featuring David West, Alan Elmsleigh, Nick Stevens and Robbie Davies
Leigh Wieland-Boys… Do you know if Dave West changed his surname from Cox (?) to West & whether his parents ran a hotel in Hastings? He was a friend of my brothers if it is the right person.
Merv Kennard… When I gave up djing I donated part of my record collection to the hospital radio team.
Supplied by Gavin Ronald Upstill via Hastings and Area, Past and Present
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John Mcewen… Used to go in there all the time as a kid. Those knickerbocker glories look pricey tho. In 1979 I was only earning £16 a week!
Roger Simmonds… My wife was a waitress in Dimarcos many years ago, happy times!
Deb Hoad… Remember going in there and having knickerbocker glories !!!
Helena Kingshott… Vera Dimarcos was one of my friends. a lovely family x
Lloyd Johnson… Helen, my Mum was friends with one of the ladies of the Dimarco family and we would visit her upstairs in their home above the cafeteria. I remember going there in the 1950s and she had just had a charcoal Mural drawn on the wall of an Italian landscape.It was really well done just in black line drawing… I remember being so impressed by it ! It seem like complete relaxed freedom compared to the average home decor of the time.
Pete Houghton… Omg yes!! I Remember going for a Coffee in Dimarcos in the 70s
Mick O’Dowd… I worked in Iorio DiMascio(now Italian Way) and we had the fake displays. One day a woman came up yo the counter with 2 of them and said these look nice i’ll have them please. They were covered in dust!
Jim Breeds… How much did you charge her?
Mick O’Dowd… 2 chocolate coins!
Harry Norcliffe-hic… Great looking prices
Peter Brazier… Lorna worked there!
Tracy Birrell… Spent a lot of my teenage years in here.
all photos © Willie Wicking
Willie Wicking… Think it may have been local band Footloose. Photo of The Carlisle after Mods had put all the windows in on bank holiday.
Iain Cobby… Definitely Footloose with a young but bearded Harry Randall. In front of a packed upstairs at the Carlisle is Brian Setchfield singing his heart out, Harry and me, with my long departed Ric 4001, behind the captain!
Mike Waghorne… And Brian now has silver hair or he did the last time I saw him
Harry Randall… not sure but that might be the back of Tony Bridger on the left? Same shirt? Sound check!
photo © Anthony ‘Nan’ Morland
Claire Lonsdale… thanks for that Alan , my friend John, is the guy on the right , playing the banjo.
Gerry Fortsch… If I bought a speaking picture of you, I really rated that rock anthem in the day, well they were different anyway.
supplied by Peter Gladwish. photos by Dave Trodd © Vox. http://www.voxshowroom.com/equipment/index.html
Peter Gladwish… In 1970, Birch-Stolec Industries purchased the VOX name and company, moving their manufacturing facilities from Erith, Kent, to Ponswood Industrial Estate, St Leonards. At the same time, Rick Huxley, former bass guitarist with the Dave Clark Five, joined the company as the Southern Area Sales Executive. This sales brochure was produced for VOX by Berfolt-Holt Design Ltd., St Leonards, where a friend and fellow band member, Cliff Brooker was employed. Now don’t laugh too much but I was asked to ‘pose’ with various musical instruments and equipment, in case viewers were unsure how to use them, I suppose! The photo-shoot took place in the basement of the Hi-Fi Club, High Street, Hastings Old Town and the photographer was Dave Trodd . The club owner is in the photo above( photo 5) but I can’t remember his name. If you know him, or remember him, please let me know. The Hi-Fi Club burned down in allegedly ‘suspicious’ circumstances around 1978. Again, if anyone has any more details, please let me know. You can learn more about the history of VOX on the website link above, where this brochure is featured.
Kevin Burchett… The club owner of the hi fi was aa chap called guy not sure of his surname he used to come to scalliwags with monkey Dave i saw him last year in Morrisons.
Alan Esdaile… This is definitely not Guy. Guy rang the HIFI with his brother. Anyone remember who this is?
Ralph Town… Wish they were still there,I,d take a job on those valves and pcbs
Colin Fox… I had one. You can see it behind me on the right. I seem to remember Rev Stockdale worked there for a while.
Paul Dengate… Vox also had a workshop in Beaconsfield Road.
Caz Simpson… The man in question resembles a man Guy and Dave hired as a bouncer at the club. I thought the brothers were the owners because they lived there and rented rooms to Jack and George.
Peter Gladwish… Clearly, the man in this pic with me was not the owner of the Hi-Fi Club (Guy McFarlane), as I had always thought and no-one seems to know his name. As he was the one who unlocked, plyed us with drinks and was hanging around all day, whilst Dave Trodd arranged the shots, I just assumed he was the boss-man. Thanks anyway for all your contributions. Apparently, Stuart Moir also worked at Vox in Beaconsfield Rd., Colin Fox & Paul Dengate. Anyone else out there with any memories?
Caz Simpson… I saw Guy some years back, he was running a bar in Battle. Sadly I heard Dave died, his wife was a lovely lady who had been a bunny girl. There was a good deal of suspicion about how the club burned down. Guy and Dave had extensive wood panelling carried out to the upstairs living areas which allegedly hid a lot of rot. They tried to sell the club but surveys always brought to light the concealment and sales fell through. I understand the insurance company had strong suspicions regarding the nature of the fire so refused to pay, which is why the gap remains.
Alan Esdaile… was the Vox factory in the Philips building on Ponswood?
Will Cornell… very cool Mason’s shares that address, Alan! Did they make the electric dulcimers for Brian Jones there too?