Just found these matches!

[malumbu]

Always preferred Grace and Favour to the BMC, commented in the past on this and sadly long since gone 

 

[Sue]

5 hours ago, Jenijenjen said:

If it's the same one I'm thinking of, it was a little further down the road towards LL, probably where the Fresh Flower Company is today. I'd forgotten all about it, with good reason. I think it disappeared before Blue Mountain opened and became a pizza place? I once bought a carton of milk from the deli and when I opened it, it was solid. I did get my money back though.

Oh yes, it could have been about there, I can't remember exactly.

At one point there seemed to be a load of pizza places opening on NCR. I vaguely remember the one we used to use was put out of business by another one which opened.

5 hours ago, malumbu said:

Always preferred Grace and Favour to the BMC, commented in the past on this and sadly long since gone 

 

Wasn't Grace and Favour's food offering more of a tea shop at the back of the actual shop?

If memory serves the owner, whose name escapes me now, was one of the earliest people I know to move to Hastings.

Which must now be crammed with South East Londoners 🤣

[alice]

And from what I remember, she eventually cut the tea shop for a similar  reason to chandelier.  Chariot style buggies

[NewWave]

Rose who used to run Grace and Favour has a wonderful shop called Butlers Emporium on george Street in Hastings

You'll find it on instagram as butlersemporium3

 

[Sue]

12 hours ago, NewWave said:

Rose who used to run Grace and Favour has a wonderful shop called Butlers Emporium on george Street in Hastings

You'll find it on instagram as butlersemporium3

 

Ah, thanks,  it all comes flooding back.

I've actually been to the Hastings shop, I'd forgotten all about it, along with her name!

Didn't she (in between?)  take over what  was then The Magnolia, previously The Magdala, now The Lordship, with her then partner?

Or is that some figment of my imagination? 

In fact, didn't they transform it from The Magdala (much missed) to The Magnolia? With flowery wallpaper covering the front of the bar?

Which reminds me of the pub's brief period after The Magnolia  as the ill-conceived and ill-fated The Patch.

Edited December 30, 2025 by Sue

[alice]

Why have I got a feeling there was also a connection with the beehive in Brixton on that road next to the gym

[NewWave]

@Sue I don't know if she took over the pub..it does'nt ring any bells but I'm in contact with her so I'll try and remember to ask.

[Sue]

15 hours ago, NewWave said:

@Sue I don't know if she took over the pub..it does'nt ring any bells but I'm in contact with her so I'll try and remember to ask.

It's not very important in the great scheme of things, just a tiny piece of ED history!

My OH remembers this too! Give her my regards, if she remembers me!

Edited December 31, 2025 by Sue