A view of the Cyril and Lilian Bishop Lifeboat and All Saint’s Church in Hastings Old Town. All Saint’s Church dates back at least to the Norman Conquest. The original church may have been sited somewhere else, but it was…
West Marina Gardens was a place where soldiers billeted in the town came to do their exercises. Today the area is still used for the same purpose...
Published in November 1917 in the Hastings and St Leonards Pictorial Advertiser, the caption with the original photo said ‘The parents of the late Lance Sergeant R F Canning commemorated the anniversary of his death...
The original photo used for this Then and Now image of Ancient and Modern was taken from the Hastings & St Leonards Pictorial Advertiser...
During the winter months the 2nd Hastings (Calvert) Troop of Scouts have devoted their Saturday afternoons to delivering coal to old age pensioners and others...
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the fire on Hastings Pier in 1917, I was asked to create some now and then images by the team working on the East Sussex WW1 website...
The photographs that make up this Then and Now image were taken at the Bandstand, Alexandra Park, Hastings...
Following on from the last post, Canadian Presentation 2 shows the winners of two Distinguished Conduct Medals and six Military Medals
This then and now image shows Canadian soldiers during a medal presentation in Warrior Square, St Leonards.
Whilst the availability of food during WW1 was never as high as during peacetime, the ramping up of German submarine activity in 1917 started to make a real impact...
A number of men in khaki taking a rest in a quiet corner of Holy Trinity church, Trinity Street, Hastings.
Cliff End at Fairlight marks the point where Pett Level starts. On the beach, below the cliffs, you can see millions of years of geological and natural history all within the same area.
