Chris Rock, author and chair of the
Battle of Stamford Bridge Society is
travelling down from Yorkshire to
talk about Harold's forgotten victory
in 1066.
Thursday 13 October at 3pm
Hastings Museum
and Art Gallery
Free Admission
.Thurs 29th Sept, 2pm (doors open 1.30pm) at St. Mary-in-the-Castle.
This is a fundraiser for The Art Fund (patron The Queen), which buys works of art for public museums and galleries, organised by their Sussex branch. Further information email MilRob.Meeching@gmail.com
There are two sources of tickets: via the venue (£16.50 see https://www.musicglue.com/stmaryinthecastle/events/29-sep-16-the-battle-of-hastings-as-the-bayeux-tapestry-tells-it--whoever-rules-life-is-hard-for-the-underclasses-st-mary-in-the-castle/ ),
or - £18 inc tea & biscuits at the SMIC café - please send your name and address, plus a cheque in favour of “Art Fund” marked with the name of the event on the back of your cheque, (and an email address): Battle of Hastings to:
Miles Robinson
Volunteer – Art Fund Sussex
Meeching, BURWASH, East Sussex TN19 7JP
On receipt of your cheque you will be issued you with a ticket by email which you will need to print off and take with you to enter & claim your tea, etc.
This is not part of the Root 1066 festival of contemporary arts
Dr Gale Owen-Crocker is Professor of Anglo-Saxon Culture at the University of Manchester, and an expert on textiles / costume. Her most well-known book is Dress in Anglo-Saxon England, and she has written on the Bayeux Tapestry
Special fundraising event to be held at
The West Hill Community Centre
(junction of Croft Road and Bembrook Road, small car park)
On Saturday 8 October, at 6.30 p.m.
Illustrated talk by Brian Lawes on the statue of Prince Albert and its sculptor Edwin Stirling, followed by a talk ‘Trials and Tribulations’ on the project to have the statue erected alongside Hastings Town Hall.
Admission £2 (on the door).
Refreshments available, and there will be a raffle at the interval.
For further information e-mail: albertstatue@outlook.com
A satisfactory meeting re the Prince Albert Statue project was held. . Stone for the pedestal being ordered, work is to proceed on the foundations, and aiming for completion in October.
But there is a need to raise some more funds,
A fund-raising event (talk on statue and project, refreshments and raffle) will be held at West Hill Community Centre early October. (More details later.)
Donations of raffle prizes needed. These may be left at the History House, 21 Courthouse Street, Thursday – Sunday, 11am – - 4pm
Celebrating the people of Hastings 2016. A new ‘tapestry’ of 950 panels is being commissioned to represent the people of Hastings. It will be displayed in St Clement’s Church in the Old Town to mark the 950th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings – and you can be a part of this inspirational project from St Clements.
Join in this unique new art work: you will dress your panel as yourself – and
together the panels will create a rich tapestry showing the people of
Hastings 2016. We are aiming to make 950 panels. Each completed
panel will form part of the sewn collage.
For more information contact 01424 422242, email office@oldtownparish.org.uk or see the Hastings 950 Tapestry Facebook page.
The next Cemetery Walk will be on 11th September, 2 PM, meet at the car park.
Why not rest, relax and reflect awhile, sitting on the OHPS / FoHC seat, located on EL, and take in the magnificent view.
Recent Stories:
1066: A Medieval Mosaic opens this Saturday in our Crypt Gallery.
Comprised of 3,000,000 pieces of spring steel the Medieval Mosaic holds the Guinness World Record as the largest steel mosaic. The artwork, measuring 64 metres in length and weighing 450 kg, is a complete re-creation of the Bayeux Tapestry and was created over 20 years by Michael Linton. In addition to the original scenes captured in the Bayeux Tapestry, father and daughter team Michael and Rachael Linton have combined their talents to create the untold stories of 1066. An 8 metre 'Finale' section, taking 5 years to research and complete, tells the story from the end of the Battle of Hastings to the crowning of William the Conqueror on Christmas Day 1066. The 22 metre insert, taking a further 8 years to complete, tells the story of the Battle of Fulford Gate and the Battle of Stamford Bridge which preceded the Battle of Hastings. This 33 year artistic odyssey has resulted in a truly unique masterpiece.
The exhibition will hang in our gallery until October 28th.
Entry is by donation.
The Spirit of Cricket statue has been returned to Priory Meadow, eight months after it was damaged by contractors.
The statue was first revealed in Queens Square when the shopping centre opened in 1997 and was put in place to mark the former Central Cricket Ground that the centre was built on.
Some of the recent stories have been looking at those who have no memorials, whose memorials have been lost, or whose ashes were scattered in The Garden of Remembrance.
Some of these stories have been explored because of an enquiry, sometimes from overseas.
New Stories:
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