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 [...]
e-bulletin (18 March 2019) Annual General Meeting All members* of the Hastings & St. Leonards Society are encouraged to attend our Annual General Meeting at the White Rock Hotel (ground floor meeting room) on Monday 29 April, 6 pm start. The Agenda for the AGM will be circulated to all individual members of the Society, [...]
Hastings Heritage Trail is an interactive walking tour designed to be fun for all generations. It features ten central Hastings locations that have stayed largely unchanged for at least 25 years. The trail has been created by Hastings born photographer Maxine Beuret. Each place has been chosen for its fascinating history with a focus on design. It [...]
St Leonards Church and Undercliff: Preliminary Thoughts Key Issues The working assumption of this report is to consider St Leonards Church in the context of the wider townscape. See attached birds’ eye view and aerial shot - in the .pdf below Further consideration may nevertheless demonstrate that this is over-ambitious or unnecessary and that it [...]
We have been sent an official copy of a BBC programme broadcast in November 2018 on the 'Diving Tower' project as talked about by Colin Booth at our last open meeting. BBC South East Today 151018 - Diving Tower Here are the notes we issued together with a couple of slides which he showed. Notes [...]
E-bulletin (4 March 2019) - Grant Award for West Hill (Hastings) Local Heritage Project Hastings & St. Leonards Society has been awarded a grant of up to £8,500 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund (formerly the Heritage Lottery Fund) for its West Hill (Hastings) Local Heritage and Community Festival Project. Firing a Royal [...]
Monday 25th February 2019 18:00 at the White Rock Hotel Agenda 1. Welcome from the Chair, and any apologies. 2. Update on the UNESCO World Heritage Site status proposal (Julia Hilton) 3. Report from the West Marina Partnership group on the work for a Neighbourhood Plan for the former bathing pool site (Virginia Vilela) 4. [...]
