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Update 2010.
Our eighteenth annual show will be held on the Oval as usual. - click here for an entry form click here for map

 

In 2009 as a result of an incident with an unmarked low bridge in Belgium 'Happy Harold' sustained damage to the gantries holding the trolley poles, these have now been replaced. We took advantage of the lack of poles to get the vehicle its class 5 MoT last October (we had to take the poles off to get it into the testing bay the previous year) on the way to the MoT the short prop between the two back axles failed and a new one was commissioned from Bailey Morris. All this delayed any outings until Hastings Half Marathon on 21st March.
Hastings Trolleybus and Eric Hardwick at the Hastings Marathon
21st March, Hastings Half Marathon Day. Race Director Eric Hardwick is interviewed by Meridian News
Hastings Trolleybus and East Hill Lift
21st March, we try the route for the re-opening of the country's steepest funicular railway, Hastings' East Hill Lift.

Hastinhs Trolleybus with mayor of Hastings
27th March, Hastings Mayor, Cllr Maureen Charlesworth and Cllr Peter Finch embarking at Marina before the opening of the East Hill Lift.

The Muskrat Ramblers Jazz Band on top deck of Hastings Trolleybus
27th March, Paused in Hastings Town Centre, the Muskrat Ramblers entertain the crowds.
Hastings Trolley bus with Foyles War car behind
27th March, paused in Hastings Town Centre with cavalcade of classic cars behind - just visible is the Wolseley from 'Foyles War'
Hastings Trolleybus and East Hill Lift
27th March, at the foot of Hastings' East Hill Lift, the 'up' car has just passed the down car. The cars are joined together so that the weight of the down car helps to raise the up car.
Hastings Trolleybus seen from the East Hill Lift
27th March, view from the lower lift station with 'Happy Harold', the Hastings Fishermen's Museum - housed in the former fishermen's church and some of the Museum's display of boats.
New rear prop shaft from Hastings Trolleybus
On the back step, prior to fitting,The prop shaft that joins the twin axles (both rear axles are powered)
Hastings Trolleybus outside Bewick Engineering
Outside Bewick Engineering awaiting the refitting of the gantries.
Hastings Trolleybus refitting trolley poles
Back in the depot, the second trolley boom is hoisted up to the roof, the 'bus will then be driven underneath and the trolley base secured.
The snapper snapped, webmaster / group chair Ion Castro on Hastings Trolleybus

21st March

The snapper snapped, Webmaster and Trolleybus Group Chair Ion Castro is caught by Steve Peak using the 'bus as a vantage point to get photos of the Hastings Half Marathon.
   

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