White Rock Baths and Bathing Pool Hastings & St Leonards-on-Sea signatures of swimmers 1957.

Supplied by Lynda Caine

Lynda Caine… mum has given me this. All the people who have signed there names are people from Hastings who used the pool they would all been teenagers then who used the White Rock Baths and bathing pool.

Alan Esdaile… Do you recognise any names?

Chris Baker… Sadly, not one! Mind you, I almost never went except with the school

Graham Sherrington… I remember No Cut Off Jeans!!! the bleach in the water or something with the dye in the jeans.

Nick Warren… Ian MacLean was later the one string box base player with the Fieldstone Boys, before Danny O’Farrell, and he is still around going strong

Chris Chandler… Nick, had lunch with him today!

Nick Warren… Chris, lovely guy

Graham Sherrington… Derek Fitten 5th down on the left?? my sister and Derek where swimmers the GIBB and GABB trophies

David Bastable… I presume that was Brenda?

Graham Sherrington… yes sir

Colin Harmer… A few years younger than Derek Fitten but spent many happy hours training and swimming with him at Bathing Pool and White Rock Baths. He was a ‘larger than life’ character.

Ray Barry… I remember Ginger Powell I think breaststroke was main stroke. Derek Fitton what a guy he was the main man of the Flip Flop display team.

David Bastable… That is amazing!! Thank you So many people I knew and swam with I wonder where they are now. The names I know and swam with are Ian Maclean Tom Mather Ginger Powell Derek Fitton Dick Lingham John Gambrill David Bastable which is me!

Ian Maclean… The Roy Fransen aqua show was a tremendous display of high board crazy diving by very talented divers. Riding bicycles off of the 10 metre board, double dives etc. culminating in Pegleg, a one legged chap,diving from the top of a long step ladder into fire on the water. There were also poolside antics involving the public and the Ducking chair, log rolling displays etc. culminating in a fantastic firework display. Never forgotten, and never to be repeated sadly. I remember all of the names, still in touch with some of them.

Paul Knight… Learned to swim at the White Rock Baths in the late 50s whilst at school

Lynda Caine… (In reply to Dave Bastable ) Mum Pat (Bubbles) at 81 now is living in Dover she has had a busy life as a landlady of quite a few pubs from Hastings to Dorset and then finally retiring but there’s one place what remains in her heart, is growing up in Hastings as she saids in her own words, those were the days.

David Bastable… It was the swimming club trip to Guernsey when I was twelve years old to compete against the local club that led me to move there some forty years ago. I remember Bubbles very well Lynda

Lynda Caine… Dave, yes mum had said you had moved to Guernsey she’s so pleased to hear your comments ,great memories .

Lynda Caine… (in reply to Ian MacLean ) Mum is over the moon to hear your comment and the mention of Dawn after all these years, as she has said great times growing up in Hastings, good friends remembering them always.

David Bastable… Your mum is in the photo I just posted next to Tom Mather

Lynda Caine… Yes mum said thank you Dave as your photo is nice and clear .

 

 

The Victors – Bathing Pool/Hastings Holiday Camp St Leonards-on-Sea 1964

supplied by Stewart Grimes

Barrie Russell (drums), Richard Gagen (vocals and guitar), Roy Sanderson (lead guitar). Stewart Grimes (bass guitar).

Paul Coleman… Roy Sanderson? That’s not the Roy Sanderson who played bass (I think) in the band – “Unabridged Telephone Directory” in the late 60’s is it? Played a few times in the club under the Regent Hotel.

Stewart Grimes… Paul, he certainly certainly did!

Paul Coleman… Stewart, any more details on Roy? I used to work with him at “Drallims” in Bexhill.

Stuart Moir… Peter Shaw has seen him recently when Roy visited Bexhill, he can tell you a bit more if you get in touch, he’s on Facebook so look him up.

Carol… Barrie Russell was my first boyfriend from 1963 to 1965. Does anyone know what happened to him?

Tich Turner’s Escalator – line up, Bathing Pool St Leonards-on-Sea

supplied by Rick Pentecost

Rick Pentecost, Tich Turner, Andy Caine, Steve ‘Vince’ Price, Steve Demetri and Paul Thomas

Graham Matthews… Still got their single Diana / Don’t really want you back again, it stands the test of time.

Pete Prescott… Great band !

Willie Wicking… Great Memories at those country Gigs

Ken Copsey… Tommy!

Kev Towner… Yeah, I’ve still got a copy of it too.

Stewart Rockett… *Andy Cunningham. Andy didn’t Caine it until later.

Roger Carey… Cracking picture- what a line up!

Dolphin Jazzband – The Bathing Pool 1960

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Andre Palfrey-martin collection

supplied by Ian Hargraves… Reunion 2011  Bourbon St Parade, Brian Towers, Peter Treger, Geoff Coates.

Andy Knight…..Geoff encouraged me to take up trombone (short lived) with Sussex Brass, last saw him about 1972, can anyone name the complete line-up here. I think he ran the Caves gigs with Roy Martin I did with Shaft in the early 70’s

Paul Hobbs… First time since the mid 60’s Great stuff. But please remind me who was playing what. Remember Peter, went to school with his brother, Remember Geoff on vocals but the other are lost in my distant memory.