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A Town Council meeting on 6January, a memorial was received from directors of the Queens Hotel against a proposal to construct a public convenience in the ornamental enclosure in Harold Place [where the loos are today]. It was also decided ...
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The popular local personality Harry Furniss put on a two-day performance at the Royal Concert Hall, Warrior Gardens, on 16 and 17 January. The "clever caricaturist" was exhibiting his series of "amusing drawings".
The largest workshops in the town were burnt down in a major fire on Saturday 14 January. The Grosvenor Works lay behind West Marina [today, Bexhill Road] opposite West Marina Station, backing onto Seaside Road. The owner, Peter Jenkins, was ...
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Anti-Opium Meeting
From the Hastings News of 27/01/1893
A meeting was held in the Brassey Institute on 25 January in support of' the movement for the suppression of the opium trade.
Two Groynes
From the Hastings News of 10/02/1893
A Town Council meeting on 3 Febuary agreed to erect a stone groyne opposite St Leonards Old Church, plus a stone groyne at east end of the Baths.
"The Corporation has greatly assisted in the development of the western part of the borough by making the pretty ornamental gardens at West Marina [Grosvenor Gardens], the Railway Companies have provided two convenient and comfortable stations for the passenger and ...
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Mr Edwin Mercer, manager of the Electric Light Works in Earl Street, was killed on the railway when something in a tunnel near Tunbridge Wells broke the window of his compartment and the glass struck his head.
A Town Council meeting on 3 March discussed a memorial in opposition to the proposed traffic scheme on the seafront; the matter was to be referred to the Council in committee. The proposed electric tramway from the west end of ...
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A golf club should be started in Hastings, a packed public meeting at the town hall agreed on Wednesday 8 March. The meeting had been called by the mayor in response to an offer by the Rev WC Sayer-Milward to ...
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Lifeboat Exercise
From the Hastings News of 17/03/1893
The lifeboat Charles Arkcoll was launched at Breeds Place on 16 March for the quarterly exercise of the crew of beachmen and fishermen.
New Mission Church
From the Hastings News of 07/04/1893
The opening of the new iron church at West Marina took place on Wednesday 5 April. It was to be called St Saviour's (or Bopeep) Mission Church, and was erected in memory of the late Mr GH Lake. It was ...
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Front Line Traffic
From the Hastings News of 14/04/1893
A Town Council meeting on 7 April accepted the report on traffic on the Front Line (seafront) which could see no reason to alter the existing arrangements. The bus agitation had failed.
Harbour Poll
From the Hastings News of 12/05/1893
A Council meeting on 5 May adopted a report on the proposed harbour poll. A poll should be taken so the ratepayers could decide whether they wanted the Corporation to give financial assistance to the Harbour Commisioners in carrying out ...
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Mrs Mendham Dies
From the Hastings News of 26/05/1893
The local benefactor Mrs Mendham died on 21 May at her home in Uplands, St Leonards, aged 87. She had been very charitable, paying for the construction of Emmanuel Church in Priory Road, the vicarage and the wages of the ...
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A cyclists fancy dress parade took place on the evening of Wednesday 24 May. About 70 members of the various local cycling clubs pedalled round the town in all manner of clothes. They raised £17 for the Buchanan Hospital.
The builders of the Swan Hotel, in the High Street, were declared bankrupt. John and William Taylor started as builders in Hastings in 1878. They built several properties, including the Palace Hotel (the contract prices was £30,000). They purchased the ...
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"Yesterday afternoon [Thursday 1 June], just as the Guardians were leaving the Board Room at the Hastings Workhouse, a touching scene was witnessed in the entrance hall. Four tiny children had been brought to the House by an elder sister, ...
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A Council meeting on 2 June heard a report from the Roads Committee recommending the widening by 50 feet of the road between Bopeep railway arch and the Coastguard station [where the west side of Motorhaven is today].
Firework Display
From the Hastings News of 21/07/1893
An illuminated fete was held at the central recreation ground on 19 July, with a display of fireworks. It was organised by the management committee.
Indecent Exposure
From the Hastings News of 28/07/1893
At the Hastings Borough Bench on 21 July, Daniel O'Hare was charged with indecent exposure on the beach opposite Grand Parade, St Leonards.
Stanger Dies
From the Hastings News of 04/08/1893
Liberal Councillor Mr Stanger died at his home 57 High Street on 29 July. He had come from Maidstone at least 17 years before and took over the old-established wine and grocery bus9iness of the late Joseph Amoore. [It remained ...
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Healthy Hastings
From the Hastings News of 11/08/1893
The Medical Officer of Health gave a favourable report for Hastings to the Council meeting on 4 August, saying he believed the town stood in the front rank of health resorts. He also felt that the prevalence of scarlet fever ...
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Drainage Spending
From the Hastings News of 11/08/1893
There was a public inquiry on 4 August on behalf of the Local Government Board into works loans and over-expenditure on drainage.
Mr William Rogers, a market gardener in Clive Vale, sued the Hastings Urban Sanitary Authority for damages concerning the drains under his land being out of repair. He had bought his land in 1875 from British Land.
Swimmer Fails
From the Hastings News of 18/08/1893
Mr Harry Diplock, the instructor at the Devonshire Baths, Eastbourne, made an unsuccessful attempt to swim from Hastings Pier to Eastbourne Pier on Saturday 12 August.
The Bopeep and Bulverhythe Liberals formally opened their new club rooms on Thursday 17 August 1893. There was a successful gathering in the premises, in Bexhill Road opposite West Marina Station. The News of 8 March 1895 said the club ...
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Gas Works Injuries
From the Hastings News of 25/08/1893
Mr Robert Johnson on 23 August suffered a badly crushed foot while working on a crane erecting the new part of the Hastings gas works. On 1 September the News reported that Mr Nelson Johnston died from his injuries after ...
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Tram Men Visit
From the Hastings News of 25/08/1893
Men from the North Metropolitan Tramway Co visited Hastings on Wednesday 23 August on their annual works outing.
The first meeting of the Seamen's Friendly Society took place at the Brassey Institute on 26 August.
New Groynes
From the Hastings News of 08/09/1893
The Council's Stonebeach Committee recommended the building of two new groynes along the foreshore, at the Lifeboat House and Royal Oak Hotel, Castle Street.
The new Conservative Club at Silverhill was opened on Wednesday 6 September. The club was in specially built premises at the junction of Sedlescombe Road South and Battle Road, opposite the Clarence Hotel on the corner of Beaufort Road, the ...
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The new iron chapel erected in the ground of the Hastings Workhouse was officially opened on Tuesday 12 September. "For an outlay of £200 a neat building has been constructed to seat 150 persons. With seats and walls varnished in ...
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Steamer Sinks
From the Hastings News of 22/09/1893
Two steamers were in collision off Hastings on Thursday 21 September, and one of them, the 300 ton Danish vessel Nifn, sank. Her crew of 13 were rescued and landed at Hastings.
Home for Aged Poor
From the Hastings News of 22/09/1893
Gordon Lodge, 40 Ashburnham Road, was opened as the new Home of Rest for the Aged Poor, on Monday 18 September. The Observer of 28 November 1931 carried a long history of the home. Miss Arabella North had donated £500, ...
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Frederick Ransom died on 19 September. He was son of William Ransom, the past owner of the Hastings News and printer in George Street.
Mr John Pearce, master of the Hastings Workhouse for nearly 27 years, handed in his resignation on 21 September because of ill-health. The News commented that his "once splendid physical frame and strong mental powers have been broken down in ...
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Tower Road School
From the Hastings News of 29/09/1893
The Hastings School Board ratified a decision for a new school in Tower Road, St Leonards.
Library Lit Up
From the Hastings News of 29/09/1893
Electric light was tried for the first time in the reference library in Claremont on 25 September.
Harbour Syndicate
From the Hastings News of 06/10/1893
After the refusal of aid by the ratepayers for the proposed Hastings harbour, a syndicate in London was considering the contract.
Sunday Drinking
From the Hastings News of 13/10/1893
The Lords Day Observance Society on 9 October condemned the local breaking of the Sabbath, especially by steamboat traffic and trips to Boulogne with "liquor flowing".
A new children's ward at the Hastings and East Sussex Hospital, White Rock, opened 12 October.
A Local Government Board inspector held an inquiry at the town hall on 16 October into the application by Hastings Corporation to borrow £400 to purchase the estate and interest of the Crown in certain parts of the foreshore. "The ...
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Reeves Dies
From the Hastings News of 03/11/1893
Mr James Reeves, the High Street ironmonger, was buried on 30 October following his recent death.
1891 Census
From the Hastings News of 10/11/1893
The results of the 1891 census showed that the population of Hastings had increased from 1881 by 11,320 to 56,225.
Sea Defence Work
From the Hastings News of 10/11/1893
The borough engineer recommended to the Council meeting on 3 November that £700 should be spent on the protection of the East Hill cliffs, which were washing away at the rate of between 10 and 15 feet a year.
Helping the Poor
From the Hastings News of 24/11/1893
The annual report of Robin Dinners, for poor children, showed that this organisation had provided 5,600 meals of warm soup last winter to the poor and hungry children of Ore. Another report said that the East End Soup Kitchen, in ...
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Severe Gale
From the Hastings News of 24/11/1893
There was a terrific gale, causing much disruption and damage, on Saturday 18 November. The News of 8 December had a letter from the mayor saying that £105 had been collected for a fund to compensate fishing boat owners for ...
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Vidler Deaths
From the Hastings News of 01/12/1893
Charles Vidler, a well-known member of the Hastings Workhouse Board of Guardians, and churchwarden, died on 21 November. The funeral of he and his wife, who died a few days later, took place at St Andrews Church on 28 November.
Union Meeting
From the Hastings News of 01/12/1893
The Hastings branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners held a "fairly attended" meeting in the Cambridge Hotel, Cambridge Road, on 28 November to encourage new members to join. The chief speaker was Mr G Dew, of London, ...
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Lift Company Bust
From the Hastings News of 06/12/1893
The shareholders of the Hastings Lift Company, owners of the West Hill Lift, voted at the annual meeting to wind up the company. The directors reported that they had received notice calling in a mortgage of £5,000 and that the ...
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Fishermen Rescued
From the Hastings News of 08/12/1893
At the 1 December Council meeting the mayor described the recent rescue of the crew of the Hastings Fishing boat Samson by the captain of the Merlin steamer, with support from Eastbourne lifeboat.
The prominent local builder and politician John Howell, of Priory Mount, 7 Holmesdale Gardens, died on Friday 1 December, aged 69. He had always been an active campaigner for the Liberal Party. In the 1859 general election he had been ...
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Miss Arabella North, sister of the late Frederick North, died on 3 December, aged 84 at her home, Croft House, in the Croft, where she had been born. It was then the home of her father, also Frederick North. She ...
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The soup kitchen run by the Fishermen's Church in Rock-a-Nore Road had re-opened.
Mysterious Affair
From the Hastings News of 29/12/1893
Two young men were found dead in bed on 27 December in their lodgings, 43 Havelock Road. They were Albert Jasper, master baker, and Frank Stower, chemist's assistant.