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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Seaside Bench
Long term readers of this blog may find this image of a seaside bench in St Leonards-on-Sea familiar. That's because I have taken a photo of the same bench before.
Seascape
This seascape was photographed on the beach below the Mary Stanford Lifeboat house, on the same cold morning that I took photos for that very post. That was over two years ago. It had sat unseen on my hard drive…
Red Roofed Hut at Rye Harbour
The Red Roofed Hut at Rye Harbour. It’s been there as long as I can remember. It’s been photographed lots and is also the inspiration for plates, mugs and cup and saucer set. Why is it there? What is it’s…
Anti Aircraft Gun on Hastings Seafront
This image shows an anti aircraft gun on Hastings seafront during World War 2. Hastings had been preparing for the possibility of war as early as 1935, with the formation of an Air Raid Precaution (ARP) Committee. Due to the proximity of the European…
Ghosts of St Leonards Parade
This image shows St Leonards Parade as it was mixed with the scene as it is today. The scene in the original photograph was easily recognisable to me. It was only when I overlaid the photo onto the same scene today…
Ghosts of Hastings Parade
This photo merge of Hastings Parade and the old Hippodrome Theatre shows how much land has been reclaimed since the Harbour Arm was built. The original photograph was taken around 1905, six years after construction of the harbour stopped. Through…
The Flats along Bexhill Seafront
We have had weeks of miserable weather, so last weekend when the skies were blue I went for a walk along Bexhill seafront with my family. It was a truly beautiful day, barely any wind and some warmth in the…
Hastings Beach at Low Tide
These photographs of Hastings beach at low tide were taken in 2011. I haven’t been able to take many photos recently so I’ve started trawling through old photos to see if any are better on a second viewing. I should…
Into the Night
It’s sunset on Hastings Stade and fishing boat RX38 heads off into the night to begin its work. The crew of the boat is plying the same trade as those ancestors who worked the same waters before the Norman Invasion.…
The St Jude Storm in Hastings 2013
The St Jude Storm of 2013. A storm expected to be so powerful that it was named after the Patron Saint of Lost Causes. Not even the storm of 1987 was given a name until after it had passed, and…
Bexhill-on-Sea from Galley Hill
Technically this photo of Bexhill-on-Sea was taken from the roof of the building at the foot of Galley Hill, but that information was too long to use as a post title. Bexhill-on-Sea likely came into being when King Offa granted…