In December 2022, Steve Peak has put together a new website called Hastings History and has the story of the museum and the net shops as well as many other stories of Hastings and St Leonards-on-Sea. (See the links below.)
All books are available in hard copy from the Museum and the History House.
Happy reading!
We’ve waited a long time for this but finally we have a full programme for Old Town Walks and Stade Fishing Quarter Walks this year. WE just need you to come and see what it’s all about!
This Tuesday, 3rd May, sees the first Old Town Walk so don’t miss out book your ticket here: https://www.ohps.org.uk/walks or contact ohpswalks@gmail.com or 01424 461446 if you’d like to book your place and pay cash to the guide on the day. Tickets £6
The next Stade Fishing Quarter Walks are June 2nd/3rd/4th Tickets £4 and available here: https://www.ohps.org.uk/walks or contact stadewalks@gmail.com or 01424 461446 if you’d like to book your place and pay cash to the guide on the day.
We hope this update reaches you in good health.
Old Town Carnival Week was officially opened this morning with the flag being hoisted and festivities could get under way.
The OHPS are hosting various events through the week and running their usual Old Town and Stade Walks. Unfortunately the Lost Roads and Lost Pubs East & West tickets have now all sold out. You can get an online programme here: https://www.oldtowncarnivalweek.co.uk/events/
We would like to take this opportunity to say thank you to all our visitors and supporters since our doors reopened in May. It’s been wonderful to see so many of you come through the doors at the museum and the History House.
Lastly, we are very pleased to be selling Steve Peak’s new book The America Ground in the museum, History House and also from our online shop https://www.ohps.org.uk/products-page/product-ohps/the-america-ground-hastings-by-steve-peak/
That just leaves us to say, have a fabulous Old Town Week, stay safe and see you soon!
We are finally opening this Saturday, 18th July and Sunday 19th July 2pm-5pm. Please come and support us, we need you!
https://www.visit1066country.com/things-to-do/fishermens-museum-p57443
We’re Good To Go which means you can be certain that the Hastings Fishermen’s Museum is following government and industry COVID-19 guidelines, has a Risk Assessment in place and a process to maintain cleanliness and aid social distancing.
Your visit to the museum will be a little different at the moment while we work through this transition period.
We have implemented a few changes around the museum to help make your visit as comfortable as possible for you and for our staff:
Other than those few things, everything is the same! Everything has been deep cleaned, the floor has been painted and Enterprise has been spruced up to make her last for many more years to come. In short, the museum looks amazing, please come and see us!!
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A few photos to show how we’re looking.
Hello all, we hope you are staying safe and sane. We are still under lockdown for the foreseeable future but as soon as we know what is happening we will let you know. With that in mind we won’t be running this weeks’ walks, and this months’ Old Town Walks. For further information please contact ohpswalks@gmail.com or stadewalks@gmail.com for Museum and History House please contact ohpscontact@gmail.com
As winter draws in and the nights get darker and yet more rain falls on us don’t forget the museum and history house will be opening. Check out our opening times on the home page. The museum will change to 11am- 4pm from 1st November.
There are a few events coming up so check out the events page here: https://www.ohps.org.uk/events/
Have you checked out the museum and History House shops for gift ideas? Some gifts can be purchased through the website here: https://www.ohps.org.uk/products-for-sale/products-page/
The last Stade Walks of the season are 23rd & 24th November @ 11am contact details here: https://www.ohps.org.uk/guided-walks/
Our winter opening times are: History House is open Thurs to Sun but will be closed Sundays through Jan & Feb. The Fishermen’s Museum will be open 11-4pm up to end of March
We had the very great pleasure of speaking to Marie Gillooly of the Roscommon Solstice Choir, some time ago. She wanted to use Toilers of the Deep by Eliza Veness in a memorial service. (Please click this Link to their Facebook page for the full story.) Fergus Sweeney very kindly sent us this link to the video Toilers of the Deep Video We feel this poem reaches across time and place and is as relevant now as it was 100 years ago when Eliza originally wrote it.
Copyright remains with Eliza Veness/Hastings Fishermen's Museum for the poem and Copyright remains with Fergus Sweeney for the video. Please ask permission before you share.
