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Jim Breeds… Who remembers these shops? Christmas Fayre in Kings Road, St. Leonards in 1967. From my cousin’s copy of the 16th December 1967 Hastings & St. Leonards Observer.
Janie Lowe… I worked in Dewhurst the Butchers . kings road was very Christmasy. In those days.
Mick O’Dowd… Kings Road used to be the place to go every Christmas. It had every shop you could want. Lights & music and atmosphere. My Dad used to work in the sorting office at the bottom at Christmas and we would go & see him. Aaah the power of nostalgia & memories.
Wendy Weaver… The Traders used to pay for the Christmas decorations in the street.
John Busbridge… Used to buy clothes in Cyril Savages, also always went shopping there at Christmas, remember the lights and the music
John Wilde… 1967 was a fab time for a 16yr old to be living above Dads coffee bar “The Happening” 8 Kings Rd. Some of my fondest memories.
Tony Court-holmes… ye gods The Happening had forgot that. What was the one the bottom of London Road called?
Audrey Huggins… Used to enjoy Christmas week at Kings Road back in the fifties and sixties
Dave Nattress… Living in Bexhill but often visited the Kings Road shops. It.was a great shopping street all those years ago and well worth a Christmas visit.
Colin Bell… My Dad was born in the flat above The Smoke Room in 1928 before Grandad (his father) bought his own house, whenever Dad & i would go to Kings Road shopping at Christmas in the 50’s & 60’s he would look up at the windows above the shop & smile. Kings Road was really Christmassy in those days with the big Christmas tree outside the station & had a great atmosphere.
Wendy Weaver… Colin, Kings Road was lovely when I started coming down here in 1978. Really good shops, Woolworths had only just closed. Friendly People.
Living in Bexhill but often visited the Kings Road shops. It.was a great shopping street all those years ago and well worth a Christmas visit.