Carnival Publicity Officer Ion Castro gives you a taste of what’s to come. Hastings Old Town Carnival Week is a mainly free event (that doesn’t mean you can’t give a donation!) organised jointly by the Hastings Old Town Carnival Association (www.1066.net/carnival) and the Old Hastings Preservation Society (www.ohps.org.uk). The Grand Opening of Old Town Week … Continue reading Hastings Old Town Carnival Week 31st July– 8th August 2010
Tag: Lifeboat House
Step into the Rye’s Own archive for stories connected with Lifeboat House, a place viewed through local news, memory, change and the experiences of those who knew it. Stories such as “17 Brave Men” and “Hastings Old Town Carnival Week 31st July– 8th August 2010” give the collection its range and its distinctly local texture.
17 Brave Men
The Story of the Rye Harbour Lifeboat Disaster The Alice of Riga In the early hours of the morning of 15 November 1928 a chain of events started that was to lead to the worst Lifeboat disaster in the history of the United Kingdom.