Old Hastings Preservation Society was founded in 1952 to promote the permanent preservation of buildings of beauty/historic interest, especially in Hastings & St. Leonards and foster an appreciation of the history of Hastings. We encourage and record research which supports our objectives. Good architecture, design and town planning is encouraged. In 1956 we founded the Hastings Fishermen’s Museum open daily in Rock-a-Nore Road and more recently Hastings History House.
Admission Charge: £5
(children under the age of 14 free, if accompanied by adult)
Pay on the door; no advance booking
Proceeds are being donated to provide prize money for the National Champion Town Criers' competition in
‘Hastings Week’
Women’s Voice invites you to dress as a suffragette and join the great women’s suffrage procession on Saturday 23 June.
10am: Assemble at Warrior Square Gardens. 11am: Setting off: we will march along the seafront to the town centre, then back to St Mary’s in the Castle. 12.30pm: Speakers, films, theatre and a massed women’s choir singing songs from the suffrage movement. All events are free.
Speaking for Women’s Voice, Ann Kramer says: ‘the march will be one of the highpoints of the events we have organised to celebrate one hundred years since (some) women won the parliamentary vote. Local suffragists and suffragettes processed along the seafront and through the streets of Hastings more than a hundred years ago in their fight for the vote, so we decided it would be good to honour their struggle and re-create one of their processions.’
After posting the fascinating story of a Dr. Makalua on the website, a faculty member at the University of Hawaii contacted us to say she is bringing a group of students over in July to retrace the steps and tours of a study abroad program from Hawaii between 1880 and 1892 which includes the student, Matthew Makalua,
New Stories
Dewar, Rev. David Erskine - there are a number of Dewars and Parrys in the Cemetery, but we are not currently aware of any connection (watch this space!) But we do know that he was the father of Annie Clementina Makalua. (See below)
Lord Boyce, Lord Warden and Admiral of the Cinque Ports, will have the honour of raising the Dunkirk Little Ships flag on the Cyril and Lilian Bishop Lifeboat. The flag raising will take place during a day of celebration and street processions in Hastings Old Town on Saturday May 26 and the public are invited to come along and attend. The day will start with a muster at the lifeboat station at 11.30am
Read more at: https://www.hastingsobserver.co.uk/news/lord-warden-set-to-raise-the-flag-for-the-ghost-of-dunkirk-lifeboat-1-8442942
Over the next few years, HBC will be embarking on a major redesign and redevelopment of White Rock Gardens, and the ‘Bohemia Quarter’. This will probably be the biggest public space redevelopment in Hastings since the last war, and would mean new, modern facilities for sport, leisure, and culture, developing this space to complement Hastings Pier, and become a new destination for our town......
Watch out for the Area Action Plan consultation when it emerges later this year. HBC say this could be one of the most exciting projects we’ve seen in Hastings for a generation, creating a new cultural, leisure and tourism destination, something quite special for visitors and local people alike.
Read more at: https://www.hastingsobserver.co.uk/news/opinion/council-plans-for-exciting-times-1-8424565
Voting on Britain’s Best Walking Neighbourhood Award is now live until 14 March.
There are many neighbourhoods across the country that are already great for walking, so we’ve launched our first ever Britain’s Best Walking Neighbourhood award to celebrate them.
We asked people to nominate their favourites, and we’ve put together a shortlist of ten of the best. Take a look at the shortlist and cast a vote now for your favourite using the voting form at the bottom of the page.
