This Sunday, 21 August, there will be a summer fete and community picnic in Gensing Gardens from noon to 3pm. It is the last of a series of summer events hosted by local arts organisation ATownExploresABook and funded by the Heritage Fund to mark the 150th anniversary of Gensing Gardens. HOT’s Erica Smith looks forward to the event.
The recent trio of planning applications for 5G telecommunications masts nearly 60 feet (18m) high have been decided by Hastings Borough Council (HBC). Warrior Square (‘528’) was nixed because it’s in a Conservation Area. Little Ridge Avenue (‘526’), just south of the Conquest, was refused because of the damage to visual amenity. The one beside the Oval (HS/TL/22/00527) was approved however. Bernard McGinley reports.
We can’t complain we haven’t had a summer this year. And summer is colour – the sea, summer fruits, summer dresses. And it is uplifting to see colour radiating from the Hastings Arts Forum walls. David Reeve’s excellent show, Urban Landscapes, celebrates his work past and present. HOT’s Lauris Morgan-Griffiths was energised by his images which were a departure from earlier work vibrated in the HAF space.
Those who enjoy the music of Polo Piatti, and appreciate the many contributions he has made to Hastings’ musical life, can enjoy a whole concert of his works, performed by the composer and friends, at the Opus Theatre on Saturday 20 August. Nick Terdre reports.
Hastings has gained several new councillors in the last two rounds of local elections, including three new Green Party representatives in May. One of them, Glenn Haffenden, presents his councillor diary, looking back at his first three months in office.
For the first time since the Cold War ended, the annual Hiroshima Day event last weekend took place against the background of a war in Europe that has the potential of escalating into nuclear conflagration. John Enefer of Hastings Against War, which organises the event, reports.
While exploring Beauport Park woods, Chris Bell, a retired architect and Zoom Arts member living in St Leonards, discovered a monument, now sadly neglected among a cluster of holiday chalets, built by a previous owner of the woods in the 19th century in honour of his departed wife. The writer laments such poor treatment of our building heritage.
The very first August Bank Holiday was in 1872. In Hastings, that was the day that Hastings Pier opened. 150 years later to the day, there was a party. Bernard McGinley reports.
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