Hastings and St Leonards: Pier / Seafront / Warrior Square / Old Buses.

A film of Hastings Pier and seafront and St Leonards seafront and Warrior Square taken in 1993.
At Warrior Square can be seen some of the buses operating in Hastings at the time including: two Bristol RE's (one representing Hastings Buses and the other belonging to the Bexhill Bus Company) which came from the Potteries Motor Traction (PMT); one of the 20 seater Mercedes Benz 608D mini-buses of which Hastings had a large fleet (about 70) dating from 1986; three Bristol VR double deckers; one ex Eastbourne Borough Leyland Atlantean double decker which came to Hastings Buses via the short lived Topline operation; and a couple of the first generation Dennis Darts introduced in Hastings in 1992 which are now old enough to have been withdrawn and appear at bus rallies: Tempus Fugit.

[@ANTHONYBOOTH]

I am thinking that this is around the time that I lived at Cliftonville (Margate, Kent) ...I did various jobs for my landlord, thus did not pay 'top-up', - from fitting phone exchange stuff + video cameras also rolling out the newly restored (by me) fire alarm to helping one time on a flat clearance in the West End (we nearly accidentally threw the shadow home secretary into the garbage truck - loool)....

[@ianwhitehead691]

Hastings punk & skins

[@HastingsBuses]

I wish we still had these!

[@nicnak4475]

They should have kept the twirly coloured lights on the lamp posts , yet another cut back !

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[@jaysmith7741]

Wow I was 4 years old and lived on bembrook road , the things I would do to go back to that life 😞

[@sneaksbyalfresco1561]

I notice Warrior Sqr has a band stand. Should bring that back.

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[@mistofoles]

There's always one anorak with a metal detector, isn't there ?

[@pamelamckenzie2685]

I see a large clock where did that go yes bring the band stand back

[@MrTantrums007]

In late 1940s and c1950s Hastings was good. c1960s Hastings went into serious decline and by c1980s was totally fecked up and trashed. Hastings c2021 desperately needs major redevelopment in the town centre and all the way up Queens Road. Fortunately Alexandra Park and the surrounding area is still very good.

[@peng9179]

very unusual, the queen doesn't have a bollard on her head!

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