Hastings Chronicle

Free Library Question From the Hastings News of 10/01/1890

On 3 January there was a meeting of the committee about the proposed free library. It was decided to press forward the adoption of the Free Libraries Act in Hastings. (p3)

Town Centre Floods From the Hastings News of 24/01/1890

There were extremely high tides and flooding on 23 January. The sea washed up to the Memorial facing Queens Rd. (p5)

Free Library Defeated From the Hastings News of 07/02/1890

A meeting of the committee in favour of the free lending library on 4 February decided to press forward with the adoption of the Free Libraries Act in Hastings. The News of 21 February reported that there had been a ... (more...)

Front line Traffic From the Hastings News of 14/02/1890

At a Town Council meeting on 7 February, the Borough Surveyor recommended widening the roadway between the Baths and the South Colonnade. This was agreed.

West Hill Lift Landmark From the Hastings News of 28/02/1890

On Wednesday 26 February "an important ceremony was carried out in connection with the Lift, now in course of construction on the West Hill, Hastings. It was the placing in the keystone in the first arch of the tunnel now ... (more...)

Emmanuel Mission Room From the Hastings News of 14/03/1890

The Emmanuel Mission Hall, a new working men's club, opened at 90 St Georges Road on 12 March. It had cost £300. People could use it for 1d a week.

Pier Landing Stage From the Hastings News of 02/05/1890

A big new landing stage on Hastings Pier was opened for steamboat traffic on Thursday 1 May.  The original landing stage was along the east side of the promenade beside the Pavilion. The work of the last ten months ... (more...)

Two New Schools From the Hastings News of 02/05/1890

A special meeting of the Hastings School Board on Monday 28 April agreed to build two new schools. One, a boys school, would be on the corner of Priory Road and Croft Road, replacing the Bourne-walk Schools. The architect was ... (more...)

New Tory HQ From the Hastings News of 17/05/1890

A special dinner was held on 14 May at the Castle Hotel to celebrate the opening of the new Hastings area Conservative Club at 12 Carlisle Parade, a prominent building. [This was the to be the Tory Party headquarters in ... (more...)

Stonefield Estate Sale 22/05/1890

The sixth and final part of the Sayer-Milward Estate on the west side of the West Hill was sold by auction at the Castle Hotel. There were 45 building plots, mainly in Milward Road, Milward Cresecent and Wellington Road.

Seafront Widening From the Hastings News of 23/05/1890

An open air meeting was held on top of the West Hill on 19 May to oppose the proposed widening of the seafront.

St Andrews Archway From the Hastings News of 13/06/1890

Hastings Council on 6 June turned down a proposal to replace the brick archway tunnel under the railway at the top of Queens Road with a light iron bridge. In 1889 South Eastern Railway had offered to erect such a ... (more...)

Boatmen Fined From the Hastings News of 11/07/1890

Some boatmen were fined on 10 July for touting for business when they should not have been doing so.

Wesleyan Chapel From the Hastings News of 18/07/1890

On 16 July the memorial stones of the West Hill Wesleyan Chapel, on the corner of Mount Pleasant Road and Calvert Road, were laid.

Seafront Widening Approved From the Hastings News of 01/08/1890

The Council decided in committee on 31 July to carry out the borough surveyor's plans for widening the 'front line' (seafront) between the Hastings Pier and the St Leonards Archway. The Local Government Board had sanctioned the Council's application to ... (more...)

Inmates Entertained From the Hastings News of 07/08/1890

The inmates of the workhouse in Frederick Road were given entertainment by the mayor  Cllr Stubbs and his wife at the Laurels, near the bottom of Old London Road.

Schooner Wrecked From the Hastings News of 16/08/1890

The Swansea schooner Annie was wrecked at Hastings on 15 August.

Death of Famous Artist Marianne North From the Hastings News of 05/09/1890

"Miss Marianne North, the gifted daughter of the late Frederick North, who was one of the members [MPs] for the borough for several years, died at Alderley, in Gloucestershire, on Saturday [30 August], at the age of 59. Miss North ... (more...)

St Leonards Archway From the Hastings News of 12/09/1890

At a Council meeting on 5 September, Cllr Perrins proposed the widening and re-construction of the St Leonards Archway, on the seafront just west of London Road. On the mayor's amendment, the matter was referred to the council in committee.

The ‘Ring’ Runs Hastings From the Hastings News of 12/09/1890

A cross-party meeting of ratepayers created the Hastings Ratepayers Union on 17 September because of their anger at the way the Council and the town were being "fearfully mismanaged". Harry J Morgan had called the meeting, in the Provincial Hotel. ... (more...)

Hospital Ship From the Hastings News of 19/09/1890

The new hospital ship, the Albert, belonging to the Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen, arrived off Hastings on 15 September.

Lord Brassey Marries From the Hastings News of 19/09/1890

The marriage took place on 18 September between Lord Brassey of Sulkeley and the Hon Sybil de Vere Capel, youngest daughter of the late Viscount Maldon, and the grand-daughter of the Earl of Essex, at St Pauls, Knightsbridge.

Marina Gale Damage From the Hastings News of 03/10/1890

The Parade Walk at Marina, St Leonards, was damaged by gales on 1 October.

St Leonards Pier Progress From the Hastings News of 10/10/1890

The mayoress, Mrs Stubbs, wife of the Cllr Stubbs, screwed in the last bolt of the 22,500 in the ironwork substructure of St Leonards Pier on Thursday 9 October. Several hundred people watched the ceremony, including the pier company chairman ... (more...)