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On Christmas Day the 170 union workhouse inmates were regaled as usual with roast beef, plum pudding, nuts, oranges, tobacco etc, through the kind liberality of the subscribers.
Famous Elms
From the Hastings News of 02/01/1863
The News said: 'One great attraction at the eastern entrance to the Old Town [the bottom of Old London Road] was the group of fine trees [elms] which adorned the neighbourhood. Every one of these veterans that disappeared through storm ...
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Road Surfaces
From the Hastings News of 02/01/1863
The Council discussed the materials used on roadways. Surveyors had tried flint and gravel without chalk.
A meeting of the Lancashire Distress Fund discussed the appeal by Carlisle for aid, and another £200 was sent to Manchester.
There was a bad fire at 128-133 Marina and the local fire brigade was seriously tested. The damage was estimated at £4,000. A month later, on 12 March, there was a fire at the Russian Baths, West Hill, St Leonards: ...
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A Council meeting discussed the plans for the new railway or tramway for the proposed harbour and pier. They discussed it again on 6 March, with talk of building a bridge at St Andrews Terrace and other bridges necessary over ...
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Local festivities took place on the day of marriage of the Prince and Princess of Wales.
New Gas Main
From the Hastings News of 20/03/1863
The first delivery of pipes for a new gas main was landed by a sailing vessel onto the Priory Beach, in front of the Queens Hotel, from Birtley Iron Works, near Newcastle.
A meeting of local fishermen and boat owners in the Club Room, Mercers Bank, discussed what steps to take in reference to the agitation against trawl net fishing (emanating from Sunderland). The Royal Commission on trawler fishing took evidence at ...
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The Co-operative Cottage Building Society had bought their first estate, near Tivoli. A draw of four cottages was announced. On 10 July, the News reported that the Society had purchased a field at Tivoli and land adjoining the Halton Tavern, ...
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Hurst Court Starts
From the Hastings News of 17/04/1863
The foundation stone of Hurst Court College, the Ridge, was laid by the pupils of Dr Reed from Dover on 27 March. The land belonged to the St Helens Estate of Thomas Pope [who built the large house called St ...
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A dangerous fall of earth and rocks took place near the Fountain Inn at Marina, due to excavations under the cliff for sand.
A sale of 40 acres of the Vine Farm Estate, Ore, took place at the Havelock Hotel. There were 153 lots sited in the valley between Halton turnpike [Mount Road] and Coghurst Lodge [junction Coghurst Road/Ridge].
The Council discussed a new waterworks office at the Priory stoneyard.
The Builder magazine published tenders for three houses next to the Music Hall [later called the Public Hall] in Havelock Road. A tender of £2,260 was accepted. These buildings and another would completely fill the southern side of Havelock Road.
Fishing Death
From the Hastings News of 03/07/1863
Many fishing boats displayed colours at half mast due to the death of Mr Richardson, aged 74, keeper of the Hastings Market and secretary of the Fishermans Society.
Arrival from Liverpool of the Prince Albert statue for the Memorial.
The Ragged School at Tackleway had just begun to be built, at a cost of £652. The school would be two-storied, with a classroom and offices in the basement and a schoolroom in the upper storey. The school was opened ...
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Hastings Band
From the Hastings News of 10/07/1863
The Hastings Band was re-formed, with the introduction of several stringed instruments.
A tea meeting was held for the inauguration of the Boys British School in Bourne Street.
Building Rage
From the Hastings News of 07/08/1863
The News reported on the 'rage for building in the Borough' which was quickly eating away the green of the town, with comment on the need for preservation as well as prosperity.
New Lifeboat
From the Hastings News of 14/08/1863
The new Hastings lifeboat arrived on 7 August, following tests carried out at Limehouse, East London. The boat was 36 feet long and eight feet wide, with 12 oars double-banked.
Turnpike Tolls
From the Hastings News of 21/08/1863
A meeting of the Turnpike Trusts set the tolls for the coming year. Hastings Hill Gate was set for £745, an advance of £120, and Hollington £500, an advance of £25.
The contract for the harbour railway had been taken and work should start next spring.
Cricket Ground
From the Hastings News of 04/09/1863
Mr H Barham was the promoter of a scheme to procure the Priory Meadow for a cricket and pleasure ground.
Silverhill Estate
From the Hastings News of 04/09/1863
Several acres of the Silverhill Estate would be shortly laid out for the dwellings.
Hollington Villas
From the Hastings News of 18/09/1863
The Ashbrooke Park Estate, Hollington, was for sale, with the ground laid out for villas.
Lancashire Fund
From the Hastings News of 09/10/1863
The total amount collected for the Lancashire Distress Fund was £3,000.
Fifty plots of land at the Clive Vale Farm and 36 at the Ashbrooke Farm Estate, Hollington, were for sale at the Havelock Hotel. On 5 August 1864, the News said that large amounts of the Ashbrooke Park Estate were ...
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The School of Art and Design, Robertson Street, opened.
The well-known local trading brig Pelican was damaged in collision with the Prospect.