstone rocks that rise above the […]
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Hastings Old Town Panorama
Hastings Old Town is nestled in a valley between two hills. The stream that shaped […]
