10 August 1842, The Morning Herald: THE QUEEN’S ST LEONARD’S ARCHERS. – The ANNUAL PRIZE presented by her Majesty will be SHOT FOR on the 17th August (the grand target day); likewise the Royal Victoria Challenge Prizes, the Society’s Annual Prize, and Prizes for Visitors. There will be an ordinary, and a ball in the […]
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The 18 March 1911 issue of the Hastings and St Leonards Observer had the following letter. AGAINST WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE. RESULT OF A POLL OF HASTINGS WOMEN VOTERS. Madame Amy Wolfen, of 6, Warrior Square-terrace, asks us to publish the following: — As the Conciliation Bill proposes to enfranchise the women municipal voters, the Hastings and […]
In the 1 February 1947 issue of the Hastings and St Leonards Observer we have the following interesting autobiographical account. Veteran Driver’s memories WHEN BOROUGH HAD ONE MOTOR BUS. Days of the horse cabs and the town’s only motor bus, which plied between Hastings Station and the Fishmarket, are recalled by Mr George William Spice, […]
There is a dramatic account of the (successful) attempts to rescue the crew, and the captain’s family, from the Pfluger when it ran aground at West Marina, St Leonards on Sea, on the 11 November 1891. Sometimes accounts refer to the ship as the H.C. Pfluger, sometimes the (correct) J.C. Pfluger. This is from the Sussex […]
Landslips have occurred from time to time on the cliffs to the south of West Hill Road onto gardens and buildings on Caves Road and Marina. This post tells the tale of two such landslips in 1937 and 1939 as taken from contemporary newspapers. The image below is from a 25 inches to 1 mile […]
The Radical and Quaker MP John Bright (1811-89) used the 1861 census to charge that there were only 30,000 land-owners, and alleged that “fewer than one hundred and fifty men” owned “half the land in England,” and that it was a “practical monopoly on land “. Edward Henry Stanley (1826-93), the 15th Earl of Derby, […]
3 May 1841, Sussex Advertiser: HASTINGS AND ST LEONARD’S. ACCIDENT – On Saturday, as a boy about nine years old named Eldridge, was digging sand under the cliff, near St Leonard’s Caves, a large piece of rock, of about 100 weight, became detached from the rest, and fell upon the poor fellow, who was heard […]
Members of the Society enjoyed a garden party at 9 Maze Hill today. Many thanks to our generous host. Here are some stories connected with the address. Below is a photo of the house, with 1832 carved in stone at the top of the street facade. At first the house appears to have been rented […]
The Rye newspaper the South Eastern Advertiser, 26 September 1874, has the following article: NARROW ESCAPE FROM DROWNING. – A female servant had a narrow escape from drowning on Sunday morning last, whilst bathing from the bathing machines at Warrior-square. Neglecting the warning of the attendant not to leave go of the rope, she did […]
The Intoxicating Liquors (Sale to Children) Act of 1901 provided, briefly, that: A landlord must not knowingly sell to children under 14 any liquor, except in sealed and corked bottles, and he cannot supply less than a reputed pint to such children; nor must he sell spirits to any person apparently under the age of […]