Dateline 1939+

1939: World War II the pier is requisitioned for training purposes. During the war enemy did damage to the pier by bombing.

1939. With the outbreak of World War II the pier was requisitioned for training purposes.

1940 May 22- Refugees from France and Belgium were landed on Hastings Pier by a Belgian tug.  Two men were carrying 13 million Belgian francs, the funds of the Belgian railway.

1943, During World War II a section was demolished to stop it being used as a landing platform by invading Germans.

1945: For reasons of defence, the pier is broken near the shore-end to prevent the Germans from using it as a landing stage.

1946: The pier is de-requisitioned and re-opened.

1946. The pier didn't make a profit but it soon recovered when the pre-war crowds came back.

1946. Despite some bomb damage the pier was re-opened

1940's. The Art Deco façade and minarets at the shoreward end were added

1951: A west view solarium and covered way is opened by the mayor

1951. The east side solarium was constructed.

1956: The east view solarium is opened.

1956. The west side solarium was constructed

1958. 1,000 women attended the annual Easter fashion show on the Pier.

1961 April - The large bandstand that had been a feature of the pier since 1916 was replaced by a smaller, moveable one

1960's. In the 60's characters such as Dr Cullen, the drunken fortune teller with long flowing hair, worked on The Pier as did The Great Omani, who lay on a bed of nails or, bound and chained, flung himself from the pier entertaining visitors.

1960's. During the 60's The Hollies, The Springfields, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Freddie and the Dreamers, the Searchers, Cilla Black, Tom Jones, The Who and The Troggs performed on the pier.

1960's. In the mid 60's a Townsend hovercraft operated near the Pier.

1964. The Rolling Stones performed on the pier in 1964 and returned three more times.

1966: The Hastings Corporation builds the Triodome on the parade extension to house The Hastings Embroidery.

1966 May 24 - The Hastings Embroidery, a successor to the Bayeux Tapestry by the Royal School of Needlework, was unveiled in the pier’s Triodome by Princess Alice. The Triodome, which replaced the bandstand demolished in 1961, was converted into an amusements arcade in 1969, and removed c1984.

1968: The parade extension and Triodome is acquired from the Corporation by the Hastings Pier Company.

1968. On Saturday 20th January 1968 at 7:45 till 11:45pm Pink Floyd performed on the Pier with Beaufords Image. Tickets were 12/6 in advance and 15/- at the door.

1968. Pink Floyd founder Syd Barrett played his last ever show with the band on Hastings Pier, on January 20, 1968.

1969: The Triodome is converted into an amusement arcade. The bandstand shelters on the parade extension are converted into shops and kiosks.