Gifford Boyd camera centre, Robertson Street, Hastings. photo by Anthony ‘Nan’ Morland

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photo © Anthony ‘Nan’ Morland

Oliver Leonard… That red Peugeot 309 has long been scrapped

Angela Gardner… I bought my camera in the many years ago.

Jeremy Harrison… Very reasonable prices at the time. They sold Russian and East German cameras before the wall came down.

John Mcewen… I got my zenith E in there in the mid 70s. Still got it!

Jeremy Harrison… John, they introduced so many people to serious photography. Doing mail order and advertising in the big magazines I thought GB would last forever.

Chris Meachen… I  used to be in there on an almost daily basis, so much so that they would allow me to borrow gear to try out. I still have the cameras & lenses I bought there in the 70’s..

Jim Breeds… Chris, I still have a camera that I was bought from there when I was 8 (1962).

Stephen Moran… me too Jim, I bought a Zenit E and later traded it in for a Pentax ME Super!

Peter Fairless… Stephen, I did exactly the same!

Stephen Moran… Brilliant Peter! I still use my 35mm camera!

Tim Wilcocks… I worked at Gifford Boyd between 1984 and 1986. Can anyone remember which building was the darkroom centre in Claremont, was it No 12?

Hollywood Killers, Before The Storm, Negative Earth Band – Falaise Hall 19th May 1978

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19th may 1978 - hollywood killers

poster supplied by Jim Penfold

Martyn Baker… Simon Fuller

Peter Fairless… The start of something big…

Jim Penfold …. Simon Fuller’s first promotion 19th May 1978…the Hollywood Killers…..the man who invented Pop Idol/American Idol..manager of The Spice Girls/David Beckam/Andy Murray/ Annie Lennox etc etc etc…..if you have a magnifying glass his name is bottom right…..his Easybeat Promotions promoted us a couple more times that year……what went wrong!!!!(for him)

Tim Moose Bruce… I remember Before The Storm. They supported Die Laughing a few times and I think changed their name to Billy Whizz im my memory serves me. A memorable gig was at the caves.

Jim Penfold… Happy days! I’ve got the Hastings Observer’s review of that gig and will post it when I can find it! It says promoter Simon Fuller raised £100 for charity for this sold out gig!….it’s a pity Simon didn’t go on to bigger things……

Mike Mitchell… I remember seeing Simon strolling down the road stuffing fiver’s into his pockets… We got paid a fiver for being bottom of the bill. My first professional engagement as a drummer. Happy days indeed.

The Dark Man Film – shot in Hastings in 1950’s

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shared from Robert Webb   https://www.facebook.com/robert.webb.927543

shared from Tim Willett https://www.facebook.com/groups/hastingstlenspicsandvids

Robert Webb… Molly Lester (Natasha Parry) runs towards the theatre after seeing the Dark Man after he had murdered the Taxi Driver. Tony found the location. Claremont, Hastings.

Graham Sherrington… Yep I had to walk up those steps with an Evening Argus bike full of The Evening Argus.

Micky Erends… I loved this film, good opening shots of Hastings seafront ( hardly a car in site! ) , Camber Castle ..ending up at Dungeness.

Josef Stout… Yes seen it a couple of times. Good little old b movie

Lloyd Johnson… Claremount steps near the Brassey Institute…I use to go to a gym on the right of the steps in the early 1960s called The Hastings Vikings…

Roland Clarke… Not a Ivan Barnet film by any chance?

Colin Bell… It was a Merton Park ‘B’ film directed by Jeffrey Dell in 1951

Roland Clarke… yes, I understand, found some details online. My Dad was a friend of Ivans and got involved with some of his films around this time. He made some B movies, back in the day, Fall of the house of Usher, Courting Trouble, etc.

Stuart Moir… Claremont steps

 

Roger “Twiggy” Day in Hastings in the 1960’s – at The Pier and The Witch Doctor

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photo © Roger Day

Judy Atkinson… Dungarees!

Alan Esdaile… Roger setting the fashion for men!

Paul Crimin… I wonder if in 60 years time someone will find a picture of me playing a gig and remember me. Crimin playing at The White Rock Theatre, or one of the many other places I’ve played. Funny thought that

 

 

C & J Sounds Sidley 1978

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Chris Jolly… It’s got my name on it!

Shaun Pont… I think his name was Cliff and he managed my friend’s band, The Same (of Uppers on the South Downs Fame). The shop lasted no more than a year.

Alan Esdaile… Yes it was Cliff, I remember selling badges to him and yes it lasted only a short time.