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Those I'm aware of are the Rising Sun joint landlord with several partners (old town), the Lord Nelson joint landlord with Robert Ambrose (old town) and King's Head joint landlord with Harry Boyd (Ore). These were all Star Brewery pubs and became Courage pubs circa 1958 when Courage took over the St...

Thank you for the photo Shell. Apologies for the late reply. This is due to a combination of illness and a house move. I can tell you that FH, Bishop was involved in a London (Wandsworth) auctioneering business as late as 1922 when his partnership was disolved by mutual consent. One mystery I've nev...

Try the Trading Post in Castle Street or Winchesters in Ore Village. Other than that you can get a 100 m reel at BandQ for about GBP25.

I lived in Bembrook Road for 12 years. I don't know if all the houses are exactly the same, but I'll tell you what I do know. The house I had was built in or around 1934 like most of the others. It had been heavily modified since then. It suffered from small rooms and poor internal design with the c...

And for the sake of comparison, here's a modern view from roughly the same place. http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8532/8556510089_9d10895ddd_b.jpg Nellie by Carlisle Reject 2 , on Flickr [img[/img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8532/8556510089_9d10895ddd_b.jpg[/img[/img][/url[/img] [url=http://www.flic...

Just a curiosity. The photo shows the Nelson on the right during the infamous Bourne Clearances before the balcony was added. http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8240/8557585738_61a9433ac8_b.jpg The Bourne Clearance. by Carlisle Reject 2 , on Flickr [img[/img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8240/8557585738_...

Ah ha, now I see where I went wrong.

How about a 'Then and Now' section in the photo gallery comparing old photos of the town with new ones taken from the same place?

And here's two more press clippings. Unfortunately clippings are exactly what they are and I have no idea which publication they came from.

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I know this might be a bit late, but here's an image taken from a 1937 edition of the Hastings and St Leonards Observer. [img://www.hastingsforum.co.uk/forums/sf_attachments/The_beginning_of_Marine_Court_in_early_1937.JPG] http://hastingsforum.co.uk/img/The_beginning_of_Marine_Court_in_early_1937.JPG