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Discover Tony May in the pages of Rye’s Own, where the subject emerges through local voices, historical detail and stories written close to the events. The trail includes “Hastings Town June 2015 Issue”, “A Few Things”, “Battle Scarecrow Festival”, and “Imagine If You Will A Local Hovercraft Service”, offering several ways into the subject rather than a single potted account. The archive leaves room for eyewitness detail, strong opinions and the affectionate hindsight that gives Rye’s Own its particular flavour.
Quotes From Newsfeeds Saturday 1 April 2016
Tony May Thinking about Ronnie Corbett I think his legacy could teach a lot of people today a thing or two about how to live their lives. Ronnie was never one to take offence when someone made fun of his height, indeed he often would go as far as to instigate a joke at his own … Continue reading Quotes From Newsfeeds Saturday 1 April 2016
The Simple Things In Life Are Best
By Tony May Having been left some money by my Nan and with plenty of operational and space problems to deal with on my existing machine, I took the plunge recently and invested in a new laptop. Now, I am as technophobic as they come and so, on the advice of friends, have always stuck … Continue reading The Simple Things In Life Are Best
Rye’s Own August Issue
“Rye’s Own” will be in every local newsagents on Friday Morning (31 July 2015) Packed with features and pictures including :-
Hastings Town June 2015 Issue
The June issue of Hastings Town is on sale in all good Hastings Newsagents Now. Features Include :-
Lover’s Seat
BY TONY MAY I have been in a somewhat romantic mood of late and as I approach my 49th birthday as a Batchelor I have been spending rather more time than is healthy perhaps reflecting on the course of my life so far.
A Few Things
The Tony May Pages I love writing for ‘HT’ and think of this magazine as a kind of community in itself so, whenever fresh news reaches my ears about a story previously featured here, I think its important I keep you all informed. Remember Sue Butchers? I had the pleasure of interviewing Sue about her … Continue reading A Few Things
Imagine If You Will A Local Hovercraft Service
By Tony May Pictures By Andrew Popkin The sound of the sea lapping gently at the shore, a warm, sunny day in Hastings, blue skies overhead and the piercing cry of seagulls invading your senses. Camera in one hand, sunglasses in the other and with arms outstretched for balance you are creeping gingerly across the … Continue reading Imagine If You Will A Local Hovercraft Service
Remembering Woolies
BY TONY MAY The recent news that long-established Electrical Retailers, ‘Comet’ are to go into administration has had quite an effect on me. Always one to spend a fair amount of my time thinking of the past anyway, to see again the same tragic circumstances occurring, which, five years ago (yes, it has been that … Continue reading Remembering Woolies
Grave Opportunity
By Tony May Reading an article in our local press about Hastings participation in English Heritage’s annual ‘Heritage Open Days’, I became fascinated by the story of how a stonemason was to renovate the Haggard family memorial in Church In The Wood cemetery. According to the article it was thought the grave could be that … Continue reading Grave Opportunity