You are invited to attend this talk in Brighton at the Bevy Pub, the town’s only community owned pub.
Brains @ The Bevy
Wednesday 27th June
The People’s Pier - Regeneration, community, and popular culture heritage
Olu Jenzen, University of Brighton
This free talk features 2 case studies by Dr. Jenzen, covering Hastings and Clevedon Piers
Wednesday, 20 June 2018
FREE TALK AT BRIGHTON UNI ON REGENERATION, Featuring HASTINGS PIER!
HASTINGS &; ST. LEONARDS SOCIETY - Open Meeting
Promoting Our Heritage and Civic Pride
Website: www.hastingsandstleonardssociety.org.uk
Secretary’s e-mail: hstlsoc@gmail.com
The next H & St. L Society Open Meeting is on Monday 2 July, 6 pm start, at
the HAVELOCK ROAD Building of the University Campus (Room 415). (Note change of building from usual location.)
Meeting to be chaired by Dr. Deborah Madden
There are two main topics on the agenda:
1. Discussion of trading at Queen’s Road, Hastings
2. Discussion of the future of the Harold and Edith Statue (West Marina Gardens)
All welcome
, but please advise in advance if you are attending and agenda will
be issued by e-mail.
Monday, 18 June 2018
‘For Crying Out Loud’: The Story of a Town Crier
HASTINGS & ST. LEONARDS SOCIETY
Promoting Our Heritage and Civic Pride
Special Event at Hastings Museum and Art Gallery,
Sunday 8th July, 2 pm.
‘For Crying Out Loud’: The Story of a Town Crier
Illustrated talk by Jon Bartholomew
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’
Saturday, 16 June 2018
Women March! Saturday, June 23rd 11.30am
St Mary in the Castle
FREE EVENT
Doors: 11:30am
Show: 12pm
Show: 12pm
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.’
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.’
Thursday, 14 June 2018
A visit from Hawaii– Friends of Hastings Cemetery Update
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)
Updated Story
- Makalua, Matthew M (Dr), MRCS, LRCP & Annie Clementine - First ethnic Hawaiian to qualify as a doctor; practised in Hastings
Monday, 11 June 2018
St Mary in the Castle Tour Wednesday, June 27th 12pm FREE ENTRY
Meet in the cafe just before 12pm.
Join us for an informative and historical tour of the 19th century church and it's crypt.
The tour is free but donations are very welcome.
Saturday, 12 May 2018
Cyril and Lilian Bishop Lifeboat
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
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
Friday, 4 May 2018
Thursday, 5 April 2018
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
White Rock Area Development
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
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
Monday, 19 March 2018
Thank you to all who voted - we won!
Hastings Old Town crowned Britain’s Best Walking Neighbourhood
Read more at: https://www.hastingsobserver.co.uk/news/hastings-old-town-crowned-britain-s-best-walking-neighbourhood-1-8420968
Read more at: https://www.hastingsobserver.co.uk/news/hastings-old-town-crowned-britain-s-best-walking-neighbourhood-1-8420968
Saturday, 10 March 2018
Talk - Pebsham Airfield and Sidney Little
Hastings History House
21 Courthouse Street
Saturday 17th March, 5.30PM
Tickets - Members £4
Non-Members - £5
Refreshments Available
Thursday, 1 March 2018
Book Sale!
Hastings History House
21 Courthouse Street
Thursday 8th March - Sunday 11th March
11 - 4PM Daily
Tuesday, 27 February 2018
Britain’s Best Walking Neighbourhood award
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.
And the ten nominees are...
http://www.ramblers.org.uk/
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