Having shewn the reader the locality as it appeared prior to the development of the town West of the Memorial, a series of views of the present day follows.
Under the Grosvenor Hotel, seen in this picture, is where Mr. Thomas Ross opened his shop on his removal from 6, Castle Street, and from where the several later editions of his guide were published ; and at the opposite corner (now Bateman's, optician), was Diplock's Library and Reading Room, 38, Robertson Street, from where that excellently-written " Handbook for Hastings and St. Leonards," by Miss Mary Matilda Howard, was issued, and passed though several editions. Mr. William Diplock, who married a Miss Langham, purchased Barry's Library at the West-end of George Street, shewn in an earlier view, called the Royal Marine Library, and like many others, migrated further westward when Robertson Street was developing. The Author has seen Robertson Street absolutely re-peopled.
