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Busy Brasseys
From the Hastings News of 11/01/1895
Lord and Lady Brassey were at the opening of the Local Museum and Loan Collection of paintings at the Brassey Institute, Claremont, on 9 January. The News of 4 January had reported that Lord Brassey had presided over a public ...
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There was a public inquiry on 23 January into the Hastings Council application to borrow £900 for the purchase of a site to build a hospital for infectious diseases. There was already a sanatorium in Cackle Street [Frederick Road], on ...
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Big Cliff Fall
From the Hastings News of 25/01/1895
There was a large fall of earth and stone on Tuesday 22 January from the East Hill cliff onto the east end of the Refuse Destructor yard at Rock-a-Nore. This was the part used as a stone yard. Sheds, another ...
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The historic St Leonards Archway was secretly demolished overnight on Wednesday 23 January by the Borough Engineer and twenty labourers. This had been strongly opposed by many people, so it was done without prior publicity, and at high speed. The ...
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Lucas-Shadwell MP?
From the Hastings News of 01/02/1895
Mr William Lucas-Shadwell was adopted as the parliamentary candidate at the Hastings Conservatives annual meeting on 31 January.
The Hastings fishery had many distressed families owing to the severe weather. A petition was given to the trustees to allocate grants from the Death and Illness Fund. The News of 15 February reported that the extensive distress of Hastings ...
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Mr W Stubbs, founder of the Charity Organisation Society, appealed for assistance for the unemployed during the long-continued severe weather.
Unemployed in Ore
From the Hastings News of 22/02/1895
The Ore Distress Fund had been set up for "the relief of the deserving poor. Probably in no district in and about Hastings has the severity of the weather of the past few weeks been felt so acutely as has ...
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Mr Fellows Dies
From the Hastings News of 01/03/1895
Mr GJ Fellows of Queens Road, the well-known gas-fitter and engineer, died on 28 February.
Boat Damaged
From the Hastings News of 01/03/1895
The fishing smack Fullagar was damaged when it collided with a French boat on Friday 22 February.
Druids
From the Hastings News of 22/03/1895
A new Order of Druids lodge opened at Hastings on 20 March.
New Golf Club
From the Hastings News of 22/03/1895
Two golf competitions were held to mark the opening of the new club house of the newly-formed Hastings and St Leonards Golf Club, at the top of Barley Lane. The house had been built by Mr Lester, of Earl Street, ...
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Gas Explosions
From the Hastings News of 29/03/1895
Two gas explosions occurred in Pelham Street on Monday 25 March.
Watchmaker Dies
From the Hastings News of 05/04/1895
Mr Nelson Reed, the watchmaker and jeweller of Castle Street, died on 26 March.
Death of Architect
From the Hastings News of 05/04/1895
Death of David Jones, the architect and surveyor, of 29 St James's Road, on 2 April.
Church of St John
From the Hastings News of 05/04/1895
The Lord Bishop of Chichester attended the opening and blessing of the new parish room and vestry attached to the Church of St John, in Upper St Leonards, on 3 April.
Hotel Suicide
From the Hastings News of 12/04/1895
Frederick Bugg, a lithographic artist of Camberwell, shot himself in the Globe Hotel on Saturday 6 April, causing a sensation in the town centre. The Globe was 5 Queens Road, on the south corner of the entrance to Queens Avenue ...
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Supporting Chapel
From the Hastings News of 19/04/1895
There was a 'Merrie Spring' Bazaar at the Public Hall in Robertson Street to pay off the debt on the old Wesley Chapel in Bourne Street. Lord Brassey spoke in support.
Brig Aground
From the Hastings News of 17/05/1895
A French brig (two-masted, square-rigged sailing vessel) ran ashore between Ecclesbourne and Fairlight on Thursday 16 May. It was towed off by the pleasure steamer Seagull.
Cooking with Gas
From the Hastings News of 24/05/1895
The local Gas Company gave free cookery lectures combined with a gas exhibition in the Public Hall, Robertson Street.
Elizabeth Parfill received one month's hard labour for fortune telling on 29 May.
Pathway Blocking
From the Hastings News of 07/06/1895
Parish ratepayers of St Matthew, St Leonards, protested at a meeting in Silverhill on 6 June over the stopping up of the pathway across St Leonards Green.
Shunter Killed
From the Hastings News of 21/06/1895
Thomas Pankhurst, an employee at Hastings railway station, suffered mortal wounds during shunting on 17 June.
Formation of Hastings and St Leonards Angling Society on 4 July.
The Council in committee unanimously adopted plans for the proposed Hastings harbour.
Brassey Farewell
From the Hastings News of 12/07/1895
There was a farewell banquet and presentation to Lord Brassey in the Queens Hotel on Wednesday 10 July, who was taking over as governor of the state of Victoria in Australia.
Lucas-Shadwell MP
From the Hastings News of 19/07/1895
In the general election on 15 July, Tory William Lucas-Shadwell defeated Liberal Cecil Ince by a majority of 342. He replaced the Tory William Noble who had first won in the 1886 bye-election and again in the 1892 general election. ...
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YWCA Home Opens
From the Hastings News of 26/07/1895
A new Young Women's Christian Association home opened at Mildmay House, 26 Holmesdale Gardens. The YWCA had started locally 11 years before. The new home had used up all their funds, so the future was uncertain.
Hastings Council's water committee on 26 July considered whether to continue experimental works at Brede. It decided to continue pumping experiments.
The vaccination committee of the workhouse's Board of Guardians recommended the opening of public vaccination stations at Ore and Silverhill.
Tough New Bye-laws
From the Hastings News of 23/08/1895
A crowded public meeting at the Market Hall, George Street, on Friday 16 August, opposed new bye-laws regulating street hawking, beach preaching, newspaper selling and flag advertisements.
New Bopeep Schools
From the Hastings News of 23/08/1895
The new Hastings Board schools at the junction of Bexhill Road and Filsham Road opened on Friday 30 August. There was a central hall, plus six classrooms, holding 400 pupils. The architect of the red-brick building was Cllr Elworthy, and ...
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Two sisters were drowned while bathing in fog at West Marina on Wednesday 21 August. Miss Grace Brabrook, a 26 year old professor of music, and her 10 year old sister Beatrice, the daughters of a London barrister, were staying ...
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Ten beach minstrels were prosecuted by the Council on 22 August for causing a crowd of several hundred to assemble on the beach at Carlisle Parade to watch them perform, in the evening of 14 August. The crowd was blocking ...
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New Loos
From the Hastings News of 30/08/1895
A new public convenience at the fishmarket had been opened.
Hastings had been the setting for the major International Chess Tournament throughout August. It had been based at the Brassey Institute, and participants came from all over the world, and it was widely reported in the national press. It was ...
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Swim Failure
From the Hastings News of 20/09/1895
Captain Dalton, world champion back-swimmer, made an unsuccessful attempt to swim from Hastings to Eastbourne on Friday 14 September.
Bohemia Chapel
From the Hastings News of 20/09/1895
The Bohemia Primitive Methodist Chapel had decided to erect a schoolroom and renovate the chapel.
Benefit Concert
From the Hastings News of 20/09/1895
A benefit concert was held in the Market Hall, George Street, on 18 September for the blind John Bennett, street musician and singer.
Boating Fatality
From the Hastings News of 04/10/1895
There was a distressing accident when a young couple were drowned off the beach on Friday 27 September, using one of Mr Hawkins' double sculling boats. George Hawker and Elizabeth Fitt drowned off Rock-a-Nore.
Annoying Preachers
From the Hastings News of 04/10/1895
The Sunday beach preachers who made much noise on the beach in front of Robertson Terrace promenade were annoying both residents and visitors. The News said nearby residents wanted steps to be taken to remove "the noisy preachers who, nearly ...
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Stables Burnt Down
From the Hastings News of 25/10/1895
Some stables situated under the cliff at the rear of Caves Road, St Leonards, were destroyed by fire on Saturday 19 October.
Drill Hall Opens
From the Hastings News of 01/11/1895
The new Drill Hall in Middle Street was formally opened on Friday 25 October.
Noisy Traffic
From the Hastings News of 01/11/1895
The section of Queens Road in front of the town hall was to be paved with wooden blocks to deaden traffic noise for councillors.
West Hill Landslip
From the Hastings News of 06/12/1895
A wall and a huge quantity of earth at the rear of 18 and 19 St Marys Terrace slipped onto wash-houses on Sunday 2 December.
The Hastings golf course on the East Hill had been extended from nine holes to 18, and the formal opening of it took place today. The Rev Sayer-Milward had made the mostly-level land available at a low rate.