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The former town hall in the High Street was to be let on lease.
Ore in Hastings?
From the Hastings News of 15/02/1884
A public meeting was held on 14 February to discuss incorporating Ore into Hastings Borough.
Famous novelist Charles Dickens lectured at the public Hall in Robertson Street on 25 February.
Conservative Club
From the Hastings News of 14/03/1884
A new Conservative Club opened at Silverhill, at the junction of Sedlescombe and London Roads.
Better Harbour
From the Hastings News of 14/03/1884
Sir Thomas Brassey presented a petition from the fishermen of Hastings to House of Commons, seeking improved harbour accommodation.
The Buchanan Opthamlic and Cottage Hospital in Springfield Road opened on 27 March. It replaced the Buchanan Cottage Hospital, which opened in a small house in Southwater Road on 11 April 1881. That had been funded by a kind woman ...
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The first portion of the Stonefield Estate, owned by the Sayer-Milwards, was sold. There was a large attendance at the auction in the Castle Hotel for the sale of 51 building plots, mainly in the new Milward Road and Nelson ...
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Creche for Poor
From the Hastings News of 23/05/1884
A creche for children of the poor, while their mothers worked, was opened at 42-and-a-half All Saints Street. It cost 6d a day, including food. "There is no lack of toys for the use of the little inmates." It was ...
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Railway Subway
From the Hastings News of 13/06/1884
The Council approved a scheme for the construction of a subway under the railway line, near Alexandra Park. [From Waterworks Road to Lower Park Road; until then then had been a footwayk over the line a few yards to the ...
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More Sea Defences
From the Hastings News of 13/06/1884
The Council received permission from the Local Government Board to borrow money for sea defences.
The foundation stone of the new Church of St Matthew, at the top of London Road, Silverhill, was laid on Wednesday 18 June.
New Bus
From the Hastings News of 27/06/1884
A new large bus was to ply along the seafront and Queens Road.
The Hastings Gas Company announced that they would let on hire gas cookers.
Details were published of the town extension to the west, on the Filsham Estate, Bulverhythe Estate, etc.
New Life Jacket
From the Hastings News of 12/09/1884
A demonstration of new life saving apparatus was given by Mr Boucher, who jumped off the pier wearing a new life jacket.
The Hastings Hydropathic Establishment opened in the mansion and grounds of Hastings Lodge, in Old London Road, on 10 September. This had been the home of the late Frederick North MP. The News of 23 November 1883 said the Lodge ...
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The memorial stone of the new Congregational Church in Robertson Street was laid on Thursday 11 September. The church was on the same site as the old one. It re-opened on Wednesday 7 October 1885.
Railway Works
From the Hastings News of 03/10/1884
The new iron bridge over the line, to connect South Terrace to the new Priory Avenue, was finished, making it possible to build many houses on the large area north of the line. South Eastern Railway had also erected a ...
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There was a grand procession and mass meeting on franchise.
There was a ceremony of laying the corner stone of the major new sea defences to be built at Rock-a-Nore, following the serious damage to the Old Town in storms which could have been avoided if the Council had built ...
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Soup Kitchen
From the Hastings News of 12/11/1884
The Winding Street soup kitchen and institute reopened.
The new Christ Church in St Leonards, on the corner of London Road and Silchester Road, was consecrated on Thursday 20 November.
The plan of a new railway station at Warrior Square was submitted to the Council and passed.
Two MPs, Not One
From the Hastings News of 12/12/1884
There were efforts by the mayor and Council to keep two Members of Parliament for Hastings.