By Richard Holdsworth It was a bright and sunny morning when the esteemed Lord Granville, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, announced, “I declare this pier open for all good citizens to enjoy.” It was 5 August, 1872, and thus started 134 years of pure joy and merriment for Hastings holidaymakers until that sorrowful day … Continue reading Of Hastings Pier
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Penny Arcade runs through this selection from the Rye’s Own archive, linking individual reports and recollections into a broader picture of local life. Readers can move between “Looking Back” and “Of Hastings Pier”, seeing how the subject appeared at different moments in the magazine.
Looking Back
by Vivien Delaharpe I came home recently, to the land of my birth, to visit my son and his family. And I looked back, to the time when I was a schoolgirl in Hastings.