photos by Phil Little. Hastings Music Files. littledrum.co.uk
Nigel Ford… I’ve played a track by Johnny Panic on my Heavy Rock Show on Hastings Rock Radio in the past.
Mick O’Dowd… Is Tracy Shipley and her husband still about. They also had the Carlisle back in the 70’s.
Eric Harmer… Tracy is still with us, sadly her husband died .
Supplied by Mark Mackenzie
Mark MacKenzie… 1967 just before our gig at the Witch Doctor St Leonards, kindly sent to me by our guitarist at that time Peter Anderson, Peter contacted me through one of his friends and after all this time we are mates once again….L to R Peter Anderson guitar, Colin Wilson sax (obv), myself drums, Joe Black vocals, John Couchman bass and Roger Fox Keyboards……Happy days…thanks Peter.
Mick O’Dowd… Didn’t they do a cover of Bend Me Shape Me but losy out to Amen Corner.
Alan Esdaile… American Breed, Mick.
photo © Anthony ‘Nan’ Morland
Oliver Leonard… That red Peugeot 309 has long been scrapped
Angela Gardner… I bought my camera in the many years ago.
Jeremy Harrison… Very reasonable prices at the time. They sold Russian and East German cameras before the wall came down.
John Mcewen… I got my zenith E in there in the mid 70s. Still got it!
Jeremy Harrison… John, they introduced so many people to serious photography. Doing mail order and advertising in the big magazines I thought GB would last forever.
Chris Meachen… I used to be in there on an almost daily basis, so much so that they would allow me to borrow gear to try out. I still have the cameras & lenses I bought there in the 70’s..
Jim Breeds… Chris, I still have a camera that I was bought from there when I was 8 (1962).
Stephen Moran… me too Jim, I bought a Zenit E and later traded it in for a Pentax ME Super!
Peter Fairless… Stephen, I did exactly the same!
Stephen Moran… Brilliant Peter! I still use my 35mm camera!
Tim Wilcocks… I worked at Gifford Boyd between 1984 and 1986. Can anyone remember which building was the darkroom centre in Claremont, was it No 12?
Cutting supplied by Sarah Harvey, photo supplied by Robert Searle
With Sunshine, Robert Searle, Pete O’Driscoll and John Hales.
Geoff Peckham... An evocative picture! I was young at the time but this band made a strong impression on me. Sunshine had that incisive Led Paul sound and Pete a strong stage presence. The pic encapsulates how I remember them.
Sarah Harvey… This Day August 10th, 1968. Another appearance locally, this time on the pier.