Blessing of the Sea–14th June–6PM

Postcards from the Seaside - £15

Edwardian Views of Hastings & St Leonards photographed by J.Lévy, Sons & Co. Paris

Available from Hastings History House, 21 Courthouse Street, 01424424744

Cranbrook anyone?

HASTINGS & ST. LEONARDS SOCIETY

Group outings, 2017

Our next Heritage-focused group outing is to Cranbrook, with hosts Cranbrook Museum, on Thursday 6 July.

Agenda to include visit to Museum (with optional guided tour), visit to St. Dunstan’s Church, visit to Union Windmill and guided walk around Cranbrook.

Cost of the outing is £13 per person. There are no admittance charges to any of the venues, but Individuals are requested to make appropriate donations.

Pick ups in Ore Village, Hastings Old Town, Hastings Town Centre, Warrior Square and Silverhill. Times to be confirmed. (Due at Cranbrook for 11 a m; depart 4 p m.)

To book or for further information e-mail: hstlsoc@gmail.com

New Exhibition–Cinque Ports–Hastings History House

Stade Saturdays - 2017

Free Event–St Mary in the Castle–7th June

 

Rocklands again!

http://publicaccess.hastings.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=_HSTBC_DCAPR_104641

Erection of 13 ground based solar panels | Rocklands Private Caravan Park, Rocklands Lane, Hastings

Two great walks, one great town

Advance Warning - May Day starts in April!

May Day falls on Monday 1st May.  So Jack-in-the-Green weekend starts in April.
Morris dancers will be in town April 28th - 30th and the procession will be on 1st May.

The Morris Dance Eucharist will be in St Clements, 10am, Sunday April 30th.

Old Town Carnival Week

Event Entry Forms available now in the Parish News or from Hastings History House.

They should be available online shortly

More walk booklets from David Clarke

Available from Hastings History House, 21 Courthouse Street, Hastings, TN34 3AU

No. 6 - Pub Walks.... £3.99

No. 7 - 1066 William's Way .... £3.00

New Cemetery Stories

I was recently in Barley, doing a bit of historical research, and discovered that the one time rector, Dr. Samuel Lee, a fascinating man - http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/lee_scholar/lee_scholar.htm
and Dr. Vores (see Recent Stories, below)  were brothers-in-law .  “And her brother-in-law, the Reverend Thomas Vores, then of Park Chapel, Chelsea, and afterwards of St Mary's, Hastings, thus expressed himself:--'Dr Lee is confessedly the first Orientalist in England, probably in  Europe. He has unwearyingly devoted his wondrous attainments to the defence of the great and blessed truths of God's pure Word, and God has called you, dear sister, to the honourable office of being a helpmeet to such a man.'”

• Beck, Samuel - "Prisoners' Friend" Quaker, responsible for building of Halton Mission Hall, and his daughter, Susannah Rickamn Beck, who was trainin to be a minister in India when she died, and granddaughter,Agnes Beck.
• Jenkins, Brigadier General Noble Fleming -"In a time of peace he had died a soldier's death, so they gave him a soldier's funeral"
• Pelham, James (Great church and municipal worker) & Maria (A Loss to the Poor of St Leonards)

Recent Stories

• Bridges, Ada & Henry, of whom little is known, and their son Eric, who died in action on 29th January, 1917 

• Vores, Rev. Thomas & Elisabeth Plomley - for 33 years incumbent at St Mary-in-the-Castle

New Book - Making History in Pevensey by Alan J Starr

£7.99 (plus p&p if applicable)
Available from Hastings History House, 21, Courthouse Street, Hastings TN34 3AU

A Pier Without Peer by Steve Peak

Includes history of St Leonards Pier
Available at the History House, 21 Courthouse Street, Hastings, TN34 3AU

£14.99 Paperback edition