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The watch committee recommended to the Council meeting on 5 January that the St Paul's Working Men's Club, on the corner of Bohemia Road and Salisbury Road, should be converted into a police and fire station. A public inquiry was ...
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Fish Byelaw
From the Hastings News of 12/01/1894
The stonebeach committee at the Council meeting on 5 January supported having a new byelaw prohibiting the landing of fish, cleaning etc, on the seafront west of the lifeboat house.
Headmaster Charged
From the Hastings News of 19/01/1894
John Collins Roberts, headmaster of St Peter's National School, Bexhill, was charged at Hastings Petty Sessions with committing gross indecent assault upon his boys. But at the Sussex Winter Assizes on 11 February he was found not guilty through lack ...
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Foreshore Danger
From the Hastings News of 02/02/1894
There was concern over the dangerous state of the foreshore at West Marina where the foreshore in its present state allowed little protection against sea damage to the parade wall and adjacent property. Currently the sea was dashing wildly over ...
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The first annual dinner of the Hastings Cabmen's Benefit Society took place on 7 February. The Society was formed 12 months ago, and 82 drivers had so far joined. One of its main jobs was ensuring that reasonable fares were ...
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The Rev F Whitfield launched an appeal for the relief of the poor families of Silverhill. "A large number of the male inhabitants are unskilled labourers, with wives and families to support, and owing to the absence of work this ...
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The large and impressive Grand Hotel, on the seafront in Verulam Place opposite Hastings Pier, re-opened after renovation and restoration.
Lady Harcourt Dies
From the Hastings News of 06/04/1894
The Lady Susan Harcourt, mother of the Countess of Winchelsea, died on 5 April. Her residence was 5 Robertson Terrace. The news of 4 May said the Earl and Countess of Winchelsea had taken up residence there.
New Golf Club
From the Hastings News of 06/04/1894
The Hastings Golf Club held its first annual meeting on 5 April. It then had 172 members. The Club started its first-ever Golf Week on Monday 2 April, hoping this would become a regular event.
Archway Opposition
From the Hastings News of 13/04/1894
The Council meeting on 6 April decided by a majority of just one to buy and demolish the St Leonards Archway, on the seafront just west of London Road, at a cost of £1,500. The Council had received a petition ...
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Technical School
From the Hastings News of 20/04/1894
The Hastings School Board opened its new Technical School at Mount Pleasant School on Sunday 15 April. Technical instruction was a requirement of recent education legislation. A "plain but very substantial building" had been erected for £3,000 in the precinct ...
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Deadly Dog-Cart
From the Hastings News of 20/04/1894
Miss Patton-Bethune, of the Lawn, St Leonards, died from injuries after being thrown from her dog-cart in Hyde Park, London, on 13 April.
The Hastings branch of the Amalgamated Society of House Decorators and Painters held a packed meeting in the Clarence Hotel, Middle Street, on Saturday 21 April, demanding increased wages. They were seeking to raise the hourly rate of pay to ...
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30 Years Inside
From the Hastings News of 27/04/1894
After being detained for 30 years in an asylum, a man named Truelock was sent back to Hastings Workhouse as being harmless.
A sale of work was held at the Queens Hotel on 1 and 2 May to raise funds the proposed new Sandown Mission Hall in Ore. "The movement deserves the heartiest support of all interested in the social and religious ...
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New Cricket Club
From the Hastings News of 04/05/1894
A dinner was held in the Clarence Hotel, Middle Street, on Tuesday 1 May to inaugurate the Hastings Cricket Club and Ground. The club was replacing the old Alexandra Cricket Club, formed in 1881, which had been wound up.
Guard Killed
From the Hastings News of 11/05/1894
James Martin, a Hastings railway goods guard, was killed while working for the LBSC Railway on 3 May.
Methodists Re-open
From the Hastings News of 18/05/1894
The Hastings Primitive Methodist Mission Church in the middle of Beach Terrace, opposite Pelham Crescent, was re-opened. It was a "neat little place of worship". The Primitive Methodists had lost their previous premises, and membership sank low, but now they ...
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No Brassey for MP
From the Hastings News of 25/05/1894
The Hon TA Brassey, son of Lord Brassey, declined to stand as Hastings Liberal candidate in the next general election against the sitting Tory MP.
At the Blacklands Church annual sale of work on 30 May, the Rev Alfred Hodges said that at the last Easter vestry meeting it had been decided to set up a new boys' Sunday school and a 'Men's and Lads' ...
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A Council meeting on 1 June heard that its Park and Gardens Committee had contacted the Eversfield Estate and Rev WC Sayer-Milward Estate to inquire if they would sell the freehold of the land that Hastings Council was leasing from ...
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Boy Injured
From the Hastings News of 15/06/1894
Charles Hyland, aged 15, on 8 June lost an arm in a chaff cutting machine while working for the Omnibus Company in Earl Street.
Better Water
From the Hastings News of 22/06/1894
The Hastings water supply had been increased recently by new waterworks at Forewood, near Catsfield, and in the Crowhurst valley. In a long feature, the News described the current water situation, saying the system was temporary while the large new ...
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The town's telephone exchange moved to new premises: 52 Cambridge Road. The aerials were on the roof of No 51. The first exchange seems to have been that started about July 1885 in 12 Claremont (upstairs at the back) by ...
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The first stone was laid on Sunday 25 June to start the work to complete the tower and spire of Christ Church, London Road. The tower will be 190 feet tall, making the church the largest edifice in the town. ...
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Electric Front
From the Hastings News of 06/07/1894
The whole seafront was illuminated by electricity on Saturday 30 June for the first time. For several years 15 arc lights had lit the section between the Queens Hotel and the west end of Eversfield Place, but from 10.30pm on ...
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The Council meeting on 6 July was informed that the St Leonards Archway had been purchased by the Council on 25 June. This was despite receiving a petition with 287 signatures opposing it. Cllr RE Smith described the arch as ...
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Henry Osborne Dies
From the Hastings News of 20/07/1894
The well-known George Street tradesman Henry Osborne died on 17 July.
Road Widening
From the Hastings News of 17/08/1894
The Consistory Court gave approval on 13 August for the widening of the southern end of Milward Road at the expense of the burial ground of St Mary-in-the-Castle Church. The News of 7 December 1894 reported that 10-12 graves were ...
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A public meeting of St Mary-in-the-Castle parishioners on 14 August opposed the possible closure of the St Mary's schools in Portland Place. It had been said that the schools were no longer suitable for permanent recognition by the authorities.
The Hastings pleasure steamer Nelson ran aground on Tuesday 21 August while running between Hastings and Folkestone. On 20 August, the Board of Trade prosecuted the master of the Hastings steamer Seagull for overcrowding.
Dr William Greenhill, of the Croft, died aged 81 on 19 September. He came to Hastings in 1851, taking over from Dr Mackness in Carlisle Parade. He was the founder and for many years the manager spirit of the Hastings ...
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Liberal Club Sold
From the Hastings News of 05/10/1894
The Hastings and East Sussex Liberal Club building, 4 Pelham Street, was sold on 4 October to Mr W Stubbs JP for £1,700. The substantial and well-built building had been occupied by the club since it was put up by ...
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The Queens Hotel had re-opened after spending £8-9,000 on renovating all the interior. It had been redecorated and re-furnished. and electric light had been installed. The exterior had been altered little, except for putting up some balconies. In its early ...
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There was a large landslip from the West Hill into Croft Road on Monday 12 November.
The National Union of Teachers held a meeting at the Castle Hotel on Saturday 10 November to discuss their pay and position.
The eminent naturalist and philosopher Dr Dallinger gave a lecture at the Public Hall in Robertson Street on 22 and 23 November, under the auspices of the YMCA.
"The outlook for our local working man is far from being rosy. Already quite a large number of artisans are out of employment. The painters appear to be the greatest number of sufferers."
A special service was held at Christ Church, London Road, on Sunday 9 December for the new spire and tower. From the ground to the top of the cross it was 189 feet. The foundation stone of the main part ...
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Mail Raid Defeated
From the Hastings News of 21/12/1894
An attack on the Hastings mail carrier between Hastings and Hawkhurst on Thursday 20 December was beaten off by the horse driver.
Police Chief Dies
From the Hastings News of 21/12/1894
Mr William Montagu Glenister, chief constable of the Hastings police force, died on Friday 14 December.
New councils created by the 1894 Local Government Act met for the first time today. These included Hastings Rural District Council, Hollington Parish Council and Ore Parish Council. The 1894 Act followed the 1888 Local Government Act, which had created ...
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