Meet in the Cemetery Carpark at 2pm on:the following Sundays
HASTINGS OLD TOWN PARISH OF ST CLEMENT AND ALL SAINTS
MEDIA RELEASE
Date: 17th May 2021
Contact: Paul Hunt
E-mail: pic@oldtownparishhastings.org.uk
Tel. 01424 441197
IT WILL BE EXACTLY SEVENTY-EIGHT YEARS AGO THIS COMING SUNDAY THAT THE HISTORIC SWAN INN, A HASTINGS LANDMARK SINCE THE EARLY FOURTEENTH CENTURY, WAS DESTROYED BY ENEMY ACTION. IT WAS AROUND LUNCHTIME ON SUNDAY 23RD MAY 1943 THAT A LUFTWAFFE RAID CAUSED DAMAGE AND CASUALTIES AROUND THE TOWN WITH SIXTEEN PEOPLE BEING KILLED INSIDE THE SWAN INN, NOW THE SITE OF A MEMORIAL GARDEN OPPOSITE ST. CLEMENT’S CHURCH.
THE STEP GREAT GRAND-DAUGHTER OF ONE OF THE CASUALITIES, THOMAS WINBORNE, WILL BE AMONG THOSE ATTENDING A SHORT OUTSIDE SERVICE OF REMEMBRANCE CLOSE TO SWAN GARDENS AT 11.15 A.M. THIS SUNDAY LED BY THE REVEREND PAUL HUNT AND MEMBERS OF THE OLD TOWN PARISH CONGREGATION. CHURCHWARDEN JUDY CUBISON RECALLS THAT TWO OF THE VICTIMS WERE FAMILY NEIGHBOURS. “IT WAS ALL SO TRAGIC. VIOLET COX AND HER NIECE ANN TESTER HEARD THE SIREN AND SHELTERED in POST OFFICE PASSAGE. BUT THE SWAN LANDLORD INVITED THEM TO SHELTER IN THE INN WHICH THEN RECEIVED A DIRECT HIT. ANN WAS NOT MUCH OLDER THAN MY SISTER WHO WAS THEN ONLY FIVE.”
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO ATTEND ARE ASKED TO WEAR MASKS AND BE MINDFUL OF SOCIAL DISTANCING.
ENDS.
Hopefully it will be Thursday - Saturday, 11 - 4.
New volunteers welcomed with open arms!
Friends of Hastings Cemetery Update -
New Stories
Absolon, William & grandson, Hackebarth, William H H - We do not know a lot about William Absolon, partly because it was a common name in Wallingford. From whence he came, probably for his health. Also mentioned is his grandson, William H H Hackebarth, who died aged 10 months. William was only 39.
Corby, Charles & Desiree Hortense Blanche - He was a London tailor and they lived at lived at Hollybank, Seddlescombe Road South. Currently there is not a lot known of them.
Strickland, Georgiana & Jane, (daughters of George, who built Harpsichord House and started a Hastings dynasty) and their nephew Louis Waghorn
Updated
Glen, John M Grey, his wife, sister in law, (M A Graham) and step-son - (Thomas Goldsworthy) Lucknow story; some of the mourners at the funerals
Strickland Family - son Herbert; parents, Francis (grandson of George) and Jane - daughter of Mary Ann Slade, and like her an active supporter of women’s emancipation and much more.
We have been advised of free online talks by the Church Monuments Society.
The nexttwo are as below. We have been assured by a viewer that they were well worth watching and she can’t wait for the next one.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/144062327299
The Cross-
A talk about cross-
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/144059825817
A Dead Good Job: Gravedigging in Municipal Cemeteries
An in-
After a successful short season last year Music First Events have taken out a three year lease on the Pier.
The first task will be reopening, which is due to happen on April 12, the next stage of the government’s roadmap out of lockdown.
Dreams of a summer of socialising, dancing, events, live gigs, football and fun looks set to be a reality.
The gates to Hastings Pier will open on Monday, April 12 2021, at 12 noon.
As we are still not sure when we reopen here is an item that may be of interest.
How to comment
You can find more information, view the draft Plan and comment online via www.hastings.gov.uk/localplan
More Information
The new Draft Plan sets out a strategy to guide and shape development over the next 20 years up to 2039 and includes a development strategy along with Strategic Policies for managing development and identifying the types of uses planned for different parts of the town.
It also includes Focus Area policies for different parts of the Borough where higher levels of development are anticipated and Development Policies covering design and measures required to mitigate potential impacts.
For those who would like to get involved but are unable to access the internet there is a dedicated voicemail. If you or someone you know needs help viewing or commenting on the Local Plan, please leave a message on 01424 451102 and we will get back to you.
All comments must be received by 24 March 2021.
The new Local Plan will cover the period up to 2039 and will set out a vision for the borough and a plan for the development of the town.
We would like to get your early feedback on priority areas for the new plan and have developed a short questionnaire so you can submit your views.
If you wish to complete the questionnaire please do so by 10th September 2020.
We have also launched a new webpage and there will be more opportunities to comment on our draft plan in the Autumn.
Heart of Hastings has been awarded two million pounds of government funding to revitalise the Trinity Triangle area over the next four years.
The project will be delivered through Historic England’s High Street Heritage Action Zone programme and will transform underused historic buildings into houses, workspaces and shops that are genuinely affordable for residents and businesses.
Cultural projects and other activities will mean the streets are attractive for locals and everyone who uses and visits them.
The funding is much needed as a response to the ongoing challenges faced by town centres, and now ever more welcome as a result of the sudden crisis of Covid19.
Heart of Hastings will be working in partnership with local organisations and of course, with the people of Hastings, to make this a reality.
Heart of Hastings are committed to community-led regeneration. They will be informed by your voices, and the voices of the residents and users of the Trinity Triangle area.
