Hastings Pier will be opening shortly.
A bulletin on the Hastings Pier Charity official Pier Website announces an intended opening date.
The full statement reads Continue reading Pier Set for Opening
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Bomb Scare at Hastings Station
Police Say Bomb Scare was False Alarm
Hastings Railway Station was evacuated after a member of staff found an unattended bag on a train around around 2 pm. (Monday 11 January) Continue reading Bomb Scare at Hastings Station
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Hastings Week Part Two
Hastings Week 2015 – part II
Hastings Week Publicity Officer and Vice Chairman Ion Castro shares some more images of the events during the week, this time the final weekend 17th & 18th October. Continue reading Hastings Week Part Two
Setting History In Stone-Hastings And Rye (Australia) Worlds Apart
Richard Holdsworth finds a similarity between history preserved in Australia’s tapestry and Hastings’ own Millennium Chronicles…
Successive generations will be indebted to the good souls who record our history so that it is never forgotten and I am fortunate that I have come across two such people even though they are twelve-thousand miles apart, one in Hastings, England, and the other Rye, Australia. Continue reading Setting History In Stone-Hastings And Rye (Australia) Worlds Apart
Ray Levett making up for 45 lost years!
This interesting story and picture first appeared in one of our first issues of “Hastings Town”. We have not been able to get in touch with Ray up to the time of printing but hope he and his good lady are fit and well and have a great Christmas. (Editor)
By Ray Levett
I wondered if you might be interested in a story associated with the attached picture. I was born in Hastings in 1943 and spent my first 18 years living in Coventry Road, Hollington. Continue reading Ray Levett making up for 45 lost years!
The Hodges Pages Local Plan For Hastings
After several years of preparation and a formal examination by an Independent Inspector, the Development Management Plan has now been adopted. This Plan sets out in detail where the new houses, offices and shops will go, and provides development management policies to ensure the protection and enhancement of the natural and built environment. Continue reading The Hodges Pages Local Plan For Hastings
The Hastings Arms
By John Hodges
At some time in the seventeenth century Hastings began to expand out of the valley of the Bourne , and odd buildings were erected in an area to the West that became known as the “Suburbs”. It was not until 1811 that this newly developed street became known locally as George Street, and early in the nineteenth century the George Inn was opened. Continue reading The Hastings Arms
Hastings Fishing Boat Returns to Harbour
This very poor quality film was taken around 1962. Will have some local interest. Anyone know the name of the boat and skipper?
A very rough day with the tops off the waves Continue reading Hastings Fishing Boat Returns to Harbour
Hastings – Cinque Port
The 1840 Sussex Directory claimed that Hastings was the head of the Cinque Ports Confederation before telling us it was a Corporate and Parliamentary Borough, demonstrating the importance still placed in the Cinque Ports heritage at that time, even though the Kent & Sussex fleet’s days of glory were well over by the time of the Spanish Armada, when just twelve vessels from the Cinque Ports were represented in Drake’s fleet. Continue reading Hastings – Cinque Port