Book from local author isa window to town's past

By The Newsroom
Published 27th Aug 2016, 10:47 BST
Updated 7th Jun 2018, 23:33 BST
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A new illustrated book by Hastings author Frederick Crouch explores the unseen history of Hastings and St Leonards.

Accompanied by informative captions, many of these rare images show streets, houses, shops, railway engines, trolleybuses, and people that have never appeared in print before.

All aspects of everyday life are recorded here, offering a unique glimpse of bygone times for all who know and love Hastings and St Leonards-on-sea.

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Pictures include ladies dancing at the bottom of Cambridge Road to celebrate May Day in 1903.

Author Frederick Crouch Frederick Crouch is a former teacher, an experienced photographer and a member of the Hastings Area Archaeology Research Group.

He is the author of an earlier collection of old photographs of Hastings & St Leonards, published and lives in Hastings.

The book is the latest in the ‘Old Photographs’ series published by The History Press and is available to buy from local bookshops or to order online, priced £14.99. The order number is 978-0-7509-6748-8. Visit www.thehistorypress.co.uk.

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