Hastings Pier was back on TV at the weekend as BBC reporter Charlie Rose came to town town get an update on progress. And he heard good news about progress towards raising the money that gives Friends of Hastings Pier a fighting chance to keep the award winning Victorian structure under community control when the […]
Staff working on Hastings Pier took to social media yesterday to plead with administrators Smith and Williamson to take their time time to make sure they find the right buyer for the pier. Some staff have voiced concern that a meeting earlier this week between the administrators and the Heritage Lottery Fund – which backed […]
The Heritage Lottery Fund’s board received an update on the situation regarding Hastings Pier when it met yesterday (Tuesday May 22) a spokesman for the organisation confirmed this morning. Meanwhile a spokesman for Smith and Williamson, the administrators of Hastings Pier told Hastings In Focus he did not expect “to release any commentary on Hastings this […]
Friends of Hastings Pier has published a revised business plan and details of its financial projections as its battle to secure community ownership of the pier continues. Both documents can be seen in full by following this link http://hastingsvoluntaryaction.org.uk/fohp A spokesman for FoHP said yesterday: “We want to acknowledge the amazing contribution and ongoing commitment […]
Every time we run a story on Hastings Pier we always attach a link to the creative vision that Friends of Hastings Pier has drawn up. Adam Wide, the man who has drafted the creative plan, has huge experience in his field. But perhaps because that link is always at the bottom of our story […]
We asked, and the readers answered, but we still want to hear your thoughts, opinions and ideas. People are passionate about Hastings Pier and for many different reasons. Tell us what you think: email tellmeyourstory@hastingsinfocus.co.uk on Twitter @hastingsinfocus on Facebook @hastingsinfocus or search for the Hastings in Focus group Have ambitious plans to keep […]
This month’s GQ Magazine feature Hastings and St Leonards in its travel section under the not so flattering headline, “How Hastings became ‘Dalston-On-Sea’”. Dalston is an area of London which the writers consider is similar in many ways to Hastings but without a coastline. The feature says nothing new, rehashes a great many old prejudices […]
Representatives of Friends of Hastings Pier (FoHP) had what they describe as a “warm and positive” meeting with the administrators handling the business affairs of the pier but they concede that, “time is not on our side”. Jess Steele and Adam Wide met Adam Stephens of Smith and Williamson to talk about the plans FoHP […]
The architectural practice behind the Stirling Prize-winning rebuild of Hastings Pier has pledged money to the crowdfunding campaign that it hopes will take the attraction into community ownership. In November, the charity that owned the pier went into administration, less than a month after dRMM scooped the prestigious architecture award for its regeneration of the pier. The practice […]
