Volunteers are counting on the public to help them fulfil their dreams for a community project that is blossoming. Let’s Raise the Roof is a month-long crowdfunding campaign to help put a permanent roof on the greenhouse in Alexandra Park, that kicked off on Monday with an appeal to supporters to raise at least £10,000 […]
There was an amazing response top out feature last weekend when we published photographs from the ‘Derelict In The UK’ archives of the Ashdown pub that once stood at the end of Downey Close. On our social media channels so many people posted their memories. Some people met there, some people held their wedding reception […]
Could there be a future for the abandoned St Leonards Parish Church, closed two years ago as structural problems made it unsafe? Hastings Urban Design Group certainly thinks so and is proposing ambitious plans to make it the centrepiece of ‘Science-on-Sea’. Hastings’ greatest strength and selling point is its maritime character, reflected in British national […]
When five friends set out on the trek from Eastbourne Pier to Hastings Pier last Saturday it was all in aid of a very good cause. Ewa Patmore, Adrian Ford-Crush, Andrea Baldry along with Jane and Emma Howard Smith completed their marathon walk in aid of the crowdfunding appeal to replace Esther Fox’s broken wheelchair. […]
It’s a year since a St Leonards couple became the owners of a popular 79 acre tourist attraction just a few miles from their home town and they’ve got big plans for its future. Donna Bull and Ray Grant have invested heavily to boost Sharnfold Farm, situated at Stone Cross between Hailsham and Eastbourne. They’ve totally […]
For those of us that love a good read and story about an unsolved death, murder and intrigue, especially in your home town of Hastings, Strange Exits From Hastings: A Cornucopia Of Bizarre Deaths Unsolved Murders by Helena Woitczak is a must! When Darren McCann reviewed it for Hastings In Focus he said: “So well […]
Great news this week for Hastings Oktoberfest fans as organisers confirm the event is set to go ahead at the new venue of Horntye Park Saturday October 3rd from 2-9pm. In a strange year when the Munich Oktoberfest itself has been cancelled, the staff, entertainers and suppliers of Hastings Oktoberfest really hope that we can […]
Breads and other baked goods, normally supplied only to top London establishments, including the Houses of Parliament, The Ritz and the Savoy are now available on Hastings Pier. The local foodie community and visitors to Hastings Pier will be delighted to learn that at Frankonia Hastings they are now able to enjoy fabulous tasty treats. Surrey-based independent […]
More than half a million pounds worth of funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund will allow Sussex Wildlife Trust to push ahead with its innovative Wild Coast Sussex Project. It’s hoped that Wild Coast Sussex will inspire communities across Sussex to care for the marine environment and will give them the tools to be […]
