Month: March 2015

One from Lon Castro’s Archive

One from Ion Castro’s Archive Whilst looking for something else I came across this leaflet advertising Hastings – how times have changed – seagull smoking a pipe!!! So politically incorrect on so many levels, and, on the reverse “Every day’s a gay day” – nothing wrong with that but was that what they wanted to say? Continue reading One from Lon Castro’s Archive

Jimper’s Early Years Part Two

We youngsters turned our hands to anything for a bob, from killing rabbits to catching butterflies. There is nothing more different than a butterfly from a kicking bunny. Next door to us is now a pair of houses, but in those days it was two acres of market garden run by an old man who did gardening, woodcutting and rabbiting for a living. As he got older so he let his pals have a rod or two of garden. It was a good time to be alive. Continue reading Jimper’s Early Years Part Two

Beckley Motors Rememembered

By Barry M Jones

Village life in Beckley may never be the same again as one of its last, and oldest, businesses closes on 2nd April, 2015 turning Beckley into yet another Sussex dormitory village. Continue reading Beckley Motors Rememembered

Between the Zeppelin and the Doodle Bug

 By Arthur Woodgate

On 16 October 1917, I was taken to the Lion Street School and settled in a class taught by a Miss Jordon. Miss Longley was the Headmistress and with a long wooden corridor she could be heard coming with loud creaks all over our infant school. Continue reading Between the Zeppelin and the Doodle Bug

MP invites Students to travel the High Speed Javelin

Amber Rudd MP, invited Buckswood Students to be among the first in Hastings to travel on the High Speed train the ‘Javelin’ that made a special visit to the town as part of the MP’s Rail Summit. Continue reading MP invites Students to travel the High Speed Javelin

Marbles Match and Easter Bonnet Parade, Abbey Green, Battle, Sussex

April 3 2015

Easter comes early this year and to the east of the Kent / Sussex border they celebrate a game that is 3,000 years old.

The game of marbles was played over 3000 years ago in Egypt. Clay marbles having been found in the tombs of the ancient Egyptians. The game is still alive and kicking in a number of Sussex towns. Continue reading Marbles Match and Easter Bonnet Parade, Abbey Green, Battle, Sussex

Hands Across The Sea

Over the Spring Bank Holiday weekend in May 2015 one of the largest international meetings ever held by the Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts’ Club will be staged at Westenhanger, Folkestone Racecourse, near Hythe in Kent. Continue reading Hands Across The Sea

Hastings Week Awards The Bowskill trophy

By Ion Castro

The Bowskill Trophy is presented annually in memory of Cyril Bowskill who, with his wife Joan was a great supporter of Hastings Week, from majority vote based on public nominations it is awarded to the person, group or organisation who has done most to promote the prestige of the week. Continue reading Hastings Week Awards The Bowskill trophy