Hastings (1910-1919)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ส.ค. 2024
- Travelogue-style scenes from Hastings, East Sussex.
Jumps back & forth between shots of baseball game in park or sports ground near sea front; ancient castle ruins; seaside attractions & town entertainments; nature scenes.
Old castle has ivy and bushy plants growing on crumbling walls. Scenic shots of water lilies; w/ castle tower reflected in pond. More lovely idyllic shots of park; near castle. Picturesque small wooden bridge over stream. Huge gates swinging open; then closed; behind them a lawn w/ large house in BG. People walking in a park; men playing bowls; a few baby carriages (prams). On shore; attractions for holidaymakers: a pavilion; w/ shaded beach chairs arranged in a circle around a circular temple or gazebo; where musicians play (think she means deckchairs around bandstand! SL).
More nature scenes: woods; etc. Another ruin; less intact; looks like church - possibly the Battle Abbey; near site of William the Conqueror's victory in the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Shots of 2 people walking along country lane. Old man walking past some sort of garden; w/ woods in BG. Couple looking at abbey ruins. More shots of baseball game played in park w/ town buildings in BG. Shots of pier * this is St Leonard's pier *- looks like there is a skating rink at the end of it (building with 'Rink' on the roof). Shot of sea front with tramlines along road. Shot from pier looking toward shore.
Architecture; antiquities.
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This also includes Bodiam Castle and Battle Abbey
The scenes of them playing rounders is at the old cricket ground, now Priory Meadow. You can see the Quaker Meeting House behind them and the Unitarian church.
should of never been built. I hope that one day the green field that was given to the populace of Hastings is returned, not the horrific shopping center, which is a blight on the town.
how much we have lost the result of two world wars and aggressive immigration