Memorial Hastings 1970’s

 

Malcolm McDonald… Great times..

Keith Veness… That’s what a Town centre should look like

Janet Gardiner… Keith, That’s how it was when I lived there in Middle Street. Came to Australia in October 1952.

Steve Cooke… What it looked like before the ‘town planners’ got there knapkin drawings approved. They have decimated our town over the last century and it is such a sad place now as a result.

Patrick Syder… spot on Steve!

Gail Allana… I spent many a happy Summer there in my childhood. I cried when they demolished the sea water lido. Still a pretty place, as revisited some years ago, but the homeless drug addicts is very sad. {I did sit & speak to quite a few}. Bought them food.

Wayne Heldon… Gail, well they need somewhere to go. shame they arent looked after in our society better. more council govt issues

Yvonne Smith… Should have left the town centre just like this when it had great shops, a great cricket ground, a bus depot, etc. etc.

Lloyd Johnson… Before it was decimated

Gary Benton… This is exactly why every time I come back home now, I feel ashamed of what the town has become.

Sheila Imrie… Gary, Me too, was born in Hastings and lived in St Leonards, visited a couple of weeks ago now live in Devon. I remember this view very well , also the cricket pitch

Tony Court-holmes… when the town had a heart and it was safe to go in the town centre at night

Mary Hunnings… The Town was a great place to be then

Heather Sidery… Great picture

Adam Poole… Looks so much nicer back then in comparison to now

Jacquie Abbiss… I remember those days,with Plummers department store.

Keith Woodcock… There’s nothing left of this town now

Jennifer Furnival… I loved the town back then not now won’t go near it. Dump

Jane Owen Schaumlöffel.. What a thriving town it was.

Pamela Thomson… Such memories even down to the bus number.

Sue Goodhand… Pamela Thomson 12 or 84 to Sedlescombe

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Albert Memorial Hastings – town centre memories

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Roger Simmonds… Happy memories!

John Gale… A great photo, not seen that one before

John Harper… I can remember all those vehicles!

Dennis Torrance… What a wonderful photo of the memorial takes me back .

Pete Houghton… Remember the memorial with grest memories

Petra Stevens… A tad before my time in Hastings i suspect. But used to meet up down there

James Towner… Fell of a motorbike going round it.

Stuart Moir… I migrated to Hastings around that time just before the local shits set fire to it. What for an arson attack ???

Lloyd Johnson… proper town centre!….

Tracy Birrell… I still ask for a return to the Memorial on the bus……

Dennis Torrance… Memorial was on most buses then . I moved up to Broomgrove 1967 at first the buses only went as far as the top of Parker road a long walk for me to get a 72

Alan Pepper… That’s a shilling please ! On the 133 from Hollington ! I’m guessing it was early fifties ?

Nigel Ford… No policeman on duty? There usually was. Is this early 60’s?

Monica Bane…Good old days. My husband was on duty in town most days ,I still have a pair of his white gloves when he patrol the traffic. We felt safer with our friendly Bobbie’s around!

Gerry Fortsch… I am no car expert but I think that is a Ford Consul in the front of the picture so that may be early 60’s?