1970 to 1979

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Key events of the decade

1970 A new fire station was constructed on Bohemia Road.
The buildings on the east side Castle Hill Road were demolished to make way for a new car park.
The 'tower block' was opened at Helenswood School.
St. Andrew's Church was demolished.
1971 The old arched Harrow Bridge was demolished and a replacement installed together with a new road layout.
1972 A new bandstand was constructed in Warrior Square
1974 Wishing Tree Reservoir was opened.

Images of Hastings dated between 1970 and 1979

114-116BohemiaRoad-1970
123-145-Bohemia-Road.-1973.-Built-in-around-1880.
1970s Layout Plan of Stonehouse Drive.pdf
1979-1
Abbey National 1979
Alexandra Park Bandstand
Alexandra Park playground c1975
All Saints Graveyard
Aquarius Nightclub c1973
Balloon Launch from Hastings Beach 1972
Battle Road 1972 02
Battle Road 1972a 01
Block plan for development of Stonehouse Drive 1970
Bohemia Circa 1975
Bohemia Road Fire Station Construction August 1970
Bohemia-Road.-1973.
Bryant & Sons 45 Queen's Road Hastings. circa 1900
Bus on Queens Road 1971
Butlers Emporium Fire 1976
Carlisle Parade 1977
Carlisle Parade 1980
Castle Hill Road after 1970 clearances
Castle Hill Road Demolitions
Castledown House 01
Castledown House 02
Castledown House 03
Castledown House 04
Castledown House 05
Castledown House 06
Castledown House 07
Castledown House 08
Castledown House 09
Castleham Old Barn 1972
Castleham Old Barn c1972
CastlehamClearance
CastlehamConstruction 1972
CastlehamFarmandHouse1977
CastlehamIndEstateConstruction c1972
Children's castle at White Rock Gardens
Claremont & Robertson Street 1977
Coach-station-1979
Concert in St Clements Caves 1972
Conquerors Stone at Hastings Pier 1972
Construction of Warrior Square Bandstand (1972)
Coombe Haven 1970s
Corner-of-Station-Road-and-Devonshire-Road-c1970-The-Lighthouse.
Cottages on Castle Hill Road. c1950
Crane used in demolition of Harrow Bridge 1971
Curzon 1975
Demolition of Harrow Bridge 1971
Denmark Place c1930
Derek Clemens. Queens Road 1970s
Dimarco Bros
Disk Jockey Advertisement 1976
Dolphin Net Huts 1975
Dorothy Melinda - RX53 - Stade 01
E. G. Wilson Mount Pleasant Rd
East Cliff House c1972
East Cliff House Rock a Nore 1972
East Hill Lift & Net Shops, Hastings
East Hill Lift 1972
East Hill Lift top station
East Hill Pitch and Putt
East Hill Pitch and Putt2
East Side Hastings Pier 1977
Enclosing of the Bourne
Eversfield Place 1977
Eversfield Place. c1910
Fishmarket interior 1970s
Gas Showrooms and St Andrews Church demolition1970
Gas-showrooms-1976-built-1878-1
George Street 1978
Grocers-Shop-on-London-Road-1976
Harbour 1977
Harold Place - Albert Memorial 1972
Harrow Bridge 1971
Harrow Bridge demo. 1971
Harrow Bridge demolition 1971
Harrow Bridge Demolition removing tram lines 1971
Harrow Bridge Old Road Layout 1971
HarrowBridge Demolition 1971
Harry's Old Town Bingo c1975
Harrys-Old-Town-Bingo-near-Winkle-Island.-1976.
Hart 55 High Street in about 1901
Hastings - Ashford Railway BCL Films 1987 Documentary Part One Hastings Goods Yard YouTube(1)
Hastings Castle
Hastings Coach Station 1970
Hastings Grammar School Nelson Road site demolition 1972
Hastings Miniature Railway Firefly
Hastings Pier & Triodome 1976
Hastings Pier west side 1977
Hastings Police Station 1972
Hastings Railway Station 1974
Hastings Station 1970
Helenswood School 1970s
HelenswoodTowerBlockOpening1970 1
HelenswoodTowerBlockOpening1970 2
HelenswoodTowerBlockOpening1970
Hifi Club c1980
High Bank, Priory Road and Doll's Hospital
HS 71 00030--497632
Hydneye 1974 Exterior
Hydnye Exterior c1970
Hydnye Interior 1974
ITT-job-advert-1974
John Manwaring Baines
Kings Road c1970
Kings Road, St.Leonards on sea
Ladies' Parlour 1975
Looking-down-York-Buildings.-1974.
ManorHouseDemolition
Map of Elford Street 1976
Marine Court Shops 1970s
Marine Parade Boating Lake 1972
Mr Cherry's 1976 Advertisement
Natures Way Interior 1976
Nelson Road Silver Jubilee Street Party 01
Nelson Road Silver Jubilee Street Party 02
NeptuneCafe1972
New Road Layout Harrow Bridge 1971
NewHarrowBridge c1971
Old Hastings House and Torfield House
Old Town Carnival 1972
OldHarrowBridge c1971
Opening of Wishing Tree Reservoir 1974
Ore Village Parade 1970s (472-478 Old London Road)
Original layout for nightclub at 49-50 Priory Street
Orion c1975
P. Ley Spicer
Part of the old town wall of Hastings
Pebsham Service Station, Bexhill Road 1976
Pelham-crescent-in-the-early-1970s
Peugeot 304 in Hastings (3196504528)
Pier Entrance 1977
Pier Slide 1977
Portland Steps 1977
Prefabricated Houses Hollington circa 1970
Priory Road Fire Station c1975
Pub on the Pier 1977
Queens Arcade 1972
Queens Hotel 1972
Queens Hotel and Denmark Place 1972
Queens Parade 1976
Queens-Road.-1978.
QueensHotel1972
Reinforcing Wires for Harrow Bridge c1971
Robertson Street Church Institute c1970
Robertson Street Occupiers 1978
Robertson Terrace c1970s
Rock House from West Hill
Rock-a-Nore Caves
Rocking Horse at Alexandra Park
Royal Victoria Hotel 1972
Royal Victoria Hotel 1979
RoyalVictoriaHotel1972
Russell & Bromley 27 Norman Road 1929
Sainsburys Cambridge Road Opening 1974
Seventeen Arch Viaduct
Silver Shamrock Cafe Silverhill 1970s
Silverhill Filling Station c1970
Silverhill Villas 1974
Smiths Farm House
Speedboat off Hastings 1972
St Andrews Church demolition 1970s
St Clements Halton Interior
St Helens Hospital c1970 01
St Helens Hospital c1970 02
St Mary In The Castle interior 1971
St Mary Magdalen Altar 1979
St Marys Road 1975
St-Marys-Manor
St.Leonards Pier (2)
Stables Theatre prior to 1976 extension
Stade Go-Karts & Boating Lake 1970
Stade Go-Karts 1970
Stafford Hotel c1970
Stewarts-warehouse-on-Bexhill-road-under-demolition.-1983-4.
Stirling Road c 1972
Stirling Road soon after completion
StirlingRoadConstruction
Stonefield Place c1970
Stricklands in Silverhill 1970s
Stubberfields Garage 2
Stubberfields Garage 3
Stubberfields Garage 4
Stubberfields Garage 5
Stubberfields Garage 6
Stubberfields Garage 9
Stubberfields Garage 10
Stylus Advertisement 1976
Sunken Gardens at Carlisle Parade, Hastings
Sunningdale House c1974 a
Sunningdale House c1974 b
Ted Crouch and his Band Advertisement
The Bathing Pool
The Cutter 1972
The Stade 1972
The-Privateer-Pub-demolished-in-the-1970s-Corner-of-Elford-Street-and-Wellington-Mews-back-of-Queens-Road.
The-top-end-of-Station-Road-with-Haig-House-and-the-Chip-shop.-1976.
Tower Buildings circa 1970
Town and Country advertisement 1976
Trampolines at Pelham Place 1972
Trampolining Pelham Place 1972
WaldorfHotel1972
Warrior Square 1970s
Warrior Square 1977
Waverley c1978
Wellington Place 1977
West Hill Cafe 1972
West Hill Cafe c1970
West Hill Playground Rocking Horse
West Hill Playground Roundabout
West Hill Playground See Saw and Slide
West Hill-Priory Road
White Rock Baths 1970s
White Rock Baths 1972
White Rock Baths 1972
White Watch Priory Road Fire Station 1975
Wishing Tree Reservoir c1973
Wishing Tree Reservoir Dam Construction c1973
Wishing Tree Reservoir Opening 1974
Yelton Hotel 1972