Very best wishes to everyone and here’s to a healthier and happier 2024.

Wendy Weaver… Happy New year Alan

Phil Little… Happy New Year.

Colin Norton… Happy, Healthy New Year!

Jeanette Jones… Thank You Happy New Year & thanks for another Year of SMART

Lucy Pappas… Happy New Year to you, too, Alan x

Stephen Moran… Wishing you a very happy new year Alan

Brian Scales… Best wishes to you Alan

Ann Graves… Happy New Year to from Ann &Stephen.

Mick O’Dowd… Happy new year Alan and to all other SMARTIES!

Jacquie Hinves… Wishing everyone a wonderful, Happy, healthy and very prosperous New Year. All my love to you all. Xx

Tracy Birrell… Happy New Year everyone. May it be kind to you.

 

Remember donkeys on Hastings beach ? 1980’s.

photo: Phil Sellens

Stuart Moir… Then along came the PC brigade and complained that they were mal nourished badly treated and didn’t want to do what was asked but if that was the case the donkey would have been able to object by stopping and we all know how hard it would have been to make it move

Colin Fox… I think they also said that they had to get insurance in case anyone got hurt.

Dizz Corinne Ryder… I used to spend my pocket money on them and the trampolines!

Tony Court-holmes… did not like

Wendy Weaver… I remember where they used to stand – my dog used to make straight for that area to roll in the poo and then we’d have to take him straight home for a bath

Pete Houghton… It’s was a shame it stopped the were treated with respect as someone said if they did not want to move they would not and they walked on sand

Nicola Barfield… Omg bring my childhood back from when we came from Germany to here to see nanny donkeys shops etc on pier the old bathing pool distant memories such a shame bring fun revenue to the town in a positive way

Jack Irving… Poor donkeys.

Kev Carleonis… Pure cruelty

Coco Pops… The Chimps were bad enough I never saw the poor Donkeys.

Dot Mountford… If you wish to leave or write posts online please know the correct facts before you do so, In the first instance they were ponies not donkey’s easy to tell apart as donkey’s have big ears and it was early 1970s not 1980s, I know that as I was there it’s is me in the photo leading the pony…..

Jim Breeds… But its ears are not visible!! While we’re at it – donkeys (plural) do not have an apostrophe!

Paul Marshall… I remember monkeys

 

Chris Sambrook – Marshall winner December 1972

supplied by Pete Fisher

Alan Esdaile… Great find Pete. Very sad that Chris is not around to see it.

Martin Richter… bless him

Pete Fisher… Stumbled across it quite by chance Alan, brought back some very happy memories of crazy days with him back in 71-72…

Colin Winn… Chris joined us (Cracked Mirror) for a while. I was the vocalist from its beginning in Maidstone (1979) after Joe Rytlewski contacted a few peeps in the area. But I dropped away as it became more Hastings based. I liked Chris, the little I knew of him!!

Kevin White… Colin, I followed Chris as their drummer when he broke his leg in the early 80s. I didn’t know him that well either, but he was a nice guy, he let me use his Ludwig Vistalite kit, to save me lugging my kit too and fro the rehearsal space. We had some great times back then.

Elaine Stock… Wow! That’s awesome

Marilyn Spence… Pretty sure this is my girlfriend’s younger brother Chris Sambrook If so when I went to visit in 1973 had a photo with him and the family when visiting. Sadly my girlfriend Barbara told me of his passing some time ago

Cliff Wootton… Sad to hear of Chris passing away. He was an interesting drummer with a really neat and unique, almost verging on comedic drumming technique that featured lots of odd percussion devices and vintage car horns. A good mate sadly missed.

Steve Simpson… Sad to hear of Chris’ passing. Enjoyed my time in Slayve with him. It was lovely to bump into him at a gig at The Carlise in Hastings a few years back.

Wendy Weaver… Chris was a great guy. I worked with him for many years. He was always keen on his music.