Dee Day Articles in the February Issue
Nostalgia
Sunny Hastings 1948
Apps Family Business
Carnival Queen 1936
Dee Day Files
Long Gone Hastings
U-Boat at St Leonards
Local Music Continue reading February Hastings Town
Hastings Old Town Carnival Association held its AGM at the East Hastings Sea Angling Association at 10am on Sunday, 15th November. Despite the time and the inclement weather it was one of the best turnout for many years. Continue reading How Faces On Old Town Carnival Committee
Restoration Group Chairman Ion Castro was there of course taking pictures and explaining the event. For the past 22 out of 23 years the Hastings Trolleybus Restoration Group’s annual show has been on the third Sunday in May and this Continue reading Trolleybus Show 2015
Features Include :-
News of Arthur & Jimper
Jempsons Celebrate 80th. Anniversary
Roger Breeds 1941 -2015
Rye Mayor Starts Second Term of Office
Pictures from Rye Sports in the 1960’s
Hastings Carnival Court
Hands Across the Sea at Hythe
The Pier 2016 A Tony May article with lots of pictures
Trikes by the Sea – An Ion Castro Picture Feature
War & Peace Revival at Hythe (Westernhanger) in July – Preview of new Aerial features,
Alice in Wonderland and Peasmarsh : Special feature that will fascinate Lewis Carroll fans
Sky Dive for Pilgrims Hospice
Jimper’s Jottings – Local Country Life personality Jimper Sutton is back after illness
Antique Road Trip at Rye Auction Galleries
Grass Track Cycle Racing at Rye Sports in the 1960’s – New Romney cyclist Mike Ashdown was the local star
Anzak Day report from Richard Holdsworth, our “Rye’s Own” Correspondent in Australia
Bonfire Auction at The Mermaid Breaks all Records
Spice of Rye Life
E. F. Benson – Freeman of Rye
The Tony May Pages – Packed with interesting people
“Greenman of the Year” Tony May takes a unique look at Jack in the Green
Book Preview “Coastlines – The Story of Our Shore by Patrick Barkham.
Turret Clock Movement at Hole Park, Rolvenden and connections with Rye
Local Soccer Team are National Champions
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The Bowskill Trophy is presented annually in memory of Cyril Bowskill who, with his wife Joan was a great supporter of Hastings Week, from majority vote based on public nominations it is awarded to the person, group or organisation who has done most to promote the prestige of the week. Continue reading Hastings Week Awards The Bowskill trophy
23rd March saw Hastings’ 30th Half Marathon and nearly three and a half thousand finishers. Ion Castro was there with his camera. Ion would have brought Happy Harold, Hastings’ own 1928 former trolleybus to enhance the spectacle and provide a viewing platform but unfortunately the extensive repairs to his engine (the ‘bus, not Ion) are taking longer that had been hoped for and HH remained in the depot. Continue reading Rye,Hythe & Romney Runners Well Represented in 30th. Hastings’ Half Marathon
Ion Castro (with his clothes on) was there in the interests of art – well, someone’s got to do it
According to Wickipedia, that well-known internetbased fount of usually-correct information a flashmob is a group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, perform an unusual and seemingly pointless act for a brief time, then quickly disperse, often for the purposes of entertainment, satire, and artistic expression. Flashmobs are organized via telecommunications, social media, or viral emails. Continue reading Hastings puts the ‘Flash’ in ‘Flashmob’
Ron Passed away in St.Michael’s Hospice on 15th July 2011 after a short illness and his funeral took place at Hastings Cemetery on 28th July. Continue reading Ron’s Gone
When The Mods Invaded Hastings
By Jim Hollands It was the year of the fashion rebellion. Topless swimsuits and dresses were being displayed in public, Carnaby Street was the centre of Universe, and two youth movements – Mods and Rockers- made up principally of young, mainly working class Britons with cash to spend, were making the headlines. Continue reading Flashback To 1964
