Can you name anyone in these photos?

Probably the Hastings & St Leonards Carnival for the Hospital – but what year?

Any information, guess etc. you can offer will be welcome.

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Last Minute Christmas Gift? OR Christmas cards, OR both?

This lovely book, “The Ridge”, full of photos and illustrations, would make a grand Christmas present

£12.50

Available from Hastings History House
21 Courthouse Street

01424 424744

Email: ohpscontact[@]gmail.com [Please remove square brackets!]

Newsletter - November 2014

Available at http://us7.campaign-archive1.com/?u=8a4088db8993613ffc321ff30&id=86ea197dd5&e=531273b27b

Christmas Cards available from the Hastings History House & Fisherman’s Museum

£3.80 per pack of 10 (assorted designs)

Hastings in the First World War -Saturday 15th November – a talk by Brian Lawes – 5.30 p.m.

Hastings History House
21 Courthouse Street
ohpscontact@gmail.com

Tickets £2.50
Refreshments Available

1966 – Triodome, Hastings Embroidery – 2016???

Maybe Hastings Insurance will insure it gratis?  Or in return for use of some of the images?

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/condition_and_future_of_the_hast

Victoria Seymour launches her 10th modern social history book at the Hastings History House

Award-winning historian

Looking Back on Hastings was launched during the recent Hastings Week celebrations at the Hastings History House in the Old Town.

The book is priced £9.99 is available from the History House

Latest from Friends of Hastings Cemetery

New -

• Barthram, Edward, Ivy & Florence -Hastings born, served in Navy during WW1 and later with the Coastguard.
• Beagley, Richard & Mary - lived locally, members of the temperance movement.
• Kearne, Hubert Lindsey - lived locally; returned from abroad to fight in WW1, suffered severely and was found drowned.
• The Lutwidge Family - Lewis Carroll’s relations
• Pollard, James - local family; died 1925 of tubercular encephalitis, presumably contracted during war service.

Deaths in 1914:

• Beaney, Charles Arthur and Albert Edward, both in the Navy, lost within six weeks of each other in 1914
• Bumstead, Stephen J - local, serving with the 5th Royal Sussex, died aged 16. WW1- 1914
• Herbert Knollys Foster - local connections, KIA, WW1 1914, just a month before his 20th birthday.
• Kember, John William - lived locally; KIA, WW1 1914
• Shaw, Cuthbert Frank - born locally; WW1, KIA, 1914 aged 21
• Tompkins, Edgar James - Quartermaster Sergeant, regular soldier, served in South Africa and India.  Wife’s grave  - Edith Mary  - KIA, WW1, 1914
• World War One Stories
• WW1 Cemeteries & Memorials

Cemetery Trail Leaflet

• Link to readable Trail Leaflet
• Link to printable Leaflet - Front
• Link to printable Leaflet - Inside

New e-book - A smuggling adventure set in 1820s Hastings

In The Wake Of Amy Coaster: A smuggling adventure set in 1820s Hastings [Kindle Edition]

Rebecca Shalfield (Author)

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Kindle Price:
£1.92 includes VAT* & free wireless delivery via Amazon Whispernet

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• Length: 239 pages (estimated)
  Set in 1820s Hastings and a prequel to "Echoes of Bourne Valley"

Book Sale – 24th – 26th October + Bayeaux Tapestry Display

Saturday 11th October 2014

5.30 - Talk – Virginia Hinze – Sussex Gardens Trust – including Hastings & St Leonards Project

£2.50

Refreshments available

Talk on Hastings Weather

The re-scheduled talk by Hastings weather recorder, David Powell, about the local weather will take place on Friday 3rd October at 7pm at the History House, 21 Courthouse Street, Old Town, Hastings.

Cost: £2, free to Friends of HCPNR

Two new names added to the 1914 roll call–and help wanted

Does anyone have any more information on Stephen Bumstead, who died aged 16, while enlisted under the alias Barnes?

New -

• Bumstead, Stephen J - local, serving with the 5th Royal Sussex, died aged 16. WW1- 1914
• Foster, Charles, Edith Susan & Herbert Knollys Foster - local connections, Herbert was KIA, WW1 1914, just a month before his 20th birthday.
• Yeates, Victor Maslin - author of 'Winged Victory', died in Fairlight Sanitorium.

Updated -

• Arbuthnott, John Campbell, Jeannie and Hugh Hamilton- Hugh killed in action, buried in what is now Iraq, WW1- 1915
• Bannister, Sodi, Maud & Fred - local family; Frederick killed in action, WW1 - 1917
• Ventris, Francis, Helen Maud, Alan, Edward (E.F.V.), C. Peyton, Mona Goss, Madeline Bount, Patrick Clavell Blount - a Services family - Francis lived in St Leonards after his retirement from the Army.  Alan was killed in Action, WW1, 1915, aged 18

A linked list of the people so far recorded who gave their lives as a result of World War One (the Great War) who are recorded in the common wield, not in the CWG areas, (apart from a few exceptions) can be found here

Friends of Hastings Cemetery Update

The next cemetery walk will be on

Sunday - 2 PM,

14th September

World War One Stories
WW1 Cemeteries & Memorials

• Rensch, Arthur Charles -  lived locally; killed in the Balkans Campaign 1917 WW1
• Stroud, George Edward Bracey - local; serving with the Royal Navy on HMS Albemarle when he was accidentally drowned 1915. WW1
• Allfrey, Charles Henry & Emily Malden - doctor, lived locally; while practising in Kent signed Charles Darwin's death certificate.
• Bradnam, Edwin, Eliza Rosina and Gertrude - lived in Hastings from 1868; Mayor, Captaion, Voluntary Fire Brigade, many other civic activities.  Accidental death.
• Pritchard, Dr. William Clowes - born in Australia, lived in Hastings for many years, ward named after him at the Buchanan Hospital.

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

The cemetery was opened on 28th November 1856, the Church of England section being consecrated by Bishop Gilbert of Chichester, followed by a service in All Saints Church. The first burial was that of ‘Yorky’ Smith.

More information:

• Cemetery Trail Leaflet
• Hastings Crematorium
• Next Cemetery Walks

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

A linked list of the people so far recorded who gave their lives as a result of World War One (the Great War) who are recorded in the common wield, not in the CWG areas, (apart from a few exceptions) can be found here

Deaths in 1914:

• Beaney, Charles Arthur and Albert Edward, both in the Navy, lost within six weeks of each other in 1914
• Shaw, Cuthbert Frank - born locally; WW1, KIA, 1914 aged 21
• Tompkins, Edgar James - Quartermaster Sergeant, regular soldier, served in South Africa and India.  Wife’s grave  - Edith Mary  - KIA, WW1, 1914
• The next cemetery walk will be on
  Sunday,  14th September
  2 PM

Stop Press! Book Sale this long weekend at the History House

Help us clear the shelves, come in and browse, and take away a bagful of esoteric and assorted books.

Friday – Monday
11 – 4
21 Courthouse Street

Prince Albert Statue

HLHG and History House volunteers are endeavouring to get the statue of Prince Albert back into the public domain.

The statue has been stored in an old greenhouse in Alexandra Park for many years.

It is proposed that it should be placed in the vicinity of the Town Hall and Priory Meadow.

The memorial of which the statue formed a part would have been 150 years old this year.

HBC want to know if the public support this proposal so if you do support it, please email blawes[at]talk21.com (replace at with @) and the Subject ‘Albert Statue, or drop a note into the History House for the attention of HLHG.

This is what you used to see……….

 

And now you see…..

One of the loveliest coastal views, stolen!

Follow the Herring–on The Stade until 12th August–well worth a look!

• Next Cemetery Walks

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

For the past year and more FoHC members, especially Judith Dean,  have been recording the stories of those people who gave their lives as a result of World War One (the Great War) who are recorded in the common wield, not in the CWG areas.

Some particularly interesting stories from the CWG areas have however been included.

A linked list of the people so far recorded can be found here.

Where people are buried or remembered in overseas cemeteries, there is a link to photos and basic information.  (The idea originally was to see how many people from Hastings were buried in each cemetery, but this has not proved practicable.)

Each listed cemetery is linked to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery information.

If you know of others, or have more to add to a story please let FoHC know at info(at)friendsofhastingscemetery.org.uk [please substitute @ for at - this is to avoid spamming]

The next cemetery walks will be on

Sunday - 2 PM,

• 17th August
• 14th September

World War One Stories
WW1 Cemeteries & Memorials

Cemetery Walks

Correction to Friends of Hastings Cemetery website

Next walks will be

• Sunday 17th August 2 pm

• Sunday 14th September 2 pm

New Book - £11.95 Available at the History House

Technorati Tags: Breeds,beer,old bottles,hastings,history,boats

      and an interesting donation!

Revised, updated and with new pictures.

New Book by Brian Lawes - £7.00

102 pages, many great photos

Available from the History House, 21 Courthouse Street
01424 424744
ohpscontact@gmail.com

Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, Admiral Lord Boyce in Hastings – 10th August 2014

 

Visit to Hastings History  House – 11 AM +

WINKLE ISLAND OPENING CEREMONY

 

Opening of OTCW Exhibitions, 26th July

10:30 to 11:30 on Sat, 26th Jul 2014

• The Cinque Ports – exploring the history of the Confederation.
• “Pageant of Heroes” – 1914. Celebrating history and the arts 100 years ago.
• The First World War – a small display of items from the period.

Hastings History House is open until 4pm. Entrance free but donations welcome, wheelchair accessible.

Have your got your OCTW Programme? Copies available all round town - £1 (or more) donation appreciated.

….and lots in the History House, 21 Courthouse Street

New Publications

   New edition, updated & expanded - £3   Almost 400 pages, 25 chapters,
                                                                     profusely illustrated in colour -
                                                                     £19.99

Both available from the History House, 21 Courthouse Street
01424 424744
ohpscontact@gmail.com

Old Town Carnival Week–lend a hand to create (and maybe carry) a float

The Pier Hub is entering the Old Town Carnival and  need your help to build the float!  They are running a series of workshops in July, led by Radiator Arts, to create the float which will be inspired by the past and future pier.  Come along to contribute to the overall construction of the float and you will also be able to make a souvenir to take home.  They also need your help to carry the float on the day of the carnival, Saturday 2nd August.  If you aren't able to make the carnival itself you are still welcome to attend one of our workshops.

Carnival capers: float making workshop – all free!

July 12 @ 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm  -  Ore Community Centre, 455 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5BH United Kingdom+ Google Map

July 12 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm  -  Ore Community Centre, 455 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5BH United Kingdom+ Google Map

July 19 @ 11:30 am - 1:00 pm  -  Isabel Blackman Centre WRVS, South Street, St. Leonards, TN37 6AP United Kingdom+ Google Map

July 19 @ 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm  -  Isabel Blackman Centre WRVS, South Street, St. Leonards, TN37 6AP United Kingdom+ Google Map

July 26 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm  -  The Citadel Salvation Army Centre, St. Andrews Square, Hastings, TN34 1SP United Kingdom+ Google Map

July 26 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm  -  The Citadel Salvation Army Centre, St. Andrews Square, Hastings, TN34 1SP United Kingdom+ Google Map

July 28 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm  - The Hub

Find out more »

New Book available from Hastings History House - £12.99

Technorati Tags: Jack the Ripper,George Chapman,Georger Street,Hastings,Alexandra Park,history,tourism,visits,holiday,green spaces,arboretum,visiting,famously Hastings

email: (copy & paste to prevent fraud) - ohpscontact@ohps.org.co

And another one - £15

Midsummer Fish Fest: 21 and 22 June

The first Midsummer Fish Fest will take place on the Stade Open Space.

There'll be music, street performance, stalls, demonstrations and the Saturday evening will be rounded off with a lantern procession followed by fireworks to celebrate the Summer Solstice.

Provisional programme of events:

Saturday, 21 June 11am to 10pm:

• Midday to 1pm: Zackery Dogwood
• 1.30pm to 2.30pm: The Lost Weekend Duo
• 3pm to 4pm: Cajun Dawgs
• 4.30pm to 5.30pm: Dende

Sunday 22 June 11am to 5pm:

• Midday to 1pm: Waking Snakes Trio
• 1.30pm to 2.30pm: Harry Court Band
• 3pm to 4pm: George Works
• 4.15pm to 5pm: Jiggery Pokery

Saturday June 14th in The Park

Have you seen this? Please act by June 5th if you feel strongly

The America Ground Display is back in the History House

21 Courthouse Street

You may need more than one visit, lots to take in!

Dinosaurs of Hastings – Ken Brooks – 25/5/2014, 2.30pm

Shipwreck Museum – Adults £3, Children £2

Cemetery News

The next cemetery walk will be on Sunday, 1st of June at 11 am.
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Victoria Cross Recipients -

Born but not buried in Hastings -

• Claude Nunney VC DCM MM
• Sir Fenton John Aylmer

Lived and buried, but not born, in Hastings

• George Monger

A New Book available

Follow the internal chemistry of Larksea (Hastings!)Morris with its potentially toxic mixture of romance, dance and politics, from the storms of winter to the glorious sunshine of Mayday morning.  £7.99

Old Town Walks start 6th May : Stade Walks start 19th April

New Exhibition – The America Ground

Hastings History House
21 Courthouse Street

“2 for 1” Limited offer on David Russell Pubs and The Swan Books

The Pier Information Hub

The Hub is situated in the entrance to the Old White Rocks Baths on the promenade just to the east of the Pier.   Email us.

The Hub
White Rock
Hastings
TN34 1JY

It will be in use until the pier opens in spring 2015 and is the place to come for all the latest updates and to take part in activities relating to the pier.  Drop in to find out more about the pier, its history, the restoration work and future plans.

The Hub is staffed by HPC staff and volunteers.

Opening times

Wednesday 1pm to Saturday 10am to 4pm

Displays and activities

Our displays and activities for Spring 2014 will focus on the history of the pier and in particular the engineering and construction.

Regular activities

Wednesday mornings: Archive group.

Do you have an old photo of the pier, a ticket from a concert, a memory of an event on the pier? Would you be willing to share them with us?  Drop in on a Wednesday morning and our archive group will be able to take a copy of your photo or record your memories to go into our digital archive.  We would particularly welcome any photos that show the structure of the pier.

Thursday mornings: Storytelling & other activities for Under 5s

Friday mornings: Dog-friendly session

A special session at which dogs are welcome.*  Water and dog biscuits will be available.

Access

The Hub has a ramp and is accessible to wheelchair users.

*Guide and assistance dogs are welcome at all sessions

Friends of Hastings Cemetery Update

http://friendsofhastingscemetery.org.uk/

New Stories:

• Bowser, Ida Thekla - WW1; journalist, author, VAD nurse
• Heritage, Audrey - from Bexhill; VAD Nurse, died aged 17; WW1
• Nquza, Jabez - South African Native Labour Corps; washed ashore after shipwreck.  WW1
• Penley, William Sidney - actor and theatre manager; performed locally.
• Tassell, Edward Victor, - local; WW1
• Thorpe, George Archibald - Mayor of Hastings 1874-5, 1883, 1886
• Twells, Alice - Worker, Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps; died in an accident[?] aged 18 years. Military funeral

Updated

Farrier Family - three sons killed in WW1, seven family members in forces.  Thomas Matthew Farrier - Unmarked grave. Added more photos and information.

Make A Difference! Saturday 5th April, Priory Meadow Shopping Centre

Date for your diaries

Saturday 14th June 2014

In Alexandra Park

Celebrations of 150 years of the first pleasure gardens there

Come along in Victorian Costume and add to the atmosphere

“End of the Pier Show”

If you missed this the last time around, or want to see it again – it is being shown on BBC2 (yes, nationally, so tell all your friends) at 5.30PM, Sunday 16th March

Talk tonight! Sorry for short notice

7 PM – History House

21 Courthouse Street

“Artists & Writers of Fairlight”

Friends of Hastings Country Park; talk by local historian Haydon Luke

Just had a preview and can highly recommend it.

What’s New in the Ancient Town of Winchelsea?

 

Recent Architecture & historical research with Richard Commoto

March 15th – 5.30 PM
Hastings History House
21 Courthouse Street
Tickets £2.50

Take a look at the website

This is a replacement for the OHPS website with which you may be familiar.

Click image below for latest newsletter.

An Artist in the Family – William Henry Borrow

– with James Cruttenden

Hastings History House
21 Courthouse Street

Tickets - £2.50 each

Saturday 22nd February 2014, 5.30PM

Book Sale! Book Sale!! Book Sale!!!

Saturday and Sunday – 15th and 16th February

Oh the weather outside is frightful
But the books are so delightful
And since you've no place to go
Give it a go!  Give it a go!! Give it a go!!!

You’ll find a warm welcome at The History House, 21 Courthouse Street, 11 – 4

Book Sale! 2014

Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th February 2014

Hastings History House
21 Courthouse Street

11am – 4pm each day

You’ve kindly given books, now come and buy what others have given!

BBC One - The End of the Pier Show

www.bbc.co.uk › Factual › History ‎

• Fri 7 Feb 2014 19:30 BBC One South East only  ...
• When Hastings Pier burnt down in 2010, many thought that was the end. This documentary celebrates the golden age of Britain's first purpose-built pleasure pier.
• Can Hastings Pier rise from the ashes and reinvent herself? ... In a celebration of the golden age of the British seaside pier, we follow the local campaign to save her. Can she rise from the ashes ...

Scheduled Cemetery Talks

• 18th March 7.30 at Hastings Arts Forum with
  Burtons St Leonards Society
  
•  28th April at All Saints Monday Wives

New book available in the Hastings History House - £16.99