Supplied by Helena Wojtczak
Helena Wojtczak… Les Hobeaux Skiffle group seen here performing on the sea front at Warrior Square. May 1957. I’m pretty sure this is where Goat Ledge is and performing in the luggage van on the train going to Hastings May 1957. In those days you could also drop the blinds and get some kip!
Great Hastings photos on this video…
David Russell… I remember the day like yesterday (I was the washboard player). I also remember busking in Shepherds Market where the ‘girls’ would pay us to gather a crowd that they could then solicit. One evening I told this to my landlady who exclaimed that I was ‘living off the immoral earnings’ whereupon I handed her my rent and told her ‘so are you’. I gave up early as I was studying Architecture and decided that there was more promise in that than playing skiffle. Those were the days.
Kevin White… David, that’s a great story, and the photos are brilliant, thanks for sharing!
John Wilde… Wow this is a fantastic piece of local history. Hastings and St Lennies own Skiffle group. Does Dave have any more photos or posters, history, names of members? These images are terrific.
Terry Pack… Great stuff. My friends Pete White and Pete Burden began playing music around 1960 in Bexhill and Hastings. I saw a photo of them at the De La Warr around then. The bass player had a tea chest bass.
I remember the day like yesterday (I was the washboard player). I also remember busking in Shepherds Market where the ‘girls’ would pay us to gather a crowd that they could then solicit. One evening I told this to my landlady who exclaimed that I was ‘living off the immoral earnings’ whereupon I handed her my rent and told her ‘so are you’. I gave up early as I was studying Architecture and decided that there was more promise in that than playing skiffle. Those were the days.