Mick O’Dowd… Any relation to Limmie & Family Cooking?
Alan Esdaile… Looks like it Mick but they called them Lime instead of Limmie!
Mick O’Dowd… You Can Do Magic. Fave of mine.
Lance Collins… remember it well Mick.
Day: 17 August 2019
Hastings holiday town of contrasts 1972 – BFI Player
Watch Hastings – holiday town of contrasts – BFI Player – click on link….
Lucy Pappas… Whenever I see these old Hastings films, I expect to see myself. I was definitely there somewhere!
Dawn Leaney… I was 11 in 1972.. oh the memories! Remember those wed evenings in the park with the fireworks!
Jo Turner… What a great video. Not seen that one before.
Jacqueline Marsh… Always looking for any members of my family
Ralph Town… The chap driving the train….remember him and the chap in the caves,the guide.I think he was a magician too.Anyone remember any of these characters?
Andre Martin… The Caves Guide had been a Police Sgts in the Hastings Force before he retired. Also he was a good old fashion Childrens Entertainer, used to get him along to my daughters Birthday Parties in the early 80s. Les Finch very nice man, booked him into many parties over the years.
Alan Esdaile… Likewise Ralph, remember a lot of the faces and the guy from the caves.
Tony May… Such a lovely, emotive film of the Hastings I remember as a kid and wish we still had. I know some things are better today but just look at how much community interaction there is in this film! People had a true sense of belonging then and I think it shows…
Geoff Peckham… The Jazz Caverners in the Caves with Roy Martin singing and, if I’m not mistaken, Min playing alto sax behind him.
Mick O’Dowd… Nice to see the coaches on the Stade and no Jedwood or whatever it was called. Where is the Conquerors Stone now?
Ernest Ballard… I remember Roy Martin and his Jazz Caverners
John Kitcher… My dad was in that band. Trumpet Pete Kitcher. I remember going over to the caves on a saturday night in the 60s watching them play . There was a bar down there
Radio Caroline – 14th August 1989 supplied by Gerry Powell
Gerry Powell… Hey, it’s that time of year again! Now 30 years on.
Christina Prentice… Miss that….used to listen in bed when I was at school!
Kevin White… me too!
Peter Houghton… I used to listen to it in bed with my headphones on
Alan Esdaile… I used to listen in bed, before headphones were invented!
Peter Houghton… I had a TV with an ear piece so I watched the at night
Wendy Weaver… So did I
Di Robinson… While at college in Clacton we hired a boat to take us out to Radio Caroline to advertise our Rag Week. We also took lots of written requests. They played most of them 😊. My request was something by the Mammas and Pappas- can’t remember which track!!!
Marine Offences Bill – 14th August 1967 by Andre Martin
Andre Martin…. Thought for today – For those who remember – today say the end of many of the off-shore radio stations, under the Marine Offences Bill – 14 August 1967 was the date and our choice of music supplier was restricted by Government Application of the Law – a sad day. Would radio in this country have been any better if Radio Caroline, London etc had been given broadcasting licences and allowed on land !- Big L closed down at 3.00pm but Radio Caroline kept going. Here are some memories from the Big L Final Day.
Cathy Knight… I used to Listen under my bed Covers on my Which Would now be a Retro Transistor Radio 📻 to Radio London … I Could not pick up Caroline …!!!