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The View from Rye Church Tower
The view from Rye Church Tower is fantastic and worth experiencing if you ever visit the town. It is accessed from inside the church for a small fee. The climb to the top takes you through very narrow...
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Bluebells
It is that time of the year when Bluebells have bloomed. They can be found in many parts of Europe, from Spain to Germany and they have been introduced to the USA as well. Luckily for Great Britain,...
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Royal Military Canal
The Royal Military Canal stretches 28 miles from Cliff End at Pett to Seabrook at Hythe. This canal wasn’t created for trade however. It was built as a defensive line, a third line of defence against...
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Ghosts of Carlisle Parade
Carlisle Parade has remained relatively unchanged in the years since this military parade took place. The question here is what is the military parade for? The original photograph was in the Hastings...
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Pilgrimage
Life went on at home as best it could during the Great War. The report accompanying the original photograph in this then and now image states “Huge crowds of people witnessed the annual Roman Catholic...
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Recruiting Office
This is a then and now image of the Recruiting Office for the Royal Naval Division (RND) and 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment (RSR), situated on Harold Place in Hastings Town Centre. The paper...
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Canadian Duty Garrison
This then and now image shows the Canadian Duty Garrison at Carlisle Parade, Hastings, under the command of Majors McLeod and Lyndon. These days the building is home to Astral Lodge. I’ve been unable...
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St John’s Hospital
A then and now image showing the men and staff outside of the Hospital of St John in Holmesdale Gardens, St Leonards. St John’s was an auxiliary hospital run under the banner of the Red Cross, after...
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Small Creatures
Alexandra Park is a great place to take a walk and one of the highlights of living in Hastings. I visit the park many times in a year, and enjoy the changing colours across the seasons. In the late...
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Cliff End
Cliff End at Fairlight marks the point where Pett Level starts. On the beach, below the cliffs, you can see millions of years of geological and natural history all within the same area. On that beach...
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Bottle Alley
Bottle Alley is the 480 meter long lower deck of Hastings Promenade that runs between the Pier and Warrior Square. It was built in the 1930’s by Sidney Little the ‘Concrete King’ of the South Coast. He...
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The View from the West Hill
The West Hill in Hastings is an open space that separates the Old Town with the town centre. As well as the castle and smugglers caves, the hill was once the site of a windmill and used for farming....
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A Rest on Trinity Street
A number of men in khaki taking a rest in a quiet corner of Holy Trinity Church, Trinity Street, Hastings. It is unclear what regiment they serve in. The original image is from the Hastings & St...
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A Rush for Potatoes
Whilst the availability of food during WW1 was never as high as during peacetime, the ramping up of German submarine activity in 1917 started to make a real impact. Shipping losses in April 1917...
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Canadian Presentation (Part 2)
Following on from the last post, Canadian Presentation 2 shows the winners of two Distinguished Conduct Medals and six Military Medals with BSM Brett, possibly Henry Charles Brett, on the extreme...
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Hastings Pier Fire 1917
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the fire on Hastings Pier in 1917, I was asked to create some now and then images by the team working on the East Sussex WW1 website. Unlike the 2012 fire which...
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Sunset on the Beach
Sunset on Bexhill Beach. A strong wind blows spray from the tops of waves rolling into Bexhill Beach, creating a haze that softens this sunset scene. Click on both images to view purchase options in...
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Kiteboarding at Camber Sands
For walkers at Rye Harbour and Camber Sands it wasn’t a particularly nice day. A strong wind was blowing relentlessly, and it was cold for a July day. Ideal conditions for kiteboarding though, and the...
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Rye and River Rother
In the past I enjoyed creating landscape art using acrylic paint or pastels. I work full time, so this was always done in my spare time. I also did not have a space where I could leave my materials out...
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Playing on the Beach
Two children play on the beach at low tide. A minimalist piece of digital art showing the rolling waves as they approach a sandy beach. This is a digital painting from a photograph I took of Hastings...
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