Hastings Forum

I may be wrong, but I think the Pub in the second picture could well be The Bulverhythe. It looks very similar to the Public Bar entrance that was on the corner of Bulverhythe Road

Once again it is a vague memory but I believe these were destroyed in order to build Wishing Tree reservoir and divert Crowhurst Road around it. I was at Grove School at the time and seem to remember this happening. I walked down Crowhurst Road and remember seeing the then derelict cottages standing...

Yes we used to call him "Corkie" as well. I couldn't remember the name of the dairy. I do indeed remember the Gable Stores and Bells, although we used to use Mr Chambers newsagent in Bulverhythe Road, whom I later did a paper round for. There was also Basil and Ivy Yates tobacconists and s...

Glad I could help out. God knows where I dragged his name up from. Our milkman was Mr Cork who lived in Arnside Road, off Bulverhythe Road. But I do remember your shop. My Mother used to drag me up to get my haircut in Mr Lemon's shop near Abbey Drive, so we would have walked past it many times. I w...

Hi Derek, This may be totally wrong but the name Bennett is springing to mind. I used to live in Bulverhythe Road in the 60s and 70s and have a vague memory of this shop. I ran in there once to report a gorse fire on the hill on on other side of the road to the dump, that would have been in the late...

The Pied Piper was renamed The Manor, but I can't remember exactly when, guessing at the 80's/90's. The Manor has now closed and was at the junction of St Mary's Road and Manor Road

NOT INTERESTED!!!! especially with Willy Holloughby fronting.

SURPRISE SURPRISE!!!!!!!!!!!!

So so sad, yet another nail in the Hastings coffin. I really hope that it can be rebuilt, but I think we have to face up to the glaring fact that Hastings Council have a totally awful history of not getting behind things that really matter for the town. The whole vibe of the town will change with th...

Mammouth task ahead for you David! When I get a chance I will try to jot down my memories in a Word file and send them to you, it's hard to remember my memories!