Sunday 23rd December 2012

Hastings History House will be closed this Sunday (even if the world has ended.)  Denis Collins has again not been very well and there are not enough other volunteers available to staff it.

If you are interested in volunteering please contact Anne Scott. ohps@ohps.org.uk or phone 01424 424744

Happy Christmas & A Merry New Year

Friends of Hastings Cemetery

"the grave's a fine and private place…"

exploring Hastings cemetery

Jane Head & Family has been updated with more information on her husband, Charles Franklin Head

New Stories:

• Jane Bulkeley Johnson (nee Head) and various members of the family, involved in government, the military and trade.
• The Dawes Family
• Samuel Creagh Head
• John Harper Narbeth - designed the 1906 HMS Dreadnought and HMS Flat Iron - a seaplane recovery vessel

There are more connections between the Dawes and the Heads than we have yet managed to fathom.  Particularly any relationship between Elizabeth Head (married to Daniel Butler Dawes, Senior) Charles Franklin Head and Samuel Creagh Head.

If you have further information on any of our studies, or any questions etc., please Contact Us.

Reminder - OHPS Christmas Celebration

On the 8th December, History House, 21 Courthouse Street, at 5.30 PM there will be a Christmas Celebration.

HERITAGE OPEN DAYS CHRISTMAS TEA PARTY

       

                            WHITE

                       ROCK HOTEL 

     DECEMBER 5TH  2012 5 PM TO 7 PM

               RSVP:

                        HASTINGS/ST LEONARDS HODS

hods1066@gmail.com

St Mary in the Castle

Hopefully good news about its future, and this afternoon, at 5 o’clock (sorry for the short notice) Anne Scott is doing a tour, donations to OHPS.

School’s bid to take over St Mary-in-the-Castle

YEARS of uncertainty over the future of St Mary-in-the-Castle could be over thanks to a proposal put forward by Buckswood School.

Fishermen's Museum Carol Concert 2012 - Advance Notice

will be Friday 21st December, 2012.

Autumn (November) 2012 Newsletter

The newsletter has now been published on the OHPS website at http://ohps.org.uk/OHPS_Newsletters/OHPS_Newsletter_Nov_2012.pdf

Reminder - OHPS Diamond Jubilee Celebration (Ours!)

The OHPS is 60 years old and on the Saturday, 17th November at 5.30PM, in the History House, 21 Courthouse Street, there will be a celebration of the OHPS.  A founder member will entertain.

Re Newsletter & Summer Raffle Winner

The Autumn (November) Newsletter has just gone out via either hard copy (hand delivered or posted) or email.  If you don’t receive a copy by either method, please let us know.

If you do receive it, but would prefer it by the alternative method, also please let us know.

Email for Newsletter: anneohps@gmail.com

And the winner of the Summer Raffle (which didn’t make it into the newsletter) was David Fielder – who is going to spend it on books from the History House.  Many thanks, David.

New Books at the History House

   £9.50                                    £9.99                                 £6.50

If you want to order by email (ohps@ohps.org.uk) post or telephone, (01424 424744)please state whether you will be collecting from The History House, 21 Courthouse Street, and if not, factor in postage of £3.50.

Hastings Cemetery Walk - 28th October

"the grave's a fine and private place…"
                exploring Hastings Cemetery

Next guided Walk on Sunday 28th October at 11 A.M.  Meet around entrance / car park

 

OHPS Diamond Jubilee Celebration

The OHPS is 60 years old and on the Saturday, 17th November at 5.30PM, in the History House, 21 Courthouse Street, there will be a celebration of the OHPS.  A founder member will entertain.

On the 8th December, same time, same place there will be a Christmas Celebration.

Reminders will be sent out a few days before hand but this early notice is so you can get the dates in your diary.

(Last night, St Mary in the Castle Crescent entarnce was floodlit - absolutely beautiful, well worth a stroll along to see)

Free Town Guided Walk - OHPS

Friday 12th October - 2.30 PM
Meet at the Top of West Hill Lift.

Old Maps of Hastings

Old maps of Hastings & St Leonards, and the part of the town in the setting up of the Ordnance Survey in the late 18th Century. - Steve Peak

Friday 12th October - 7 PM
Ticekts - £3 - Please bok in advance

Hastings History House
21 Courthouse Street

Hastingues is coming to Hastings in October

The town of Hastingues, east of Bayonne in France, was founded by John Hastings 700 years ago, around 1300, when the English ruled the whole area.  Seven hundred years later the Association HASTINGueS is bringing the two towns together.

On the 9th, 10th and 11th of October this year seven Hastinguots, one for each century of the English connection, will be here.  They're coming to Hastings to get to know our town -

• to take us on at petanque
• to play chess in Butler's Gap
• to take part in our History of the Two Towns meeting (make a note in your diary - Tuesday 9th of October, 5 - 8 PM at the History House)

French lessons are also on offer - contact ianhastingues@hotmail.com - places going fast!

Also contact him for more information or call in at Hastings History House, 21 Courthouse Street.

Hastings - What's in a name?

Talk by Professor Michael Hunter looking at the different ways the town's name has been spelt over the centuries and the impact thereof.

Saturday October 6th
5.30PM
Tickets - £2.00

Hastings History House
21 Courthouse Street

The Legends of Sir Cloudesley Shovell and his visit to Hastings in 1691

by Christine Hayward.

Once again available in the History House, 21 Courthouse Street

£7.00

Hastings Week 2012

On the 14th of October it will be the 946th Anniversay of  the Battle of Hastings.

Exhibitions in the History House during Hastings Week 5th - 14th October, include a representation of the Bayeux Tapestry and an exhibition by the Bonfire Society.

Anglo-Saxon Society....

life in England at the time of the Conquest.  - Heather Grief.

Sunday 7th October - 4.30pm
Ticekts - £2

Hastings History House
21 Courthouse Street

New Book on sale at Hastings History House - £.799

St Mary in the Castle - Don't let her die

Guided Cemetery Walks

9th September - 11 AM

9th September - 2.30 PM (Nature Walk)

Display of project work by Friends of Hastings Cemetery

St-Mary-in-the-Castle

Guided tour on Friday 7th September at 5.30.

This may be your last chance for some time!  Make the most of it!

Heritage Open Days - two dates for your diaries

Architectural Walk on Friday 7th - 2.30 start at the top of West Hill lift

Old Town Walk Saturday 8th  - 2.30 start at the top of West Hill lift

Guided Cemetery Walk

Meet at Cemetery Gates on The Ridge for a guided exploration of the cemetery.

19th August - 2.30 PM

Heritage Open Days in Hastings & St Leonards 2012

6 - 9th September 2012

Exhibitions - Performances - Tours - Walks - Information - History

Programmes available in the Hastings History House, 21 Courthouse Street, and other places.

Regency Walk

Sunday 5^th August 

2PM

 finishing in Pelham Crescent

with an opportunity to see inside one of the flats

Refreshments available

Meet at Hastings History House

Walks are limited to 20 people

Tickets £3 - can be booked

Punch & Judy at Home - Half-Sovereign Cottage

If you couldn't get to the show, herewith on YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usr1Wy_PRbs&feature=youtu.be
We were also interviewed on Carnival FM.

Hastings Old Town Carnival Week Live Punch & Judy Show at Half-Sovereign Cottage for the OHPS. There was a much bigger audience at the second performance, but crowd, pebble and wind noise, not to mention the constant beating of a hammer on metal rather ruined the sound track!


Sorry about the end - forgot to cut it!  


Stills from this afternoon's performance at https://plus.google.com/photos/107845337922053241725/albums/5772532463358206529

“Beside the Seaside”

Talks at the History House

Friday 3^rd August

 Ken Brooks

at 4.30pm

Tickets £2 - can be booked

“Punch & Judy – Pepys, Puppets & Pertinent Particulars

Talks at the History House

Thursday 2^nd August 

Marilyn Saklatvala

at 4.30pm

Tickets £2 - can be booked

“Counterpoint –Smugglers and the Law”

Talks at the History House

Wednesday 1^st August

 Christine Hayward

at 4.30pm

Tickets £2 - can be booked

“Taking a dip at Hastings”

Talks at the History House

Tuesday 31^st July

 Brian Lawes

at 4.30pm

Tickets £2 - can be booked

“Exploring the Architecture of All Saints Street”

Walks from the History House

Tuesday 31^st July with John Shirlaw 

Meet at Hastings History House

Walks are limited to 20 people

Tickets £3 - can be booked

“Piers of Hastings and St Leonards”

Talks at the History House

Sunday 29^th July

 John Hodges

at 4.30pm

Tickets £2 - can be booked 

“Digging and more - exciting discoveries in local archaeology

Talks at the History House

Saturday 28^th, July 

Lynn Cornwell

at 4.30pm

Tickets £2 - can be booked

Old Town Carnival Week at Hastings Fishermen’s Museum

“A Centenary Celebration” The First 100 Years of RX 278 ’Enterprise’

From Saturday 28^th July

The RX 278 ‘Enterprise’ is the main exhibition in the Fishermen’s Museum and the display will include the history of the boat at sea and how it came to be in the Museum. It will include oral reminiscences from a fisherman who sailed her.

For those who are in Hastings for Olympic Torch Day and who are looking for other activities, don't miss the Old Hastings Preservation Society guided walk on Tuesday 17th July, starting at the top of the West Hill Lift, by the cafe, at 2.30pm.

The walk proceeds gently downhill and around the Old Town, taking about 90 minutes.

Just turn up, the walk is free,though donations to the charity are welcome.

Hastings Cemetery - a Guided Exploration

Sunday 15th July, meet at the Cemetery at 2.30 PM

Exploring Hastings Cemetery - Guided Walks

Meet at Cemetery Gates on The Ridge

15th July - 2.30 PM

19th August - 2.30 PM

9th September - 11 AM

9th September - 2.30 PM (Nature Walk)

If you are interested in helping with the Cemetery Project please contact Anne Scott at Hastings History House, 21 Courthouse Street,
Tel: 01424 424744
Email: ohps@ohps.org.uk

New Book - Hastings, Romanticism & Picturesque Tourism. 1780 - 1850

Illustrated, £4 - (+ P&P if relevant)

“Lost Roads of the Old Town”

Walks from the History House

Mon 30^th July 3pm

 and

 Wed 1^st August 5.30pm

Meet at Hastings History House

Walks are limited to 20 people

Tickets £3 - can be booked

Stonemasons Walk

Monday 25th at 6pm, meet in the Cemetery (The Ridge) car park

The gates will be shut at that time so you will need to park outside

Let's all wish for a fine night!

http://www.ohps.org.uk/Hastings_Cemetery.php

Old  Hastings  Preservation  Society Newsletter

May 2012 

1952-2012 Diamond Jubilee Year

Just in case you haven't seen it, the latest Newsletter is available online at http://www.ohps.org.uk/OHPS_Newsletters/OHPS_Newsletter_May_2012.pdf

AGM - Friday 15th June 2012 - 7PM for 7.30

You are invited to the Annual General Meeting to be held at Hastings History House, 21 Courthouse Street, Hastings.

Refreshments will be available after the meeting.

An illustrated talk will follow "The OHPS - the First 60 Years" by Anne Scott.

Book Sale - 2nd - 4th June; 11AM - 4PM

Please come and buy!

At the moment we have no more room to store books so are not seeking donations!

Cemetery Walk - 19th May

Meet at 2 PM at Hastings Cemetery on the Ridge (Bus no. 28, leaves on the hour from bus stop opposite Priory Meadow)

"The Grave's a fine and private place..."

Old Town Carnival Week at Hastings History House open daily from 28th July – 10th August 11-4

Talks at the History House

Saturday 28^th Lynn Cornwell

“Digging and more - exciting discoveries in local archaeology”

Sunday 29^th July John Hodges

“Piers of Hastings and St Leonards”

Tuesday 31^st July Brian Lawes

“Taking a dip at Hastings”

Wednesday 1^st August Christine Hayward

 “Counterpoint –Smugglers and the Law”

Thursday 2^nd August Marilyn Saklatvala

“Punch and Judy – a historical look”

Friday 3^rd August Ken Brooks

“Beside the Seaside”

all at 4.30pm Tickets £2 can be booked

Please note: if you have signed up for email alerts (see right hand column) you will receive individual reminders for each event the day before it takes place

Old Town Carnival Week at Hastings History House open daily from 28th July – 10th August 11-4

Walks from the History House

Mon 30^th July - 3pm - “Lost Roads of the Old Town”

Wed 1^st August - 5.30pmTuesday 31^st July [time to be confirmed] with John Shirlaw “Exploring the  Architecture  of All Saints Street”.

Sunday 5^th August Regency Walk finishing in Pelham Crescent with an opportunity to see inside one of the flats. 2pm

All meet at Hastings History House.

Walks are limited to 20 people

Tickets £3 can be booked

There are extra Old Town Walks and Stade Guided walks during the week; click on links or see flyer or programme

Please note: if you have signed up for email alerts (see right hand column) you will receive individual reminders for each event the day before it takes place

Stade Guided Walks - May - June 2012

Meet at the Lifeboat Station

The walk takes a maximum of 90 minutes, exploring The Stade and the history of the Hastings Fishing Community.

There is a maximum of 15 people and suitable footwear is advised.

If you have mobility needs contact the Hastings Fishermen's Museum - (01424461446, StadeWalks@gmail.com) in advance.

Groups/Schools can contact the Museum as above to arrange walks.

The walks are free, but donations to the Museum are appreciated.

May, Sunday 6th - 11am

June - Tuesday 5th, 3pm

July
Monday 16th - 3pm
Saturday 28th, 3pm
Sunday 29th, 3pm
Monday 30th, 11am
Tuesday 31st, 3pm

Old Town Walks - May - July 2012

Old Town Walks

walks@ohps.org.uk

Every Tuesday at 2.30 PM
Meet at the top of the West Hill Lift.. (If you wish to go up on the lift, it is located set back at the Western end of George Street. - £)

These walks are free, but donations to the charity are welcomed.  They last about 90 minutes and proceed gently downhill, with some steps.

Student groups must pre-book.

A fascinating tour of Hastings Old Town, the premier Cinque Port, with mediaeval, Tudor, Georgian Victorian and later architecture, twittens, lanes and steps.  Hear about the artists, authors and celebrities of their day who came to Hastings.

All walks organised and led by the Old Hastings Preservation Society.

Hannah Welcomes You, One and All.......

...to the 2012 Jack in the Green Exhibition.

Come and find out the history behind the colourful spectacles, or see if you were captured on camera during celebrations in previous years.

At the Hastings History House, 21 Courthouse Street,

Thursday - Sunday,  11AM - 5PM.

Dickens tours at Highgate Cemetery anyone?

Although Dickens himself is (of course) interred in Westminster Abbey, Highgate holds a number of Dickens relatives including his parents, two of his siblings, his wife and his baby daughter - as well as other people
prominent in his life. The tour is once a week, at 16.30 on Saturdays, costs £10 for adults and £8 for students, and lasts for about an hour and a quarter - slightly longer than the regular cemetery tours. You get to see parts of the cemetery that regular tours don't usually visit - as well as elements, such as the catacombs, well worth a visit in their own right.  At the moment the tour is running on a trial basis dependent on interest.

This would be combined with a trip first to "Abney Park in Stoke Newington, London, formerly one of the ‘magnificent seven’ garden cemeteries of London, is now a woodland memorial park and Local Nature Reserve managed by the Abney Park Trust. We offer free public access, and educational facilities - including a small stone carving workshop, training centre/ classroom, and visitors centre."

Please contact Anne Scott to register your interest."

Hastings Borough Cemetery Trails

OHPS have a Heritage Lottery Grant to produce a trail leaflet or leaflets, information boards, section markers, a seat, web site visits and training and expenses, and an exhibition at Hastings Museum in 2013.

There will be an initial meeting at Friday 27th 6pm at Hastings History House, 21 Courthouse Street.

To be discussed are dates for a trip to a cemetery in London (more details after the meeting!)

Ways of working towards fulfillment of the project.

George Ford, the current Cemetery Manager, will give an "Introduction" before he retires on 10th May. He will do this at the cemetery on 1st May at 2.30 Please can you let Anne Scott know if you will be coming to this session

Owen Johnson - Alexandra Park and its Trees

Saturday 21 April - 5.30PM

Tickets available at Hastings History House, 21 Courthouse Street

An Evening of Sea Shanties - 21st April 2012

With the Hastings Sea Shanty Singers

6.30 for a 7PM start

Tickets £7.50 - including a drink and a fish supper

Tickets available from Hastings Fishermen's Museum

St Mary In the Castle - PETITION

A petition to support Barbara Rogers' bid to retain the tenancy is available to sign at St Mary's Cafe, and also at the History House, 21 Courthouse Street.

There doesn't appear to be an online petition.

Closing date is 2PM on Thursday April 19th, when a SMIC-F representative will be available at the cafe.

Hastings Development Management Plan - 12th April, 4PM

Forward Planning Officers will talk and answer your questions on this consultation.

Hastings History House
21 Courthouse Street

Why Muriel Matters

Free Event - Wednesday 11TH April, 2012 - 4 P.M. Muriel Matters Born in South Australia Votes for Women Chained to H of C Grille Balloon Flight Stood as MP for Hastings Lived in Pelham Crescent Hear more about why Muriel matters, about the balloon flight and, if you can, contribute memories. Tea & Talk  By Frances Bedford M.P. (South Australia) Aussie MP reveals remarkable life of Hastings' forgotten suffragette hero Published on: 06 August 2009 An Australian MP has lifted the lid on the life of a remarkable  woman who moved to Hastings to help campaign for women's  right to vote. ... Donations Welcome History House, 21 Courthouse Street Hastings

60th Anniversary of the Founding of Old Hastings Preservation Society

This is our Diamond Jubilee year too.

Throughout the year we are having exhibitions to refelct this, and other local anniversaries, as well as recalling local events of 1952.

Can you contribute? Memories and photos are always welcome.

Exhibition - Alexandra Park - one of the many treasures of Hastings

Come and browse, contribute your memories and photographs.

Going to the Jerwood?  Swing by and visit the Hastings History House

The land stability issue has been inadequately addressed - again!

Homes plan for land behind Barley Lane rejected (as reported in Hastings & St Leonards Observer)
JUBILANT residents scored a victory this week after plans to build two new houses in a flood-prone area were thrown out. 

• Developers from Elevations Designs Ltd wanted to knock down 11 garages and put the homes in their place on land behind Barley Lane.
• Council planning officers recommended approval but councillors were unimpressed at Tuesday’s meeting and refused permission.
• Angry residents signed two petitions and the council received many objection letters.
• Cllr Matthew Beaver won applause from the audience as he slammed the proposals and urged fellow councillors to refuse permission.
• Cllr Beaver said there were concerns over reptiles, dormice and badgers on the site.
• Southern Water wrote to the council saying that the sewerage system in the area is not able to cope with additional surface water.
• Cllr Maureen Charlesworth voiced its fears and said: “........... This application should not have even come before us.”

St Mary's in the Castle - Petition

"I want St Mary in the Castle to be kept as an arts centre" petition"

Voices from the Hastings Stade

A new book , a collection of oral histories from the Hastings Fishing Industry published by the Fishermen's Museum, available from The Fishermen.s Museum, Rock-a-Nore Road, Hastings, Tel 01424 461446
 and from The History House, 21 Courthouse Street, Hastings, Tel: 01424 424744

White Rock - History

For some reason there has been a recent proliferation in queries about "Wherefore is White Rock?"

OHPS has compiled a short document, with illustrations, for those interested. (20p) but here is some brief information.

Alexandra Park - Memories

Do you have photos, postcards, memories of Alexandra Park?  They are needed for an upcoming exhibition.. Please bring into the History House, 21 Courthouse Street, open Thursday - Sunday, 11- 4, or email ohps@ophs.org.uk

BBC One - Inside Out South East 7.30 Monday 9th January 2012

A closer look at stories from the South East

We return to a Hastings fishing family a generation on from a 1986 documentary

Featuring Hastings Fishermen’s Museum

   Rock-a-Nore Road