photos © Hastings Public Library
Robin Gibb in train crash, back from Hastings November 1967
Eric Harmer… Didn’t he live in Icklesham for a while ?
Barry Newton… Married to an Icklesham girl, Molly, Eric. l knew her sister. We used to get donations from the Bee Gees for raffle prizes, signed LP album etc
Paul Phillips… I use to work with her brother Pete Hullis at Hollingsworths
David Edwards… He went out with the daughter of a bricklayer from there
Mick O’Dowd… Molly actually lived in Icklesham when I lived there. A few years later there was a charity auction at the Village Hall and one of the lots was one of Robin’s satin tour jackets. It didn’t sell and I was offered it but declined as it wouldn’t fit me.
Eric Harmer… Tragedy
Julie Davies… My sister was married to Molly’s nextdoor neighbor in Icklesham they were selling some of the stage clothes and my mum bought one of Barry Gibbs jackets from them. This was around 1977.
Andy Qunta… Round about 1973, I think, I had a job picking blackberries. A lady on the other side of the bush was talking about her son-in-law, Robin from The Bee Gees. I mentioned I was in a band called Factory. She said if I gave her a tape she would pass it along. Eventually we got a letter from their record company, thanking us for it, but explaining we weren’t quite what they were looking for. Very nice of Molly’s mum, and Robin Gibb, for trying to help out some guy in a blackberry field!
Julian Deeprose… Blackberry Fields Forever
White Rock and Robertson Street Hastings – photos
photos © Hastings Public Library
Bernard Goffredro… What a good idea electric buses I remember them
Carrie Downing-Waite Sawatzky… Busy town in those days
Peter Ellingworth… The then young woman somewhat bemused it seems, looking up at the photographer in the bottom picture looks the split image of my dear late mother.
Alan Esdaile… I was thinking the guy pointing in the first photo, looked like the pier manager Bob Knights?
Peter Ellingworth… The electric trolleybus in the lower photo – taken I would think in the early fifties and before 1956- 57, as that was when the roofs on the buses were painted cream/white, 782 was number 7 in the Hastings fleet. One of twenty AEC double deckers with Weyman bodywork, it entered service with Hastings Tramways in June 1940, lasting until closure under Maidstone and District in 1959. The later batch delivered in 1946-47 were on closure of the much liked Hastings system, sold to other operators such as Maidstone, Walsall and Bradford lasting until 1970.
Peter Houghton… What great photos of the Sea Front The good old day’s
Stuart Moir… photo 2. That’s a really clear image, all brilliantly in focus.
Citrus – Folkstone 70’s group
photos © Chriss Hollinrake https://www.facebook.com/groups/900508700337171
Nadège Pagès… Love that !
Mods in Hastings – by Doms Ice Cream 1964
photo Sue Jenkins – The Mods https://www.facebook.com/groups/2229446861
Eric Harmer… You must have been off your rocker Sue
Lloyd Johnson… I worked in Dons ice Cream in 1964…
Alan Esdaile… Depending on how many pennies we could find in the Olympia, we would always get a great ice cream in Doms.
Lloyd Johnson… They also had a Candy Floss machine
The Old British Red Telephone Box
shared from: Old London Photos https://www.facebook.com/groups/894233864620117
Mike Mitchell… the one at the bottom of our house could be relied on for a bit of pocket money. Press button A then button B twice and a penny or two would tinkle into the pan. Or was it press button B then button A….
Stuart Moir… if you pressed A you would loose anything left by the previous user who didn’t get connected and forgot to press B to getting their money back
Richard Burks… A regular feature prior to mobile phones!
Joanna Marie Mod… We had one outside our house just adjacent….for many years….moved there 1966…then they made them more modern (2pcalls)…I loved the old black ones like this…x
Colin Bell… That’s the cleanest phone box I’ve ever seen!
Bernard Goffredo… Colin, they had their own distinctive smell
Colin Bell… Didn’t they just Bernie…i remember so well!
Carol Acott… yes…pee
Jim Peckham… I remember them
Gerry Fortsch… I remember putting my hand over the mouthpiece and when the operator told me to put the coins in the slot I would rattle the coins on the side of the box and after being told caller place your coins in the slot a couple of times I would be connected. I must have saved myself a couple of bob or maybe 20 pence.
Mike Waghorne… Designed by a one time resident of Hollis Bank Farm Ninfield, Sir Giles Gilbert-Scott.
Mick O’Dowd… Obviously a model as it still has the hand-piece connected!
Linda Boiling… I was a GPO Telephonist when I left school, the best job ever, sadly made redundant when the exchange went automatic. The phone box at the end of my road was 3481X
Richard Burks… Linda, I expect you know already but many of the old exchanges still exist but remain empty
The Tornados – Hastings Pier 10th November 1962
Andre Palfrey-martin collection
Andre Martin… Absolute Radio 60 – Just played the Tornados 1962 classic hit record Telstar, produced in North London by Joe Meek.
Andy Qunta… Loved Telstar! Still do!
Terry Pack… The great Clem Cattini on drums.
Pete Fairless… Telstar was at #1 the week before. I wonder how many times they played it?
Mick O’Dowd… They produced (with the aid of Joe Meek) a very distinctive sound. They were once Billy Fury’s backing band. Saw both Billy Fury & Tornados at The ABC( now ESK).
Jon McCallion…Clem Cattini is still I think the only member of the Tornados still playing under the Tornados title. Joe meak the driving force. Good band
Mick O’Dowd… Clem was also a prolific session man on a vast array of big hits. Saw him perform these at a music weekend at Butlins. The show was just like a covers band and then he did a medley of Tornados hits! Roger LaVerne appeared on 24 Hours in A&E a year or so back.
Terry Pack… Clem’s very funny. He refers to The Tornadoes as The Torn Arseholes, and The Swinging Blue Jeans as The Swinging Pub Band. He was once standing next to Jess Conrad when a punter asked Jess if he’d ever met Elvis. Before Jess could answer, Clem quipped, ‘Not yet, but it won’t be long!’ Another friend of mine, Charlie Elston, who now does a Billy Fury tribute thing, used to play with The Tornadoes. He had some great stories about Heinz!
Jon McCallion will like this. Printed by Hastings Printing Company. Now I wonder if he has any other interesting items in the vaults?
Mike Raxworthy… Heinz was in the Tornados – Joe got him to learn bass and virtually forced him onto the band. He did get married to an air hostess he met on a flight to the States. In 1975 he was my next door neighbour for about 3 years in a little village called Maylandsea, Essex.”
Susan Duck… I remember this. My auntie Carole was manageress of the buffet/ ballroom. This was my first night I went with her, I was only 10 yes old! We took their coffee to the dressing room for them and stayed chatting to them. Roger LaVern the organist was so lovely to me that evening I’ve never forgotten it, as I say I was only 10 but he spent a lot of time chatting with me. Heinz swore a lot!!
Ralph Town… The first musical sound I remember hearing was Telstar.Scared me silly!
Jack Irving… Clem Cattini on drums!
Dave Fuggle… The guy in the middle of the top photo is Matt Bellamy (Muse) Dad.
Citrus and Daisy – Hastings Pier 24th August, 1974
Daisy photos supplied by Yvonne Cleland
Tony Barraclough, Terry Corder, Will Thomson, Kevin Hoad.
Alan Esdaile… Anyone remember Citrus?
Andy Qunta….Excellent!
Yvonne Cleland…..Yep! All young and pretty! 🙂
Kevin Hoad…..Hahah.Those were the Days my Friend,We thought they’d never end.I feel a song coming on.
Janine Anne Hemsley…..Great pic xxxx
Liz Beeching… Anyone remember the seventies?……………J.B.
Tony Court-Holmes… odd bits