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
The Rt. Hon. Amber Rudd is a Conservative Party politician who was elected as Member of Parliament for the East Sussex constituency of Hastings and Rye at the May 2010 general election, defeating the incumbent Labour MP Michael Foster. Amber subsequently went on to retain the seat, with an increased majority in the 2015 general election
Amber Rudd was appointed Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change on 11 May 2015. She was the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Energy and Climate Change from July 2014 until May 2015. She was elected Conservative MP for Hastings and Rye in 2010. Continue reading Our Member of Parliament
As a child I lived in the village of Playden, near Rye in East Sussex, close to the boundary with Kent. It is a village where the centre housed the church, village hall and The Peace and Plenty pub. Not far from there was the school which my brother and I attended until we were eleven years old. We lived on the far reaches of the village near The River Rother and close to the lock gates and the Star Inn pub.
I was seven years old when the Second World War ended and until then we had been restricted in our movements. Having to show identity cards wherever we went. Suddenly we could roam free. Dad had a small arable farm on the far side of the river to where we lived. Also a market garden, a grain drying unit and he reared pigs and kept hens. We knew all the local farmers and felt free to play in the fields around us. Continue reading The Joys of Owning a Bike
28 February 2016
Police discovered the shots had caused damage to a door and a window at the front of the multi-occupancy property. No one was hurt.
26 February 2016
Police are appealing for witnesses following an assault in Queens Road Hastings on Thursday (25 February).
Officers were called at around 1pm on Thursday (25 February) and found an 80-year-old local man in the road. He was taken to hospital where it was confirmed he had a fractured hip. Continue reading Assault in Hastings
The March issue of “Hastings Town” in good newsagents from Saturday 27 February.
Packed with good things including :- Continue reading March Hastings Town
25 February 2016
Police are appealing for witnesses to an attempted burglary at a property in Hastings.
The occupant in a property in All Saints Street heard someone at the bottom of his Continue reading Suspected Attempted Burglary in All Saints Street
25 February 2016
Police are appealing for witnesses to an assault in Hastings on Friday, February 12.
A 15-year-old girl was walking on Robertson Street at 3.45pm on Friday, February Continue reading Hastings Teeenager Assaulted in Robertson Street
25 February 2016
A clay pigeon shooting world champion has spoken of the horrific experience when masked men broke into his house in Northiam terrorising him and his wife. Continue reading Northiam World Champion was Robbery Victim
