the bourne /bourne street

[lee]

Does anyone have an i dea when the wash house in the bourne or formally bourne street _ _ _..was opened and also when it was closed and was it for the ppl of the old town to use or a private business ?

[john]

The wash house was a public bath where anyone could go and bath for a fee . on the left as you go into the bourne from the sea front. house now on site .

[Terry]

try http://www.hastingschronicle.com/catagories/

This website may not contain the info you want, but it gives a fascinating glimpse into life in Hastings between the mid 19th and early 20th centuries and blows the "Chocolate Box" fantasy of Victorian England to pieces. An 11 year old birched for stealing 12 and a half pence worth of lead, babies and children being murdered, disabled men being jailed for begging etc. It also contains some quaint and amusing stories such as the perils of being a barmaid.

[Terry]

1966 December
The Bourne Baths and Washhouse are to close, decides Hastings Council.

from http://www.hastingschronicle.com/key-events/from-1950/