Hastings and St Leonards: Pier / Seafront / Warrior Square / Old Buses.
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- čas přidán 5. 12. 2013
- 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and a couple of the first generation Dennis Darts introduced in Hastings in 1992 which are now old enough to have been withdrawn and appear at bus rallies: Tempus Fugit.
I wish we still had these!
They look so much nicer!
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)....
...around 4 years after this video I would arrive Hastings for the first time........
Hastings punk & skins
1983 - 1986
Happy days.
They should have kept the twirly coloured lights on the lamp posts , yet another cut back !
Wow I was 4 years old and lived on bembrook road , the things I would do to go back to that life 😞
@7:07 'ey up ! The old Mercedes "Mini-Link" buses...they were pretty dated even for 1993 ! Having said that, the mobile shed @ 8:18 makes them look classy !
I remember them being really smooth and quiet when i was a kid, especially compared to the double deckers.
They were good little buses. 🚍
@2:53 , not sure of their actual purpose, but I believe the low wooden structures on the beach are known as "groynes" (Ahem!)..
Groynes are there to prevent the shingle from moving from West to East along the beach - notice how the shingle banks up against the West side of them.
Ah, Ok, I see.
Amusing on some of the them, they have a sign saying keep clear of the groynes. Which is good advice for anybody.
I notice Warrior Sqr has a band stand. Should bring that back.
100% agree , would be great 🎼🎺
There's always one anorak with a metal detector, isn't there ?
😂😂😂😂 comical
🙋🏽♀️ Guilty!😅🤓
I see a large clock where did that go yes bring the band stand back
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.
Hastings should demand inward investment before voting for an future MP!
@11:15 "Stop ! Wait for me !"
5:25 no traffic cone on Queen Victoria's head today. That's unusual. Do they still have that often do you know?
I was passing by Warrior Square a few days ago and I noticed Victoria was sporting a traffic cone hat. I don't think it happens very often. How do they get it up there? How do they get it down? If passing at the right moment with a camera that would make a good video.
They must have dressed her up as a witch.
very unusual, the queen doesn't have a bollard on her head!