Author: Jim Hollands

Memorial Service For Peter Dee MBE. 1927-2017

Memorial Service for an Exceptional Ryer

The  Memorial service for Peter Dee MBE will be on Wednesday 8th February at St. Mary’s Church, Rye at 11.30am, followed by the wake at River Haven. All are welcome. If anyone would like to make donation to the Royal Air Forces Association and St Mary’s church, two enterprises close to his heart, then please send to Ellis Bros, Funeral Directors, The Old Fire Station, 3 Ferry Road, Rye, TN31 7DJ. Continue reading Memorial Service For Peter Dee MBE. 1927-2017

Robbery at Hastings Supermarket

Supermarket robbed of cash in Hastings

POLICE

Police are searching for robbers who stole cash from a supermarket in Hastings.

Just after 8.30pm on Tuesday (31 January) a man came into the Silverhill Supermarket in Sedlescombe Road North, Hastings, and after first asking for cigarettes, produced what appeared to be a handgun and demanded cash from the till. Four more men then entered the store, and one of them hit the 35-year old male shop assistant in the face with an iron bar.

The first man then took what is believed to be several hundred pounds cash from the till and they all left the store.

The shop assistant was treated at Conquest Hospital for facial cuts and bruises.

All five suspects are described as black. The first man, who took the cash, is described as in his mid to late twenties, with a full beard, wearing a long green coat with the hood up.

They are believed to have left in a white van which drove away down Paynton Road.

Detective Constable David Brown said; “We would like to speak to anyone who was in the area and saw these men enter or leave the store. If you can help, or have any other information, please contact us via [email protected] quoting serial 1289 of 31/01.”

You can also report online here or call 101.

Alternatively contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 (www.crimestoppers-uk.org).

Hastings Town Bulletin  Thursday 2 February 2017


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Another Great Ryer Has Gone

Last remaining Alderman from Rye Borough Days

Peter Dee

It is with great sadness we report the death of Rye’s last remaining Aldermen from the Borough Council Days.

Peter Dee was as well known in Rye as the Landgate Tower. An ever present in theparade at the Mayoring Day event and a popular member of Rye’s community.  Continue reading Another Great Ryer Has Gone

Reward for Hastings Drugs Offender Wanted for Recall to Prison

Convicted Hastings drugs offender Kyle Gilmore wanted for recall to prison

Sussex Police is offering a £500 reward for information leading to the arrest of Hastings man Kyle Gilmore, 23, who is wanted on a warrant for recall to prison.

Kyle Gilmore
Kyle Gilmore

Gilmore, a labourer, of Malvern Way, Hastings, was jailed for two years eight Continue reading Reward for Hastings Drugs Offender Wanted for Recall to Prison

2017 War and Peace Revival will not be held at Folkestone Racecourse

A Return to the Hopfields

It seems the imminent house building plan that Shepway has for the area has driven the War & Peace Revival away from the area and back to Whitbreads Hopfields Showgrounds at Beltring.

The show, which was immensely popular for the past four years at Folkestone Racecourse and responsible for attracting a huge amount of trade to the area from all over the country and the continent, is to be staged at Pembury in 1917 and beyond.

A long term contract has been signed which will see the show at Beltring for at least the next four years Continue reading 2017 War and Peace Revival will not be held at Folkestone Racecourse

Robberies in Hastings

Witnesses needed to robberies at Subway and Sainsburys in Hastings

Police are seeking witnesses to a robbery and an assault on an 23-year old cashier, who was attacked at the Subway shop, in Bank Buildings, Hastings on Wednesday 11 January.

She was working behind the till when the robbery took place between 7.45pm and 8pm that day.

A man entered, selected some food, but when he went to pay he jumped over the counter and started to grab money from the till. When the cashier tried to prevent this a struggle ensued but the man got away with a small quantity of cash.

The cashier was shaken and sustained a minor finger injury.

The suspect is described as white, in his late 20’s, 5′ 6″, and of skinny build, with short brown hair and stubble. He was wearing a blue jacket.

A very similar incident had occurred earlier that day at 4.35pm at Sainsbury’s Continue reading Robberies in Hastings

Woman Robbed in Bexhill Street

Woman robbed of purse in Bexhill street – did you see what happened?

Police are appealing for witnesses to an attack on a 63-year old Polegate woman who was robbed of her purse while she was walking along Cooden Sea Road, Bexhill between 4.25pm and 4.35pm on Wednesday 11 January.

The suspect is described as a white man, aged in his twenties or thirties, 6′, and of large build. He was wearing a dark coloured jacket with the hood up, and dark coloured trousers.

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Violent incident in St Leonards-on-Sea

Witnesses sought as police investigate violent incident in St Leonards-on-Sea

Six people, all known to each other, were arrested on suspicion of affray following a violent incident in St Paul’s Road, St Leonards-on-Sea, in which two men, aged 18 and 26, sustained knife wounds.

The incident, reported to police at around 7.40pm on Sunday (22 January), is now being investigated. Two of those arrested required hospital treatment for their Continue reading Violent incident in St Leonards-on-Sea