By Jennie Ridd In 1832 George Wooll, a lithographer who lived at 5 High Street, Hastings, and George Rubie, local schoolmaster, helped to found the Hastings Literary and Scientific Institute at Rubie’s rooms at 1 Burdett Place, George Street. They were well qualified for the task, since Wooll ran the Repository of Arts from Number … Continue reading How Dinosaurs Were Discovered in Hastings
Author: Jennie Ridd
Jennie Ridd contributed natural-history and wartime maritime history concerning Hastings.
The Story of the Storaa a Wartime Warrior
The Ship that Woke Hastings By Jenny Ridd At 12.30 on the night of 3 November 1943, there was an almighty explosion about ten miles off the coast of Hastings. Convoy CW221 was sailing from the Thames to Cardiff laden with supplies for the D Day invasion when German E Boat S138 fired a torpedo. … Continue reading The Story of the Storaa a Wartime Warrior