Steve May… The Boomtown Rats! My first proper gig!
Matt Thomas… Your first gig is a bit more credible than my Brotherhood of Man one
Kevin Hackman… Antique & bric a brac these days
Steve May… Kevin, yeah, whatever happened to them?
Masons Music Record Shop
Record shop started on Hastings Pier and moved to Queens Road.
Masons Music – early 80’s 187 Queens Road, with Bill Prince.
Alan Pepper…..I’ll have one from the top and five from anywhere else please Bill !!
Will Cornell…..Marley “Legend” up top…video…or did ya’ll have CD Longboxes over there? The first few years of CDs had those for security purposes (hard to stuff into your pocket). Yes, ’84 or later. Curious: what’s “staff only”? The pile of stuff employees promised to buy when the next paycheck came in? My own store’s “wish bin” looked similarly loaded.
Matt Thomas……that is actually the sign above the door to the back room – well camouflaged lo. Smiths ‘How Soon Is Now’ in the charts, 1985 – just had a closer look and King ‘Love & Pride’ is in the chart and Stephen TinTin Duffy ‘Kiss Me’
Record order receipt from Masons Music 187 Queens Road Hastings.
Supplied by Phil Gill
Phil Gill… Found this today…is it in yet Alan?
Matt Thomas… Sorry discontinued
Jim Breeds… It was ordered twice by mistake.
Phil Gill… Jim, Great, a double album
Kev Towner… Were you in two minds about it Phil.
Alan Esdaile… and I thought 187 was more a punk/mod shop!
Skin The Piper – Beyond The Pale Cassette
Anyone remember this or the folk band?
Characters Badges – 1980’s
Alan Esdaile… Used to sell loads of these.
Matt Thomas… They were a good selling line.
Jan Warren… Love these!
Paul Marshall and Zena – Masons Music 187 Queens Road Hastings – early 80’s and early record bag.
welcome to our newest member to SMART Paul Marshall
Paul Marshall… Wow
Tony May… I think the fact that the calendars on the wall say 1983 gives a clue to the year! (lol) Great pic, good times…
Paul Marshall… I am just doing the maths as well. I just turned 51 so I would have been just 17 in that pic 
and the lovely Zena.
Tony May… A really early one! I’m not sure if you even had bags when I bought my ‘MUD Greats’ single on the pier?
Alan Esdaile… probably paper bags, white for singles, brown for lp’s and at one stage would have had a rubber stamp name on the bag.
Zoe Honey… you will have the same hairstyle once this lockdown is over 💇♂️😅 xxxxxxx
The Big Green Cardigan Festival calls it a day…
After nine years, the time has come to put the Big Green Cardigan into the wardrobe and leave it there.
The festival has never covered its cost and as much as we love it, financially we cannot carry on.
It’s been a marvellous adventure making friends and discovering some great acts together but now it is time to move on to new things. We would like to thank everyone who has helped and supported The Big Green Cardigan since 2011 and hope you go away with some dashingly good memories.
So long, and thanks for all the fish
Mick & Dave
The Big Green Cardigan
https://www.biggreencardigan.com
Carol Arnold… oh thats a shame
Wee Jock… Sorry to read about this. It’s a tough industry and I feel your pain
Masons Music Record Shops
Hastings Pier
187 Queens Road
190 Queens Road
Tony Court-holmes… i remember where has all the time gone
Glenn Piper… Tick tock
Julie Findlay-jones… One of the best bosses I’ve ever had
John James Shea… Most of my punk records came from mason music .I’ve still got there price tags on them a great shop and a fantastic photo thanks
Louis Comfort-Wiggett… I did some work experience there when I was first out of school. Bagging up orders or badges and Sam Fox postcards!
Andy Ives… Was the best record shop in Hastings at the time imo. Could always get the rarer stuff I was looking for a little more expensive but worth every penny. Great friendly staff too
Masons Music – Hastings Pier 1978
Tony Ham… Before my day, it was up Queen’s Road when I went there, didn’t it move further up the road at one point?
Alan Esdaile… 187 Queens Road, then moved to 190 Queens Road. Looking at this photo I think theirs an album in the window you like, The Stranglers?
Tony Ham… Black and White, definitely 1978, then.
Jim Breeds… Brilliant Photo Alan Love the badges in the window 🙂
Leigh Wieland-Boys… Whilst going for a stroll on the pier one Easter Steve Demetri (my then boyfriend) bought me a Yes album from you, it’s still got the price sticker on it (seem to recall it was £1.25) – happy days
Alan Esdaile… Also see a Sad Cafe Misplaced Ideals LP, Kris Kristofferson and Elton John covers.
Julie Findlay-Jones… I loved working there, Alan was such a grear boss.
Andy Qunta… Excellent! Great to see this photo! Good times!
Paul Marshall… Oh my. That was my first ever job working with Alan, making badges by the zillion and discovering toons.
Jim Breeds… Have you thought to give a copy of this photo to the pier didital memories archive Alan?
Alan Esdaile… I’m pretty sure they had this Jim but didn’t use it.