Sainsbury
Cambridge Road
During 1974, Sainsbury's constructed a new store on the old cinema site in Cambridge Road, this becoming the site of a quite horrific accident in 1987 in which a skip lorry 'ran away' and crashed into the front of the store injuring a child who was waiting outside for his parent. The premises were taken over by the Co-Op Supermarket chain by December 1993 and ESK then took over ownership of the shop[1].
Hollington Superstore
In 1992/1993, a new superstore was constructed off Sedlescombe Road North (on what had been allotment gardens between 1929 and 1955[2]) during the 1980s with a new spur road - John Macadam Way - to service both the store and a McDonalds restaurant[3]. The area was partially levelled with spoil from the Harrow Bridge works and adjoining road construction during the 1980s[2].
Images
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Harold-Place-showing-the-bomb-sites-c1947
Sainsburys Cambridge Road Opening 1974
Hastings St Leonards - 1980s Footage Observer YouTube
Hastings St Leonards - 1980s Footage Sainsbury2 YouTube
References & Notes
- ↑ Hastings Chronicle
- ↑ a b Hastings Borough Council Planning application ref HS/FA/21/00730
- ↑ Hastings Borough Council Planning application ref HS/DS/92/00619
