This early photo of Hastings (above) and the detail from it (left) show the site in its original configuration as a Band I television relay, transmitting BBC tv on channel 4.

The tower was then changed to the one which is still in use today.

Here it is (below) in a photo taken on 11-Jun-1973 with both Band I (VHF) and Band IV (UHF aerials in place.

A couple of interesting things to note:firstly we have a fibre-glass shroud over the UHF TX aerials at this time. Secondly, although Heathfield was already in service at that time it would seem that Hastings originally relayed something else - the RX trough aerials look like they're pointing in much the same direction as the Band I RX aerials. Would this have been Dover/Swingate or Rowridge?