It could have been the Tower Ballroom at Blackpool but no – it was the function room at the Tower Theatre Shorncliff that echoed to the dance music of the Thirties, Forties and Fifties on Sunday 15 July 2012 . Continue reading Who Remembers Dancing At The Tower?
The marshland around Rye when under the sea was the highway to Winchelsea and England. Naturally the soil was full of old rubbish, lost at sea in those days. Continue reading Monument
Punt. Open decked fishing boat (Hastings.)
Raw throat. Sore throat. Continue reading Local Dialect & Expressions Part Three
By the time this issue gets to the newsagents, Easter will have come and gone. This year seems to be flying past. So much is going on in the World. Continue reading Editorial
ONE OF RYE’S longest-established businesses has recently undergone a major expansion, acquiring new premises on Harbour Road.
Skinners of Rye have been looking after the transport needs of the local and wider community for over 150 years and today, with Managing Director Gary Barlow at the helm, that great tradition is set to continue. Continue reading Multi-Million Pound Expansion For Skinners Of Rye
Ion Castro, hon.Secretary of the Hastings & St.Leonards Museum Association was at the opening of the new exhibition at Hastings Museum and Art Gallery in Johns Place,Bohemia Road, Hastings, TN34 1ET (Opposite to lower end of The Oval) and admission is free. Continue reading Your Museum-Your Say
Multi-National Supermarket chains are at last being seen for what they are – money making machines that are only interested in profit and taking more and more money off their now ‘captive’ clientèle, the general public.
This magazine and it’s sister publications have run article after article for many years supporting the small and medium sized traders, pointing out the dangers of the ever expanding multi-national chains and their dubious sales techniques, misleading packaging and pricing tricks. Continue reading Hastings Town Editorial – March 2013
Are you in this picture and how many can you name? Bill Waters knows 75% of his classmates but we are not going to make it too easy – Put a name to all those you know – And tell us where they are today. Continue reading Faces From the Past – How Many Can You Name?
Is it worth the police arresting people who commit crime? I ask this
because in the local paper there is a page of local crimes taken to
court. I wonder if the cost of police work in arresting these criminals
is worth the time, money and effort.
Some of the sentencing is a joke, compensation for damage and injuries
caused by these people are sometimes way below the damage and injuries
they have caused, and in many cases, the use of suspended sentences Continue reading Bernard’s Problem Page – March 2016
On Sunday 18 June 2006 there were reports coming into our offices of a Riot at Camber. Police cars, ambulances and Fire Engines were streaming through Rye and a major incident was suspected by members of the public.
Strangely there were no reports of the event on Radio or Television even though locals were talking of 60 riot policemen and armed police at the scene. The Continue reading Riot at Camber
