Sheila Maile… 2 & 5 already done .the others aint gonna happen ever
Mick O’Dowd… Make an effort to go to a SMART Meet if you haven’t already done it!
Alan Esdaile… spend less time on social media, snacking, double or triple checking things!
Tracy Birrell… Get out of the house more.
photo: https://blog.adkinshistory.com/cotton-reel-tanks/
Sue Stopps… I’ve still got the one my Dad made for me, all those years ago!
Stephen Milner… Yes made these
Andrew Bantock… Featured in a Ladybird book
Ken Hatch… The design for these came from a Ladybird Book if I remember correctly. Sunday evenings craft making
David Francis… My favourite ladybird book
Martin Richter… David, first thing that came to mind
Ian Quinnell… Made lots of these as a kid. Guess they’re not cool toys these days – no batteries or aggravating noises
Jim Peckham… I remember making them
Jan Warren… Brilliant, simple little toy, my Dad and brothers made loads of them!
John Wilde… I made a few
Fred Marsh… Oh wow forgot about those
Phil Thornton… I remember making these !!!
Nick Shute… I remember this being demonstrated by Fred Dinage on How?…
Mike Waghorne… Remember making those tanks !
Lyn Humphrey… Kids today don’t know what they’re missing–me & my old mate Jem (aged about 8) competed to make the best all-terrain cotton reel. I shall forward this to him forthwith!
Tracy Birrell… My Dad used to make me these.
Neil Steadman… A Tank..!
photographer: unknown
Alan Esdaile… I remember playing the pinball tables here.
Robert Carey… Spent a bit of my youth in Aggies ( Mrs Knight). Used to call the Teddy Boys who gathered around the juke box Sir!
Peter Houghton… I spent most of my time there and then went over to The Cont or Forts
Jeff Belton… Still there ? A smaller scale I think, have been in there.
Wendy Weaver… We used to spend hours on the pinballs in here. The owner showed us photographs of lines of pinballs with girls with 50s dresses on.
Stephen Milner… The good old days wasting ya money
Dave Cook… Stephen, remember the lower deck who was the old boy who worked there fixing the machines was his name Jim
Stephen Milner… Dave, or was it Tony?
Dave Cook… that’s it
Mike Waghorne… Dave, it was Tony the guy who fixed things back in the 60’s !
Dave Ingram… All closed down now, should get it reopen as a community space with machines
Tony Court-holmes… what was the name of the night club that was there?
Dave Nattress… Knew it well and a great hang out. Recall the gaffer well and indeed Tony. Also when they opened the lower deck. Summertime outside on the steps playing guitars. Seemed like you could spend hours there without actually spending much – can’t remember how much the pinball machines were? Useful when you got a bit more skilful you’d get free games. Had to be careful not to “tilt” machines as I think it ended the game. Fortes and the Cont. Wimpey in Devonshire Road and The Arcadian club for a late hours drink when we got a bit older.
Featuring a cast of hundreds, a new song and video from Hastings band the Cut-backs!
Phil Gill… If Mike Raxworthy asks me to get involved with something, it’s always loads of fun…this was no exception. I love being around creative people – please share!
Barbara Watling-Richardson… Why has SMART (Seventies Music and Retro Talk) become an electioneering forum?
Alan Esdaile.. Sorry Barbara if your unhappy with this posting. No electioneering intended and just helping local musicians plug their new video. Also I thought people might be interested as a number of Hastings people are on this.
Phil Gill… And no electioneering intended. It’s just a song about being working class.
Pete Prescott… Loved it ! Would have loved to have made it down for the video shoot ! Electioneering ??? What’s that about ?
John Laidlaw… I think it’s like tobogganing, Pete, only mains-powered.
Diane Knight… fabulous…what a great way to start a day !!!!
Eric Cawthraw… Well well well, at last something from Third World War! I’ve raved on about them on site in the past – so a big well done to The Cut backs – good job! Here’s the album cover from my collection – and part of the lyric sheet that comes with it. You can hear the original on you tube. They’ll never reform – but if they did, I’d get a ticket!
supplied by Eric Cawthraw
Colin Norton… This is great, Mike!
Stephen Rapley… It’s just a fun song and a great vid get a life and a sense of humour
Dave Nattress… Working class man – loved it!!
supplied by Pete Prescott
John Laidlaw…..Yup, the Bulverhythe. Pete and I had to look serious because we were wearing dark shirts. The rest were allowed to smile.
Tim Moose Bruce…..The pub was the Bulverhythe. The band I was in at the time (The Blind Bats) supported them a couple of times there. One of the gigs if I recall, was a fundraiser for the victims of the Herald Of Free Enterprise ferry disaster. The other band that night was local band PLC
supplied by Neil Cartwright
Neil Cartwright…..New Year’s gig Dec 31st 1987 at Mr Cherry’s
Phil Gill…..Mick Burt, Jez Gillett, Neil Cartwright, John Laidlaw, Pete Prescott. Lovely boys, polite to everyone and kind to animals. You’d never hear a swear word from any of ’em
Pete Prescott…..what sweet young things ! we did a comic relief night there.we were making money by playing anything that was asked (within reason) i remember going outside during a break to work out a song or a key.must of sounded like a band falling down the stairs ! good fun !
Neil Cartwright……… including versions of ‘The Stripper’ and the ‘1812 Overture’ !!!!! I think I probably still have a recording somewhere.
John Laidlaw……Jez fired off party poppers for the cannon fire in the 1812. Pete, the song was “Layla” – someone had offered 20 quid for us to play it :).
Phil Gill….I’d have offered £40 for you to not play Layla.
Redstar Richter… where`s jez….?
Neil Cartwright… You can just see him (pink shirt) behind Pete.
Phil Gill… Is that Lou Reedlaw on guitar?
Neil Cartwright… One and the same.
Steve Thorpe… Was behind the bar!
John Laidlaw… I like that, Phil – think I’ll start using it :D.
Peter Fairless… A bit late for me. I was definitely there for New Year 1981, though!
Tony Court-holmes… missed it living other side of the world then
Neil Cartwright.. Here’s the band with Santa Claus is coming to town…
https://audioboom.com/boos/3944982-santa-claus-is-coming-to-town
Pete Prescott… Wow ! That brings back memories! That went fast ! John me Neil Mick and Jezz. John played great guitar in that band.
John Laidlaw… Cheque’s in the post, Pete 
😀. I had to push myself hard just to keep up with you lot! 29 years ago – crikey! That was a really fun band, with such great players.
John Williams… Done a few gigs there bottom of the stairs
Mick Burt… I remember that gig. I got so shit faced I couldnt play properly (more than normal)
Never touched a drink whilst playing again. Those were the days !!! Blah blah blah !!
John Williams… Min was always in there, what a sax player we took him to London docklands for a gig and lost him lol
Mick Burt… Wow Min Brings back more memories !!!
Ernest Ballard… You’re all so damn young. What happened ???
Pete Prescott… Are you suggesting we don’t look like that now ?!!!! Ok ok ! My wife just took me to a mirror !
Ernest Ballard… Improved with age. Like a good malt lol
Starobin… I took that photo…!
Happy to update the photo. What name did you want me to use? and did you take both photos?