queens road hastings
Queens Rd Confectioners Hastings
supplied by Leigh Kennedy
Leigh Kennedy… Queens Road, entrance to Cricket Ground.
Alan Esdaile… I remember it when it was a toilet.
John Wilde… me too.
Sparrow Baker… It then became a betting shop. My friend had the ambition to go in there wearing dark glasses and a white stick and piss on the counter.
Ju-ju Davies… my mum used to hurry me past there as a child because of the smell!
Mike Waghorne… Alan, my thoughts when I saw the photo, wasn’t that a toilet years ago.
Julie Findlay-jones… Mike, me too.lol
Lucy Knight… Is this where the Turret Grill is now?
Ju-ju Davies… yes
Andrew Bantock… I remember using it as a radio studio for the 28 day station Radio Cracker in the early 90s.
Tony Court-holmes… used to be able a single cigarette in there back in the day , we had it tough back then
Nick Prince… When I was on the management team at the Cannon Cinema in the late 1980’s it was a bookies.
Janet Brophy… I remember that
Jacqueline Marsh… I remember it too
Amanda Russell… Also the bus depot was there…
Sandra Francis… I still miss FADS that was on the other side. Nowhere in town with a decent selection of wallpaper now
Marks & Spencer 20, Queens Road Hastings
supplied by Leigh Kennedy
Leigh Kennedy… Marks and Spencer. The first Marks and Spencer store opened in 1920 at 20 Queens Road. In 1930 the building at 30 to 36 Queens Road (pictured) was built. M & S moved into new, purpose built premises opposite in Priory Meadow Shopping Centre in 1996.
Fiona Evans… The good ol’ days,with sturdy shop fronts & lovely window displays.
Colin Gibson… These dinosaurs blew high st presence out and destroyed the cricket ground, along with co-conspirators boots the “chemist”. Queens Rd is now a tasteless selection of cheap imported tat with few exceptions. If it’s raining you can always go into priory “meadow”, for some indoor tat.
Russell Field… Colin, I believe M&S executives said “if you don’t build the shopping centre we’re leaving the town”. Shame, we should have had a lovely marina instead.
Alan Esdaile… It was Peacocks for awhile and rumoured to be Wilko store?
Patricia Burgess… We were back in Hasting in 2003, I could not get over what a mess the Queens Road was, it looked like a poverty stricken area. Such as pity, to destroy the Cricket fields
Peter Fairless… It is. It was.
Alan Esdaile… Anyone remember the excellent fruit and veg stalls at the side of M&S?
Lloyd Johnson… My Mum was a Supervisor there for years until her retirement…,
Veran Palmer.. Why is this building still empty!
Peter Ellingworth… Top photo of M&S taken before June 1959 or just after, bottom one post that date, early sixties onwards, newer style lights attached to former tram/trolley bus wire poles. Like the old style street lights in the top photo. What’s the clue to the date of top photo anybody ?
Graham Sherrington… me mum used M&S from the 1960’s till she passed in the 2000’s. I loved their Norwegian Prawns.
Queens Road Hastings 1970’s painted by Derek Clemans
painting by Derek Clemans
Derek Clemans… I came across an old grainy black and white photo of Queens Road from around the 1970s I am guessing and was inspired to paint it in full colour. It has been a labour of love… I would love to hear any stories that anyone might have if I have sparked a memory or two. Or did you work in any of these shops.
Nick Prince… I remember it well. Great photo
Dizz Corinne Ryder… Great picture! Loved the Wimpy, had forgotten about Timothy Whites though!
Ian Mantel… 1979, BSM driving lessons with Johnny Stuart (local DJ) then a Wimpy for lunch, every Friday.
Leigh Wieland-Boys… Great picture…think I might be the girl in the red dress with the umbrella making my way to Wimpy’s
Pauline Richards… Oh I do miss Wimpy. We used to go after work on a Saturday. Sorry but can’t get used to McDonalds! Apart from the fact they never get my order right it just hasn’t got the taste.
Andy Qunta… Love it!
Alan Esdaile… Excellent.
Peter Fairless… I remember that Wimpy, also that you could park right outside!
Martin Brown… blimey you might be correct that says Wimpy in Queens Road
Tim Moose Bruce… Bit I remember about Queens Road in the 70s. My brother bought a B&O hifi system from a shop which is not shown in this picture but not far away, cant remember the name of the shop. It was the time of the miners and power workers strikes and all unnessesary lights etc had to be switched off to conserve power. This included any electrical goods powered up for advertising and demonstration. The shop owner demonstrated the hifi after shutting the shop, turning off all the front lights and pulling down the blinds, then playing the stereo full volume!
Mick May… was it Rumberlows
Leigh Wieland-Boys… My parents also bought a B& O system in the 70s, (it was from a shop in Queens Rd, could well have been Rumbelows), which I ended up with when I moved to London in the 80s, sold it on in 1986 for a tenner!
Tim Moose Bruce… Might have been. I remember it cost about 200 quid.
Anita Brett-eveerst… I had a Saturday job in the Wimpy
Dennis Torrance… Wimpy the best
Gavin Hide… On weekend leave I would have few drinks in Images then go to Wimpy for burger chips then home
Alan Pepper… Yes brings back happy memories from the early seventies . Lovely portrayal mate ! Those frankfurters in Wimpy were to die for . Would spend a lot of time and money in the Record shop (Disc Jockey) further on down just out of the picture. How about a stab at Trinity Street when we had busy days down by the old Observer Derek ?
Dave Nattress… Love the picture, fantastic old names!! A cross between Graham Clarke and L S Lowry. Leigh, could indeed be you or Jane D heading for Chelsea Girl, on the corner opposite side of the road nearer Havelock Road. I remember the Wimpy and one in Bexhill and Eastbourne and just about everywhere. Read an article very recently, there used to be 500 in the UK now there are 80. Also, I remember when you could park outside anywhere or everywhere, not 15 miles away and have to get the train or bus into town!
Pauline Thwaites… I loved the wimpy , I remember having a coconut milkshake in there every week along with a burger as well x
Cherry Longley… Worked in that branch of Boots as a Saturday girl last year of school and during my college year. Remember Trueform for shoes, Posners for trendy fashion and of course Chelsea Girl. My aunt worked in FADS where M&S is now.
David Kent… Someone I know had a hamster called Bollom.
Richard Samuel… Any chance of selling prints ?
Derek Clemans… Prints are always for sale most of my work has been professionally scanned by a local printer incuding this one.. The finished image is on a hard cardboard and is done to a high standard. I usualy stick to a 16″ by 20″ because it as a standard size frame in ESK or elsewhere.Any other size can be available. A 16″ x 20″ signed print comes out at £45.
Nigel Ford… Tim… Currys just out of frame to the left. I remember parents buying us the Dansette Tempo (cheap version, – still here in the loft) for us there mid 60’s. Nice memory Derek, thank you.
Derek Clemans… Richard is still interested in buying a print. I have sent you his email address.
Jeff McCall… would really like to see a picture of this facade before the extensions and shopfronts were added is anyone had one.
Masons Music – est 3rd April 1978, closed 4th November 2016
Hastings Pier, 187 Queens Road, 190 Queens Road, Grove Road Ore, Ponswood Ind Estate St Leonards.
Alan Esdaile… Now time for me to get a proper job.
Matt Thomas… I drove past earlier – something drew me to the place today.Sorry it’s come to this. End of an era as Masons Music closes it doors for the last time today, up until last year I had spent nearly 30 years at the place so very sad for me to hear today.
Chris Coleman… That must be a record
Jim Breeds… Really? Gosh. Best wishes for the next venture!
Colin Norton… Sorry to hear this, Alan! Hope that everything works out for you!
Tony May… Oh what a year this has been for you and for me. So sorry to hear this but not surprised in the current climate. If you can please pass on my condolences to all who have lost their jobs today. I may have left a long while ago but part of me shall always belong to Masons Music and the legacy that its existence played in what we all used to recognise as the music industry. Best wishes to you Alan – I will be in touch soon.
Jo Turner… Sorry to hear that
Virginia Davis… Good luck in your next venture
Diane Barton… Have the best memories 
🙂 Fun times xxx
Ian Mantel… Every week on pay day in early 80’s I bought records.
Simon Payne… Masons Music played an important part in many of our Hastings lives. Sad to hear of it closing it’s doors today. Sad news Alan, I wasn’t with you long but still remember it fondly. Good luck for the future.