In June the planning committee of Hastings Borough Council (HBC) approved a retrospective application for Listed Building Consent for fake olde plastic wobbly lampposts on Hastings Pier (case HS/LB/24/00047). Its twin for actual retrospective planning permission (case HS/FA/24/00046) remains undecided. Bernard McGinley remains unimpressed.
On Friday 9 August the remarkable Max Baillie brings another concert to town as part of his ongoing Saint Leonards concerts program. Laurie Temple urges you to book your tickets now for a guaranteed film and musical treat for all the family.
Creator and host of the Bavard Bar Tim B’vard, aka Tim Crook, takes some time out from his organising duties to speak to Jude Montague about the popular club.
Hastings White Rock’s Learning and Participation department present this year’s Summer Youth Project, Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. There are five performances on the main stage commencing with a gala night on Thursday 15 August and running until Saturday 17 August.
Deep within a Southern Housing estate in Hollington, there is a hidden Garden of Eden. It’s not easy to find, but once you do there is a warm welcome from Craig, Trevor and the volunteer team, as Dee Williams found.
Ethiopian krar player and singer Haymanot Tesfa visits St Leonards-on-Sea for a one-off performance on the beach next to Goat Ledge on Tuesday 30 July. She talks to Jude Montague ahead of her visit.
50 years ago at the site of the current Cove Pub, there once lived a Folk Club. In the upstairs room at the Fairlight Cove Hotel, every Saturday evening from 1 December 1973, the Hayloft Folk Club would play host to many well-known folk artists of the day. Bill Pocock and Steve Green are excited to announce a revival of the Hayloft Folk Club.
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