October 2023
Edith Festival 2023
A reminder that the 2023 Edith Festival starts tomorrow (6th October 2023). More details are here - https://friendsofedith.org.uk/events/
September 2023
The Second Edith Festival – 6th – 8th October 2023
The Second Edith Festival takes place in October. For more details see Edith Festival 2023 – Hastings Museum and Art Gallery (hmag.org.uk) and https://www.hastingsweek.com/events-3 and https://friendsofedith.org.uk/events/
June 2023
200 Years of St Leonards-On-Sea
Soon there will have been 200 years of St Leonards. Recently the question of celebrating James Burton's New Town was discussed in articles in the Hastings Online Times: 'The Original DFL: James Burton' and 'How [...]
February 2023
Why Did Harold II Lose the Battle of Hastings? – A new publication
Why Did King Harold II Lose the Battle of Hastings? Members may be interested in this new publication written by Heather Grief of the Hastings Local History Group. The booklet covers all aspects of England’s [...]
Hastings Museum – Donations: The Went Tree Trust Exhibition
Alderman Tree was Mayor of Hastings four times between 1891 and 1904. When he died in 1927 at the age of 82, he left a trust fund to buy objects for the museum collection. Over [...]
Public Meeting on 6 March at the White Rock Hotel – St Leonards Parish Church
St Leonards Parish Church – Public Meeting on 6 March at the White Rock Hotel Early last year a ‘stakeholders group’ was set up to address concerns about the former parish church, now declared redundant [...]