Staying At My Grans & The Last Trolley

A Memory of Hastings.

I remember staying with my gran, late 50's to mid 60's. She lived on Bohemia Road,106 I think the number was, sadly its no longer there. It was knocked down in the 70's. During the summer holidays I spent many a happy time there. On fine days I would climb out of a window & sit on the toilet roof with an old army telescope that came off an old ww2 anti-aircraft gun sight, and watch the ships passing in the channel. On a really clear day I could just make out the French coast. I also remember my gran taking me on the last trolley bus that ran up Bohemia Road - there was a bus stop right out side of her 'flat'. Saying that, it was a large 4 storey house; the owner lived on the ground floor, gran on 1st (2 rooms & a tiny kitchen), top floor similar to grans & a family in the basement. No bathroom, shared wc. I can't remember the date of the last trolley ran, if I think back it was a chilly night.