photo © Hastings Public Library
Day: 13 March 2025
Inside Marriott’s photographers shop Hastings 1983
photo © A Walker
Claire Finn… Remember them x
Virginia Davis… Remember the sawdust on the floor upstairs when I visited my grandad at work.
Alan Roberts… Remember it well, they helped me a lot in my first dabblings with professional photography (35mm film). Especially remember them telling me not to use 36 pics roll of film in my motor driven camera because of thinness of the film (24 exposure film much thicker and less likely to strip the drive sockets even though some 24 rolls did for me!!). Funny the things you remember.
Andy Maby… Excellent shop
Robert Carey… When I was growing up in Bexhill, Marriotts & Gifford Boyd were the two photographic shops that were mentioned in the same breath as Woolworths and Demarcos.
Angela Frances Gardner… I got all my films developed there in the 80s and 90s
Scalliwags Doormen & Staff – 1970’s
all photos supplied by Kevin Burchett.
Mick Fellowes, Richard “Lenny” Leonard, Arthur Freeman, Big Baz and Steve Christmas
Kevin Burchett….hi everybody im looking for pictures to make a video with the old scalliwags song they played at the end of the evening. if you went to scalliwags in the 70s and have any pictures of scalliwags days or maybe a picture of you in the 70s which you would like to be included please send to me on facebook with your name thanks KEVIN
Joe Knight…..”good days!! down stairs!!! :-)”
Henry Mann…..Knew Baz for years up the New Broom & Lenny, great bloke.
Kevin Burchett…..Mr and Mrs Brian Reade the owners of the regent holiday centre where scallywags was and Derek and Brian Reade jnr the owners of scalliwags along with there sister madeline i havent got any pics of madeline yet. Third photo some of the management & staff from back left Donna Hopper, Madeline Reade the next 2 we are not sure about back right terry hopper front left dont know. then Derek Reade.
Philip Meston…..Some familiar faces there! I remember Richard, he lived up the road from me.
Martin Richter… Lenny Leonard & Basil Smith? those were the days 🙂