A DRIVE ROUND HASTINGS 1987

[@matthew0605]

What a delight !!!. How lovely to see Hastings and St Leonards in 1987, its late October and just a few weeks after the great storm hit the southeast, me and my parents were about to move to France and were in Tunbridge Wells within a week of this being filmed , my sister and her family had just moved to Emmanuel Road shortly before and little did I know that after living in France for about 9 years I moved to Hastings myself in 1997 just before commencement of demolition of the cricket ground in Queens Road. What memories, I've now lived in Hastings and St Leonards for 26 years and you passed my current flat at Marina on the way to West Hill Road MF I .Thank you so much for sharing . Glad the kids are good and my sister is Joanne too !! .

[@alanbarden9778]

At 11:07 you are facing a red brick block of flats, that land used to be occupied with Mt Pleasant Church back in 1970. A tall church with a huge spire. I used to attend Sunday School there back in 1962. Hastings, it's all changed for the worst since the late 1950's.. Next to Elphinstone Road where I lived (Number 144) it used to be called The Boss or the Pilot Field. next to that were rhubarb fields, behind the Boss was St Helens woods (which in those days really was a wood) And all around there were fields with cattle and sheep. I was born in Beaconsfield Road in 1954 when we had coal delivered to each house, we also had rag and bone men with horse and carts. In the late 1950's life was so much simpler then. Milk bottles at the doorstep, no processed foods, nothing in plastic, milk at school, fresh bread, butter.. We played on the pavements till 9:00 pm and we didn't lock doors. I remember when it snowed at Christmas Eve in 1963 and we had 4 feet of snow at the front door.. Hastings stopped that Christmas the same as the rest of the UK.. Thanks for posting.

[@alzeNL]

Thank you for uploading this video - born an Hastonian, lived there for the first 18 years of my life, it was interesting to see parts of Hastings not usually seen. I can remember many of the 'new' buildings in this video being built (esp those next to the very old ancient church near the ridge) and the ?Dawn & Dorset? washing factory that used to service all the local big hotels with fresh linen,etc. The family talk was very nice as well, as already commented below, the language and tone is very nice to hear. I hope all in the video are still well. Kind Regards, Al.ze.

[@justinhughes6522]

I was 8 in the video, born and bred in Hastings. Remember the town very well in 87. So many happy memories, wonder what me and my family were doing at the time of this recording? Life seemed simpler then and so much more fun, take me back, i hate the way things are now. Gameleys and Woollies, me and twin brothers favourite shops, toys toys toys😂. Great video

[@davidfellows1650]

I would have been 6 years old, and was also born in Hastings. I think you're right - life was much simpler back then.

[@alanwhite6730]

I was born in Hastings in 1962 and still live there. I also have been living in the same house since I was 2 years old, another 4 months time and I will have lived in the same house for the past 60 years 🥴

[@moretimeneeded56]

One month to go then you can say you’ve lived in the same house for over 60 years 👍

[@alanwhite6730]

@@moretimeneeded56 🥰

[@jaysmith270]

2 years after this was filmed i was born on bembrook road and lived there till i was seven, i do miss the good old days life was so much more fun and alot more respect, those were the days you could leave your front door open

[@MsBuggeroff]

There's a film on Netflix called I USED TO BE FAMOUSE and there are a couple of tiny bits which are filmed in Benbrook Road.

[@jaysmith270]

@@MsBuggeroff yes ive seen that lol they are filming on the grass on the hill at the bottem of the hill you got a park and some woods' when i was 6 i used to ride a motorbike along there with my friend and his uncle he was my naubour lol

[@tbnztube]

Classic! 22:24 I went to see the production of Button Moon at the White Rock Theatre! "We're off to Button Moon, we'll follow Mr Spooooon!"

[@technicalscience]

I was born here in '84, so weird seeing you drive through the centre - I remember it being like that, but for most of my life it's been pedestrianised. Great video!

[@benlovemusicuk]

No way you drove past 2 houses I grew up in, mount pleasant and 25 white fryers road! I’ve lived in Birmingham for 15 years now, but happy memories of Hastings.

[@mumdadson9244]

Is there anything you remember about whitefriars road that you can tell me? Many thanks

[@alzeNL]

25 ? 13:09 - i was in 23 when this was shot, amazing footage :)

[@jc.9]

it’s so weird how quickly i recognise the roads

[@sonyheadhunter]

So nice to see. I was 10 then. Gamleys was like a paradise... I couldn't quite make out what was on at the cinema that day?!?.. such a treat finding these old films on YT.

[@mattip8528]

Is it me peoples voices were posher and sweet in the 80s

[@MrMarcy76]

Yes it seems like that, but in London it was pretty rough and ready. 1987 seemed quieter.

[@Zoebakerolive]

Yes there was no bruv and fam! 😂

[@paulkerry5583]

Hurricane year! My home ❤

[@gemspotting6252]

Mk1 fiesta - recognise that dashboard anywhere!

[@Joliverwhite]

Wow this is incredible

[@pilldolan9918]

Back when you could get a nice four bedroom house for under 100k, like that big one they pointed out.

[@MrMarcy76]

Wages were a lot les back then.

[@brucedanton3669]

Thank you there for this of course!

[@1disturbedjunglist]

If only this could be enhanced into 4k. I would of been 4! Born in Farley Bank. Moved to Park Cresent when i was about 3. Not far from the Ridge where you was driving.

[@Mickey-qq3dg]

Glad you filmed it Brings back so many memories

[@brelouum]

wow while you were doing this i was nothingness and my sister was 4

[@karasea1021]

I can't believe I haven't come across this before. We were house hunting in 1987, 3 bed semis were hot potatoes. It was a rush to get back to the estate agents, pen in hand, if you found one you liked. Luckily we found ours and moved in during August of that year. (Very close to the areas you covered.) THank you for the memories.

[@bingbongs9929]

great footage (memories), i was 5 at the time. you drove past my road ha

[@amitpatel3071]

yeh same i was 5 at the time, and lived just near warrior square

[@NJGHNJGH]

@@amitpatel3071 I was 7 and lived just off Filsham Road - turn right at 26 mins!

[@MM0SDK]

i was 9 when this was taken, living in Silverhill, Hastings.

[@michaelandrews3251]

St Leonard’s on sea

[@SuperTed19021]

The world (especially Britain) seemed a lot more emptier and quieter then. PS: What was showing at the Cannon Cinema in Hastings at the time?

[@MrMarcy76]

You had 2 billon less people on the planet back then.

[@TheCritterhead]

So close to our house but not quite ! Ravine close , imagine seeing family on here !

[@paulbb27]

Interesting seeing the town centre driving down Castle street & bottom half of queens road! & going up west hill road seeing them old houses that have now been demolished. Let’s hope the mfi building that u mentioned gets demolished with the other houses , awful position for a commercial unit ..

[@tdharmer]

The one bit i really wanted to see was missed out. I work at TK MAXX which was MFI

[@myal9455]

No litter, no fly-tipping... how times have changed!!! :-(

[@EdiDrums]

No recycilng bins. No pedestrianised streets. How times have changed.

[@Rowly64]

Left out of Chanctonbury Drive onto Grange Road... my old Stamping ground. Lived at 10 Ranmore Close from 1975 - 1983 when I left home and rented a flat in Pevensey Road... happy memories!

[@MrMarcy76]

Rick Astley was in charts during this period.

[@MarkPMus]

Whoever was gurgling in the back, will God willing be in their mid 30's nowadays!

[@derekredwards]

Good guess he is 36 😂

[@davidbooth3285]

If I heard the car conversation right? They seemed to think that Hastings becomes St Leonard’s to the west of the pier! The separation is at the Grand Hotel where Burdens Arch used to be!

[@Afroleon90]

They're correct, to the west of the Pier is St Leonards.

[@chrisaris8756]

How much nicer Hastings was then. Why the roads even had proper surfaces, the verges were cut and they weren’t trying to shoehorn thousands of new houses in an area where the infrastructure cannot handle what we already have!!

[@debrahitchman416]

A load of things have changed

[@MrMarcy76]

I remember Christmas 1987 being very sunny and warm, but I was in London at the time.

[@tomsmith9208]

Ahhh, I thought they were going to along the main front towards rock’anore but they never, would have loved two have seen that

[@jamielee5143]

Oh and the billboard in queens road does not rotate anymore

[@Screwscrewscrew]

I was 7 shame i didnt see my house

[@tonyharrison3314]

There's no pot holes !

[@josho1994]

I had no idea that you could drive up Wellington Place all the way up to the roundabout!

[@amitpatel3071]

before the pedestrain 18:56

[@amitpatel3071]

going into town at 17:00

[@marklockwood1084]

I was 16 and at work that year no woke no internet no blm please can i go back

[@j-skullz]

Why do boomers have to make everything about them and their fucking politics, no one cares. Go back then we won't miss you

[@MrMarcy76]

No blm, because none of them were born yet. They all appeared in the late 2000s.

[@jamielee5143]

Its exactly the same apart from cars