Thursday 17 October 2019, 6 p.m. start. Held at White Rock Hotel Meeting chaired by Dr. Chris Joyce (Vice-chair, H & St. L Society) 1. Main topic: Proposals for the Observer Building (guest speaker, Jess Steele, Heart of Hastings Community Land Trust) Jess commenced with a short history of the ‘Observer Building’, which was designed [...]
(Photo by Kevin Boorman) Press Report – Lord Boyce talk at Hastings Museum on Sunday 13 October There was a large and captivated audience at the talk by Lord Boyce, Warden of the Cinque Ports and Admiral of the Fleet, on Sunday 13 October. Organised by Hastings & St. Leonards Society for ‘Hastings Week’, the [...]
Organised by Hastings & St. Leonards Society, as part of our ‘West Hill (Hastings) Local Heritage Project’, the West Hill Community Festival took place over the weekend of Friday 20 to Sunday 22 September. All events were free, as the project has been funded by a ‘Sharing Heritage in the Community’ grant from the National [...]
The next Hastings & St. Leonards Society open meeting is on Thursday 17th October, 6 pm start, at the White Rock Hotel. At this meeting, Jess Steele of Heart of Hastings Community Land Trust, will talk about the proposals for the Observer Building in Hastings Town Centre. There will also be updates on the situations [...]
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 [...]
