West Hill Community Festival Update To correspond with Heritage Open Days and to celebrate the substantial local heritage of the West Hill area of Hastings, we have organised a Community Festival for the weekend of 20 – 22 September. All events are free and we open with a concert at Emmanuel Church on the Friday [...]

Group Visit to Rye, Tuesday 15 October Hastings & St. Leonards Society is organising a group visit to Rye Heritage Centre for Tuesday 15 October. Included in the visit to the Heritage Centre is a showing of the ‘The Story of Rye’ in a 25 minutes model-show format with sound and light effects. Upstairs there [...]

Apply Now for Free West Hill Festival Concert Tickets As announced in previous newsletters, Hastings & St. Leonards Society is organising a West Hill (Hastings) Community Festival over the weekend of 20 – 22 September as part of our West Hill Local Heritage Project. The project is supported by the National Lottery through the Heritage [...]

Newsletter: Issue 13 (20 May 2019) Annual General Meeting Report The second Annual General Meeting of the Society took place on Monday 29 April at the White Rock Hotel. Notes from the meeting, including the Chair’s Annual Report, have been circulated to all members. Other recipients of our Newsletters may be interested in the main [...]

Please note that due to circumstances beyond our control, the open meeting tonight, Monday 13th May is cancelled. Our apologies to all. We will reschedule the meeting in the next few days.

Open Meeting, Monday 13th May, 6pm start, at White Rock Hotel. Agenda 1. Main Topic: John Bownas (H & St. L Society committee member and Town Centre Business Improvement District Manager) reports on the activities of BID and outlines the strategy for the Town Centre’s future. Followed by questions and discussion 2. Chris Lewcock: update [...]

e-bulletin (12 April 2019) Get Hastings Reading - ‘Lost Words’ trail Graeme Quinnell of the Literacy Trust has asked H & St. L Society to circulate the following information: “As part of the Get Hastings Reading campaign we run events to engage children, young people and families in literacy themed activities from time to time. [...]

Please read the attached Chair's annual report prior to coming to the meeting Annual General Meeting Date: Monday 29 April 2019, start 6 p.m. Venue: White Rock Hotel (ground floor meeting room) Meeting to be chaired by Dr. Deborah Madden Agenda 1. Welcome from the Chair; any apologies for absence 2. Request for approval of [...]