This month ABC welcomes any performers who would like to sing or play us a piece. We are a totally acoustic event so no mics or amps. If you are comfortable and at ease we will be filming you….if not say so! Limited spots so arrive early. See you there already in tune.… Mick Knight
supplied by Leigh Kennedy
Leigh Kennedy… District Manager Walter Turrell visits the Wellington Place branch shortly before its closure in 1974.
Phil Gill… “Quarter pound of ham please and here’s your P45.”
Alan Esdaile… I can still remember the smell of the shop.
Kevin Sherwood… They used to do the best individual steak and kidney puddings ever.
Nick Webb… I remember those days loved the pay desk at the far end .
Andy Qunta… Remember it well!
Jane Collins… Remember this well!
Pauline Sims… They made the best liver sausage ever!
Fred Marsh… Loved it although I can only just remember it
Jacky Siffleet… Sawdust on the floor
Tracy Birrell… Remember going in there with my Mum.
Anyone know why this gig did not happen? On this date on Hastings Pier was The Damned and The Adverts.
David Jenkins… One of my favourite bands
Shaun Pont… The Damned and Adverts gig was a rescheduled as the original date was cancelled. In 1978 Hawkwind and Sham 69 were both booked to play the Pier on the same date. Sham played supported by The Cimarons.
Mark Randall… This date even appears on set list.fm – but presumably taken from poster dates
Malcolm Cooper… Does anyone on here know who supported Judas Priest in 1977, UK tour?
Mark Rymell… Played the year before 23rd April with Zippa advertised as support.
photos Michael Sherwood https://www.facebook.com/michael.sherwood.79274089
Michael Sherwood… Hollingsworth garage, Braybrooke Road. Not sure of the date but this is when they had just closed down.
Chris Meachen… Used to get my petrol there occasionally ..
Ray Barry… Why has the site never been developed? It looks an eyesore now
Alan Esdaile… I always thought that if they are not doing anything with it, they could turn it into a cheap all day car park.
Kay Grey… I periodically try to persuade the council to get the remains of that sign taken down – it’s now a smashing view for people strolling along to the park, but would be better without that chunk of scrap metal in the middle of it.
David Martin… I used to fill up there too served by Clem .
Andy Crouch… I used to work in there in my school holiday learning to be a mechanic. Clem was a lovely man.
Alan Wood… Think Reedy served in there
David Edwards… I presume that the ground is contaminated as result of leaky fuel tanks and oil.
Alan Esdaile… Yes you could be right David and I think a number of people have applied to build houses on it in the past.
Darren Edwards… That would of been mid 80’s I think.
Oliver Leonard… 1990s
Pat Sleet… 1995 it closed I think???
Nigel Ford… I dated the receptionist girl Sandra Greenaway who was Hastings Carnival Queen later that year ’77. Not heard of her since, anyone know her? She lived along Bexhill Road opposite Harley Shute Road.
Kay Grey… They’ve just put out a planning application on it. They’ve been angling for years for permission to build rich people houses with no affordables, hence the long delay. It’s not just the contamination though, it’s all the springs that come up in Braybrooke Road. That land, as it sits, may look useless but it does a fair bit of soaking away – do we really want even more water pouring down into Queens Road?
Ralph Town… The place was part of our growing up, eh Pete.The noise would wake me early on a weekend,as I lived in one of the bungalows opposite.
Peter Fairless… Indeed, Ralph. I had a green Hotwheels Mercury Cougar that went down that slope faster than anything!
Simon K & The Meantimers photo: Michael Armes. shared from… https://garagehangover.com/simon-k-the-meantimers/
supplied by Mick Knight
Photos of Dupree by Eric Money. Featuring Andy Bannister, Barry Denyer and Mick Knight
Alan Esdaile… Anyone remember this gig?
Martyn Baker… Well, I definitely played the gig with Tich, Martin, Roger, Piers, Wesley, Andy. I think Dupree were friends of Tich’s. Long time ago!