On the 1 February 1853 the London Gazette published the following notice: Norman Buchanan, insolvent debtor, by his petition at Hastings. Formerly of 28 George Street, Hastings, hair dresser and general dealer, afterwards of the same, in partnership with Horace Sparks Prior, same business, and now of 32 Norman Road West, St Leonards, hair dresser […]
Monthly Archives: March 2026
The Prince of Wales public house reopened in brightly painted and refurbished style on the 5 March with the declared aim of being a not-for-profit enterprise as part of the Hastings Project, a community brewery. The style is simple with no music, and the décor is the same inside and out: dark green and a […]
9 February 1849, Hastings & St Leonards News: FIRE. – At noon, on Wednesday, a fire broke out in the workshop of Mr J. Smith, cabinet-maker, Norman Road West, which was happily extinguished by the exertions of the neighbours, assisted by P.C. Jones, without the aid of the fire-engine, which arrived just as the danger […]
On the 3 April 1881 the census recorded the following household at 33 Warrior Square: Archibald R. Shaw, head, M[arried], 58, physician, born Middlesex Laura E.S. Shaw, wife, M, 47, born Kent Charles K. Shaw, son, U[nmarried], 26, Surgeon M.R.C.S., [then in pencil] Medical Office[r] of Health Hastings, born Middlesex Frank H. Shaw, son, U, […]