Old Hastings Preservation Society
Registered Charity Number 221623
Company Registration 611762
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Old Hastings Preservation Society Registered Charity Number 221623 |
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Members will have received their AGM papers with this newsletter and have noticed that our speaker on that evening is Marilyn Saklatvala, one of our volunteers and a co-opted member of the Council of Management. Marilyn has compiled the current exhibition on “Hidden Connections and Strange Coincidences” and her talk will show how one thing leads to another when an interest in local history is pursued, and draws the local into the national from time to time. |
Old Town Walks |
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Exhibition Programme |
CAN YOU Help? |
Family History Weekend at the History House with Hastings and Rother Family History Society |
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Next BOOK sale on Sat. and Sun. 4-5th June from 11 - 4. |
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Two Identities One Town is the title of the exhibition that we are developing for this years Heritage Open Days programme with Burtons St Leonards Society. We want to explore the growth together of the two towns and the relationship, real or perceived, between these two parts of the Borough. As well as historical facts and attitudes we want to gather current views and so have organised two coffee mornings when we hope people will come along and chat about their perspective. If you have a view and can’t make either of these events please drop in to the History House or South Lodge [West] or email us ohps@ohps.org.uk or contact BStLS thought their website www.burtonsstleonardssociety.co.uk. |
| “The grave’s a fine and private place….” In 1991 I did a guided walk round Hastings cemetery during Environment Week, looking at the memorials to local worthies and the art of the sculptors and masons. I had amassed a lot of information and always intended to turn it into a booklet. A few weeks ago Mike Howard came into the History House and was talking about Alf Cobb’s grave and my photos showed that this did have an inscription which had subsequently become grassed over. One thing led to another and after a meeting at Hastings Museum we hope to submit a bid for funding for a series of cemetery trails, plaques and signage and wonder if a “Friends of Hastings Cemetery “might be formed. Mike is particularly keen to work on a Radical Ramble if enough candidates can be found there. I shall be doing this walk for Heritage Open Days on Sunday 11th September at 11am | |
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The picture is just to whet your appetite for our Old Town Carnival Week exhibition on some early Hastings photographers, particularly Broderick who took the picture on the left and Blomfield from two albums that the Society has. |
We have suggested an Old Town Carnival Week event for the Old Town Hall Museum which we hope will encourage some extra visits to this treasure house of local history. The idea came from the Radio 4 series on the British Museum and 5 local historians will select an object in the Museum and talk about it to visitors between 12 and 12.30 each weekday 1st -5th August. Please remember to encourage any visitors you have to include a visit to the museum. Use it or we may lose it. |
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In order to reduce postage it has been suggested that members might like their newsletter sent by email and if you are happy to receive your copy this way please email us with the email address you would like us to use. We will not of course pass this on to any third party. We have some addresses already but will not assume you are happy to be sent your newsletter this way unless you tell us. |
Your Favourite Local Building - We want to know what you like about the town so we would like you to Photograph your favourite local building and enter our competition for an exhibition and the chance to win a prize. Entries should be A5 and clearly marked on the back with Name and Address and age if under 12 and brought to the History House by 4pm on Sun. 11 Sept. |
Diary of Events at Hastings History House all events at the History House unless stated |
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Contact details: |
110607
Hastings History House, 21 Courthouse Street, 
You were so generous with your response to our appeal for raffle tickets last year we have decided to send them out again. We will give you an update on the situation of the lift fund at the AGM. Carol
