Hastings Chronicle

Reflief Fund 09/01/1860

Meeting of the Special Relief Fund to take some steps to relieve the state of the fishery.

Workhouse Christmas From the Hastings News of 13/01/1860

Letter from a Union Workhouse guardian claiming that money collected for Christmas dinners for the inmates was being shared out improperly.

Strikes From the Hastings News of 20/04/1860

Plasterers in Hastings were on strike for a 4 o'clock finish on Saturdays. Walkout by washerwomen.

Proposed Harbour From the Hastings News of 04/05/1860

A harbour was proposed to be laid in Hastings, off the Castle. A bill was now before the Board of Trade on the question of levying tolls on vessels using the harbour. A public meeting was held on 31 August ... (more...)

Fishing Disaster From the Hastings Mail of 02/06/1860

Ten Hastings fishermen were lost at sea in a heavy gale. Seven drown at Shoreham, when the big lugger Endeavour was driven ashore. Another two died off Newhaven and one at Brighton. This was one of the worst-ever Hastings disasters. ... (more...)

Builders on Strike From the Hastings News of 27/07/1860

Masons working for Mr Howell on the new Holy Trinity Church in Robertson Street walked out when their employer refused to dismiss a man who was not a union member.

St Clements Bells 29/08/1860

A committee was set up to deal with the set of new bells for St Clements Church; they arrived in February 1861.

New Drinking Fountains From the Hastings News of 31/08/1860

A municipal system of public drinking fountains was completed. They were at the Priory Obelisk, Fishmarket, the bottom of Old London Road and Warrior Square.

St Leonards Pier 07/09/1860

A Hastings Council meeting discussed a proposed new pier opposite Warrior Square, but this never came to fruition.

New St Matthews Church 09/09/1860

The foundation stone of the Church of St Matthew, London Road, Silverhill, was laid.

Postal Problem From the Hastings News of 21/09/1860

Only one postal sorting office was now working in Hastings. There was a dispute with St Leonards over this.

Town Centre Floods 27/09/1860

There was severe flooding from York Buildings to the Gas Works.

Proposed Hotel From the Hastings News of 05/10/1860

The Hastings and St Leonards Hotel Co Ltd were proposing a first class hotel at the east end of Carlisle Parade, on a Government lease of 92 years.

Laundry Women Strike From the Hastings News of 12/10/1860

Laundry women still trying to get shorter working hours walked through the streets in protest, with fife and drums

Drunks From the Hastings News of 23/11/1860

All the magistrates' bench reports this week were of drunkenness - the News headline was ‘Liquor Madness’. Report on the dangers of drink.

Bopeep Sea Defences 07/12/1860

At a Hastings Council meeting, Captain Sleigh applied for a portion of the beach at Bopeep for the construction of sections of the proposed sea barrier. At the same meeting, the surveyor to the Post Office asked for a pillared ... (more...)