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by Michael mciver
Mon May 08, 2006 11:55 pm
Forum: Locals have your say
Topic: road sweepers
Replies: 7
Views: 5425

Re: road sweepers

It must be called "forward planning". :whistle:



by Michael mciver
Mon May 08, 2006 11:54 pm
Forum: Locals have your say
Topic: speeding mount pleasant road
Replies: 2
Views: 4380

Re: speeding mount pleasant road

I can fully sypathise with Dorothy and no,there is really no excuse for speeding in town but I do feel that much of this comes from the frustration caused by the bottle neck created by the council when they decided to make the top end of Priory road virtually one way.



by Michael mciver
Thu May 04, 2006 9:34 am
Forum: Locals have your say
Topic: Beware disabled people
Replies: 2
Views: 3928

Beware disabled people

Not for the first time,I have been penalized as a disabled driver by the over zealous parking attendents of Hastings,please let this be a warning to any disabled folk who intend to move here or even visit hastings.Beware! THEY DO NOT LIKE DISABLE PEOPLE!!!!!!



by Michael mciver
Tue Apr 11, 2006 11:05 pm
Forum: Historic Hastings
Topic: Bottle alley
Replies: 15
Views: 10470

Re: Bottle alley

[quoted] At 11:20:30 AM 14/03/06, john burton wrote: > At 10:24:31 PM 25/07/05, Michael mciver wrote: > Yes Bottle alley was very different in many ways,I remember as a child trying to count all the different coloured glass pieces there were,also it was a wonderful place for seeing many different ki...
by Michael mciver
Mon Feb 27, 2006 8:52 pm
Forum: Locals have your say
Topic: Recycling bags
Replies: 6
Views: 6317

Re: Recycling bags

What a fiasco this has turned into,first few weeks things were done and collected with gusto,since then,no bags and late collections,but then the whole rubbish collection system stinks in Hastings and St .Leonards,with black bin bags strewn all over the place,why do we not have wheely bins like othe...
by Michael mciver
Thu Feb 23, 2006 1:34 pm
Forum: General Hastings Chat & Friendly Banter
Topic: SHARE OF FREEHOLD
Replies: 1
Views: 2069

Re: SHARE OF FREEHOLD

Share of Freehold is a very good thing especially if it involves only two or three flats,it means that as a leaseholder you are no longer constrained by outsiders,repairs and improvements can be done as and when is suits all the flat owners and not just when it suits an outside freeholder.Costs can ...
by Michael mciver
Thu Feb 23, 2006 1:31 pm
Forum: General Hastings Chat & Friendly Banter
Topic: St Leonards Holiday camp
Replies: 3
Views: 3154

Re: St Leonards Holiday camp

For some years the old bathing pool at west St Leonards was operated as a holiday camp,sorry,have no pictures of it.It was bsed around the large pool whuch was sea water and had a high diving tower,I can remember jumping off quite high,there was sea weed on the bottem and one had to push upways with...
by Michael mciver
Tue Jan 31, 2006 7:13 pm
Forum: Moving to Hastings & St Leonards
Topic: Why is property cheaper in Hastings?
Replies: 7
Views: 5215

Re: Why is property cheaper in Hastings?

Property is cheaper in Hastings but not for much longer as hastings has been picked as one of the "in"places to buy property.As an old Hastonian I can agree with many comments here but it does seem that the council is trying to remove some of the old prejudices.The poor communications often mentione...
by Michael mciver
Thu Jan 26, 2006 7:03 pm
Forum: General Hastings Chat & Friendly Banter
Topic: SHOE SHOPS
Replies: 2
Views: 2716

Re: SHOE SHOPS

Regret but you will be hard pushed to find any half decent shoe shops in Hastings,most of them have shut down,I have to travel to Ashford to find any kind of selection.



by Michael mciver
Tue Jan 24, 2006 4:28 pm
Forum: Historic Hastings
Topic: George Street Back in the Sixties
Replies: 2
Views: 2733

Re: George Street Back in the Sixties

Yes Bob,George street is now a pedestrian mall,I believe that Bikers is gone but Butlers Imporium is still there as is the Pump House and The Anchor which was one of my favourite pubs in the sixties,many an evening singing folk songs to anyone who could strum a guitar,happy days.




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