David Cowley… Jim was a great landlord.
Andrew Freeman… A great old fashioned pub that I frequented a lot back in the 70’s.
Michael Hayes… Jim and Diane a lovely couple !
Mick Jackson… Had some lovely times in the pub back in the early 70’s.
cambridge road
The Cambridge, Cambridge Road, Hastings 1961
supplied by Matt Thomas
Andrew Freeman… My local in the 70’s, landlords Jim and Di. Happy memories.
Tony Court-holmes… Andrew, went to have The Railway in Kings Road
Pauline Richards… Just trying to remember the landlords name at that time! Can imagine his face but can’t bring name to mind!
Douglas Palmer… I was only 13 in 1961 so did not frequent The Cambridge, but by 1966 was a regular Monday night meeting place for Hastings 18 Plus Group. Best days of my life with those guys many whom I remain in contact with.
RESH Royal East Sussex Hospital Cambridge Road Hastings.
photo supplied by Matt Thomas
Matt Thomas…. Size of that car park
Malcolm McDonald… I was a porter there, best job I ever had.
Teresa Mary Ann Mercer… Spent my whole childhood here was such a lovely clean hospital
Jacquie Hinves… I was a ward sister there
Jilly Jones… Great memories of working there xx
Graham Matthews… Had a few trips and stays there in my time.
Jonathan Rudd… Graham, me too
Fred Marsh… Worked its last night on ward 4. Walked around the hospital empty and eerie. It was a privilege to work there.
Julie Findlay-jones… Been there a few times, mostly with broken bones.
Paul Cullen… Had my tonsils out there
Pauline Sims… Remember the hospital – it looked very modern to us in the 1960s!!!
Richard Padgett… I was a Staff Nurse there in A&E in 1977.
Richard Padgett… I was a deputy charge nurse in 1979 in the Psychogeriatric unit when there was Dr Tom Venkat and a Scottish geriatrician and a social worker called Myrtle Bagnall. I recall Harry H Corbett of steptoe and son fame passed away there.
Matt Thomas… I thought Harry H Corbett died in St Helens?
Alan Esdaile… I remember being in the RESH for an operation, when I had the shop on the pier. Julie was running the shop for me and will the help of my mum and dad and Kevin, they were busy making hundreds of Radio Caroline badges!
John Wilde… I was a Nursing Auxilliary there and eventualy ended up as a pharmacy assistant, it was a great community hospital.
Angela Frances Gardner… I had my wisdom tooth taken out there. It was impacted so my jaw had the be dislocated to remove it.
Marilyn Spence… Been living in Australia for 61 years Had my hip bone wrenched in that hospital when I was 14 years old
Margaret Trowell.. I worked there for 12 years in 70s and 80s, admin, eye department, nursing office and as a medical secretary in geriatrics. Wonderful catering department with proper daily cooked fresh food for patients and staff. There was a manned coffee lounge to take your breaks. Free car parking too! We all knew each other and it was such a friendly place to work. I’m still in touch with some of the staff. I do wish a book had been written about it’s history as ex Administrator Don Valentine did for St Helens Hospital ( I was once his secretary too when he came to the RESH). Lots of wonderful old school nursing staff in their recognisable uniforms. Happy days! If anyone does remember those days I would love to provide my memories for a possible book if someone wants to write it!
Caroline Ellis… I worked on the private ward at RESH from 1984- until moved up to the Conquest
Colin Bell… I see the photo & all can think is…Sister Smith on Casualty, one formidable woman!
Caroline Ellis… Colin, great memories of Sister Smith , even the doctors did what they were told by her
Hospital Radio Hastings outside The Post Office Cambridge Road Hastings 1981
Hospital radio volunteers pushed a bedstead from the Royal East Sussex Hospital to the fish market, to raise funds.
Sheila Maile… That was a nice hospital
Ju-ju Davies… I remember Tony Pankhurst he used to play dedications of my choice for me when I was in the RESH
Clive Garrard… I was very fond of Tony Pankhurst, a good friend of mine. Sadly he died in June 2024
Jennifer Oxbury… Always remember the annual bed push, the light up eyes on the patient. Can’t remember his name and as a teenager joining in and giving out balloons, as a child sitting on the bed.
Jane Hartley… Jennifer, I seem to remember your dad being pushed in a hospital bed, maybe for the carnival
Jennifer Oxbury… Jane, lol I don’t remember that
Wendy Belton… The patient was called Percy the patient if I remember correctly. We never knew what happened to him when we made the move to the Conquest Hospital!
Sainsbury’s Cambridge Road Hastings August 1974
James Read… Got a lot of memories from working there over a four year period 80 – 84.
Jonathan Rudd… Ben, too
Sheila Maile… Used it all the time when we lived in town till it closed
John Gale… Started shopping there regularly in 1987 and still shop with them regularly now… Home delivery once a week, very reliable
Andy Coleman… I remember the old one, I think Nationwide is there now, used to go with my Gran to help her with the shopping. Individual counters where you asked for what you wanted and given it in bags.
Nadia Compagnone… I remember all the staff being dressed in very clean white overalls and everything being behind glass counters. No helping yourself off shelves.
Angela Frances Gardner… This makes me feel sad as I went to meet my mother there on December 7th 1983 not knowing that she had died the evening before , I found out an hour after I had gone to meet her.
Gill Harrod… Look at those opening hours – closed Sunday AND Mondays! And special late night shopping to 8pm Thursday and Friday! When people who worked in retail could have a life!
Ian Johnson… Should bring back the opening hours for the staff
Cris Kennard… I worked in Sainsbury’s Cambridge Rd prior to its opening in the 70’s to the public we had a tour of the building and basement areas. After opening we could buy any out of date food for a pittance as long as some cash went through the tills at end of shift.
Lorna Brazier… I used to work there back in 82.
Dawn… My mum used to be a Tesco fan but when Sainsburys opened she was drawn there instead, especially as the bus stop was right outside!
Sainsbury’s Cambridge Road Hastings early 70’s
above photos and more from https://www.sainsburyarchive.org.uk/catalogue/search/search/ewao-everywhere:hastings
Steve Fox… Where the abc cinema used to be when I was a child.
Andrew Freeman.. My Mum used to tell the story of how Paul McCartney once got something off the top shelf for her!
Matt Thomas… Had forgotten about the separators
Huggy Leaver… Saturday morning pics , we like to laugh and have a sing song we’re minor’s of the ABC
James Turner… remember it well
Lloyd Johnson… The Ritz….
Debbie Wyatt… Fun shopping on Roller Skates
Kathy Wood… And even though it’s ESK it still has tge Sainbury’s floor tiles
Gary Thomas… I remember going there with my mum on a Saturday just before closing. They didn’t used to open on a Sunday. So people were circling like airplanes over an airport but with shopping trolleys. Then the yellow ticket fun would begin. HALF PRICE BAKERY GOODS! Suddenly the calm atmosphere was filled with trolley people dive bombing the bakery to get to their half priced goods. The funny thing was it was like spot who was here last week. Yep, normally the same people. That was a great memory from Sainos when it was in Cambridge Road.
Pauline Richards… I worked there in the 80s. 9 at night till.7 in the morning!
Ian Johnson… Used to go there with Mum
Martin Curcher… And me when we had the Flat (Beanfeast and Egg Noodles)
Lorna Brazier… I worked there in 82, and left in 83
Jane Freund… I went into labour in this shop, in 1988! Finished the shopping too
Martin Curcher… My first job was working in the Fruit and Veg section in 1981/82. The supervisor was an older lady called Meg
Karen Brooker… Used to shop here, it’s ESK now
Jane Kirkham… I worked there when it first opened.
Linda Hollands… Got most of my fruit and veg from green grocers next door to Sainsburys
Anthony Kingsman… Still the same tills and belts i think in the store
Christian Burton… Anthony, the belts haven’t worked for years
Mandy Taylor… I remember those days! Shopping with my nan..
Demolition of the ABC Cinema – Cambridge Road Hastings 1971
photo © Hastings Public Library
Leigh Kennedy… Demolition of the ABC (Ritz) Cinema, Cambridge Road. December 1971.
Eric Harmer… Minors
Leigh Mitchell… Yep, I was there the night before it closed to see Le Mans, I’d only moved to Hastings in September 1971!
Tracy Birrell… ABC Minors.
Chris Baker… Never went to ABC Minors, it cost money, which we didn’t have in those days.
Steve Fox… Yep, I was a minor. That was our Saturday morning.
Tony Davis… Loved that place. First ever gig I went to there Cliff and the Shadows 1963
Jackie Hersee… Tony, I was there too. Remember it well
Lynn Graham… Tony, and I was there. Front row seat A12
Colin Bell… I believe i remember reading it was the largest cinema in Europe when it first opened, it was criminal to see it demolished, i was a very happy ‘Minor’ in the 50’s & early 60’s
Micky Erends… really loved this cinema , went there most weeks throughout the early 60s with my school mate Mick Collins
Mick Boss… should never have been demolished the interior was brilliant
David Martin… Mick, that’s Hastings Council for you
Jeff McCall… You might remember Anne Shelmerdene, her dad was manager. Went to the ABC Minors there – such a shame to have seen it go!
Carol Arnold… Yep went to ABC minors …saw Cliff Richard there…sad.schoolfriends dad was manager there
Linda O’Leary… loved going to Saturday morning ABC Minors when I was a child. I was on the stage once trying to eat a bar of chocolate with a knife and fork
Eric Harmer… it was great Linda
Monica Bane… Singing We are the boys & girls just a happy crowd are,!
Alan Esdaile… I can remember kids going on the stage when it was their birthday. I think they got a free badge, sweets or free admission ticket for next week. Mind you I’m pretty sure some of them went on stage regularly!
Andrew Clifton… Yes, we got sweets and a badge for our birthday. Alan.
The Dripping Well Cambridge Road Hastings
Postcard for sale eBay….
Fred Marsh… what was the pub next door called
John Gale… Before the Tubman,,, The Cambridge I think
Reid McDuffie… I went there every weekend in the early 80s. Forget it’s name back then
Fred Marsh… yes The Cambridge well done i shall sleep tonight
Jo Avery… Yes the Cambridge my Aunt and Uncle ran it for quite a few years. Jim and Di Davidson.
Eugene Hughes… Jo, I used to adore the fish pies Di made. Jim went on to run The Railway pub. Then was curator at Rye Museum I believe.
Jo Avery… Yes she was one amazing cook!
Mike Mitchell… I’m sure I had cricket coaching in the nets at the Priory Ground with Len Creese…I also passed by the Dripping Well on my stag night and had several pints of bitter poured down my trousers. Thank you for that Allen Blackford.
Eugene Hughes… How odd. I was just about to post, when I read this. I had cricket training with Len Creese at the Priory Meadow. I never knew that he was the landlord at the DW.
James Bacon… How much for?
Alan Esdaile… £5. current bid.
James Westlake… I used to use the Garage at the top of the hill to fill up our works van.
Tony Davis… Len Crease was groundsman at the Central Cricket Ground and sold me my first Gray Nicholls cricket bat
Eugene Hughes… Gray Nicholls are still there and trading in Robertsbridge. I remember seeing Ted Dexter playing for Sussex at the PM. It was against Kent. He scored 203 not out. He signed and gave my dad his bat when he came back into the pavilion. I have it to this day.
James Westlake… Definitely old enough
Graham Sherrington… cor Blimey memories
Jacquie Hinves…Spent most evenings on there as a student nurse45 years ago. It was the first pub Kevin Hoad and I went the day I started at the old RESH!
Gaynor Lewry… And the pump house we went there as well
Duncan… Thank You all for remembering my Grandfather Len Creese in his capacities as Professional Cricketer, Cricket Coach, Groundsman and Publican. He would be touched that you all remember him so far after his time.
Peter Houghton… Used to go in there in the 70s when I lived in Linton Road
Jeff McCall… Bottom of Dorset Place, used to live there opposite the glass works where my dad worked. It was a two up two down house and I remember the tin bath hung on the backyard door! That was in the mid 50″s.
The Post Office Cambridge Road Hastings
photo © Hastings Museum and Art Gallery https://www.facebook.com/hastingsmuseum/photos_by
Alan Esdaile… Grand building and always seemed busy back in the day, with about 10 counters on the go. Sad to see the state of it now.
Matt Thomas… What are they doing with this building? Been empty for too long now
Jacquie Hinves… Remember it so well. Sending parcels and letters. Always a busy place.
Graham Sherrington… what is it now a scruffy Bar!!!!
Andy Coleman… My dad worked there in the 60s, not on the counters but upstairs
Graham Sherrington… When I came home for visits I used to get US dollars changed to Sterling NO commision. And send Naughty Seaside Cartoon “Post Cards” back to the States. And the USPS….. United States Postal Service would confiscate the postcards cos they thought them pornographic!!! What a bunch of Twonks.
Stuart Moir… Probably full of squatters.
Tony Court-holmes… is it still empty?
Jackie Willett… I loved my time working behind the counter there! We were always busy! Everyone queuing down the road on a Monday morning
Leigh Mitchell… Mum was a telephonist in that building when we first moved to Hastings, then she went to the Observer. I arranged to meet a boy outside the Post Office when I was 16 – he ‘stood me up’
photo: August 2024
Lloyd Johnson… Spanna Mo and I had savings accounts there. We put money in each week to save up for our move to Sweden in 64/65….
