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.