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 loved concrete and also designed the baths at White Rock and West Marina, as well as the sea defences. His expertise was used by the Admiralty to assist in the design of the Mulberry Harbours used at Normandy after the D Day landings.
It’s called Bottle Alley because embedded into the concrete wall are countless multicoloured pieces of broken glass bottles. Whilst searching for information about these places I always check out the images to see what photographs other people have taken. The two views I’ve taken here are pretty much the same as everyone elses. A really compelling image of Bottle Alley can be seen here.
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