Interesting to see the back, in the days when senders could only use a five word greeting or if you wanted to put a full message it would cost you double!
Remember the ice cream lady in the cinema?
shared from Dave Hill https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100010644697991
Leigh Mitchell… My Mum was an usherette/ice cream lady at The Regal in Uxbridge in the early 1960s. She wore a maroon coat dress with gold braid.
Jackie Willett… Leigh, my mum was too at the Gaiety cinema in Queens Road Hastings! That’s where my dad fell in love with her!!!
Lesley Bowles… My Nan was one at the local cinema (Gaiety) many years ago xx
Mick O’Dowd… Plain or choc?
Tim Moose Bruce… Albatross!
Dave Reece… Tim, D’ya get wafers with it?
Kev Towner… Tim, Badgers noses.
John Wilde… Crunchy frog
Phil Thornton… Penguin on a stick ?
Will Cornell… This same brand, or at least one with the same logo, is sold in Indonesia by guys pedaling an ice chest cart. And there’s a 3-bar company theme jingle you can hear from down the block.
Alan Esdaile… popular UK brand over here Will
Will Cornell… Probably same company , “corporate imperialism”–an enterprising Brit maybe saw the need for cold snacks in a hot sticky environment.. Although I was surprised to find out Chicken of the Sea was owned for a while by an Indonesian firm…it’s now a Thai owned company. Other common food cart vendors in Indonesia: Bread (“roti”), Milk and other dairy goods (“susu”) and soto–soup, usually meatballs. Each one has a theme song or sound that identifies it as they pedal or push around the neighborhoods. Walls is the only one with a prerecorded tune.
Jeff Belton… I remember this happening at the cinema, before the film started
Tracy Birrell… I remember her well. Especially at The Curzon Cinema in Norman Road.
Steeleye Span – Hastings Pier 24th April 1975
photos by Chris Meachen
Pete Fairless… I might have been there…
Alan Esdaile… I was and they were excellent.
Chris Meachen… I dragged their gear on, and announced them when they went on…
Paul Morfey… I was there, seen them loads of tlmes since!
Jim Breeds… I was there. I might have a ticket stub somewhere but not sure where. Saw them all over the place. Brighton, Eastbourne, Hastings, Milton Keynes (yes, really), Folkestone, London and places I’ve forgotten. Lat time was Aylesbury in 2013, the night of my 60th birthday. Peter Knight’s final tour with them. Now I see Gigspanner whenever I can.
Tony Court-holmes… I was there
Drew Drew Barney… Me too!
Chris Meachen… The best moment for me was in the otherwise empty ballroom before the gig, when all 6 members of the band turned up, stood in a circle & burst into ‘Gaudete’ & another couple of acapella numbers. One of the most magical musical experiences I’ve ever heard..
Alan Esdaile… Chris, I remember.
Jim Breeds… I was at this one.
Patrick Lewis… So was I, I think.
Carol Anne… I was there, they were brilliant
Hastings News Disco Dancing competition ‘Saturdays’ 25th April 1984? or 1979?
Martin Richter… is that the right year?
Alan Esdaile… I did have it down as 1984 Martin but thinking about it now, could be 1979? Anyone confirm.
Martin Richter… by 1984 it was “downtown” Saturdays ? (but the name never stuck !)
Lucifer, Skinflint, Mirrors – The Carlisle Hastings 25th April 1985
Alan Esdaile… I don’t remember Cracked Mirror changing the name to Mirrors?
Martin Richter… “The Mirrors”
Colin Bell… Perhaps they did it on reflection……..
Dave Nattress… No me neither. Used to go to many of the Carlisle gigs around this time. Don’t recall this gig or the other bands – local bands? Not heard of, i’ll try and look them up.
Alan Esdaile… Mick Mepham was in Lucifer.
Nick Shute… Alan, not the same Lucifer that did albums ‘big gun’ and ‘exit’ ??
Alan Esdaile… No Nick. I still have the exit album, in the yellow cover and pretty sure it was a freebie if you sent postage stamps to an address in NME???
Tim Moose Bruce… Lucifer was Brian Reeve on vocals. His next band was Steel Dawn`. Cracked Mirror were great. Got their album on vinyl.
Nikki Hanson… you did till I cracked it
Bonx Trigwell… Wow, played there a few times!
Ady Aacorn… Lucifer were great, travelling up to the Ruskin Arms with them for a gig was a hoot too.
Martin Stoggell… Lucifer in the Carlisle. They all looked like Lucifer the last time I was in there.
Dark faces. Horny heads. Gothic makeup got a lot to answer for.
Dave Nattress… A reflection of the Times – and other newspapers!
Battle Dance Club – Epiton Entertainments – Battle Memorial Hall 1971
supplied by Nigel Ford
Phil Gill… See, that’s 30p and 40p admission and I notice there’s no banjos. Just sayin’…..
Jan Warren… This has “stirred” some things in my very blurred memory banks??!! ……. and whether its relevant or not, I remember going to gigs somewhere in a village hall near or around Battle, also I recall a band called “Blue Condition” with Dave Gurr and a girl singer, I think they did a version of “Venus” by “Shocking Blue”?! – anyone else?? – yes, of course I remember “Suspect” and Rock Machine …….. well, I still have this album, I know it has nothing to do with the band advertised but its another old classic compilation album of the time.
Lance Collins… Symphonic Crab brings back memories Gerry Fortsch.
Colin Fox… As I recall, O’Hara’s Playboys were a great band, I saw them at the Sundowners Club in Eastbourne.
Andy Qunta… Great to have reminders of some of those names I had forgotten & others I remember really well!
Phil Wade Eyes Of Blond… The January date fills in a blank in our scrapbook – thanks! The April date was shortly after we broke up (March 24th) so we must have had to cancel it 🙁 Great to have this stuff after all this time – thanks again.
Geoff Peckham… I definitely saw your band there, Phil. It was the January date and it was pretty impressive!
Robert Searle… Some really good groups there
Mick O’Dowd… Didn’t The Bedrocks have a cover version of Ob-la-di at the same time as The Marmalade? O’Haras Playboys were also a good little band.
Alan Esdaile… Yes, well remembered Mick.
Keith Veness… Johnnie Johnson and the band wagon played there
Alan Pepper… SUSPECT 4 BARLEY 3
Oonagh Hague… I lived in Sedlescombe and Friday nights were Battle dance nights before we then progressed to The Cobweb happy times
Kevin Burchett… used to love the Battle dances i had some great times there and it was easy to get home to Netherfield then
Central Recreation Ground (Cricket Ground) Queens Road Hastings about 1908
shared from Historical Hastings https://historymap.info/Main_Page
Nigel Ford… What’s the big property just down left of the chimney on horizon central? Still standing?
Peter Fairless… Nigel, Hastings Grammar School, long since gone.
Andy Davies… Peter, I knew that, being an old Hastonian but What was the chimney? Was it a power station as there was one in a similar place in the 60s?
Peter Fairless… Could be, Andy. Would need to check an old map to see if anything obvious stands out.
Peter Houghton… That’s a great photo of the old Cricket Pitch
Budgie & Fokker Triplane – Hastings Pier 23rd April 1982
poster supplied by Gary Uwin. Ticket supplied by Tim Moose Bruce
Steve Reents… I LOVE Budgie!
Gary Uwin… poster spotted in Platform One Records.
Ian Brown… Definitely remember them went to see them at Manchester apollo
Tim Moose Bruce… Went to that one. Still got the ticket!
Mike Guy… Good old Budgie, played our local youth club before they made it in the States, or anywhere else.
Phil Gill… I saw Budgie that night but I don’t remember the other Fokkers.
Alan King… time just flew by
Alan Esdaile… that’s a cheap comment
Andy Davies… I’m sure I saw Budgie a few times on the pier in 70s. All I remember is the Roger Dean graphics,no recollection of the songs at all. Saw another old git on the prom the other day wearing a budgie tee-shirt, and wondered could I even listen to them today!!
Sparrow Baker… I was there ! I don’t remember any other Fokkers either. Mind you, those were the days for not remembering.
Who remembers Lane’s Ice Cream on the beach?
1965
Kevin Sherwood… I remember a man carrying his cold box along the beach. He would call out “ Their lovely their nice plain or choc”…
Alan Esdaile… Remember it well.
Nigel Sherwood… remember him as well Kevin
Monica Bane… I was always amused that he never seem to run out of ice cream!
Coco Pops… Bloody Hell!!! This is amazing all that Dry Ice he used to carry.
Malcolm Sharp… Was better when the prawn man came along first
Bernard Goffredo… Yep
Gary Benton… It was my uncles business, the factory was at Prospect Place
Madeline Scalliwags Reade.. I remember him well
