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Letter Housing, Not Amusements Dear HIP With reference to Year of Shutdown for Owens Refurbishment (HIP 241), what Hastings needs is housing, not a huge indoor games complex. How many…
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Letter Shingles protection Dear HIP I would like to clarify the connection between chickenpox and shingles (Chickenpox Parties in HIP 240). Shingles occurs in people who have previously been exposed…
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Letter Drainage History Dear HIP Picking up on Martin Griffiths’ letter regarding the town centre flooding (HIP 239), I think we all need to be told of the usefulness or…
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Letter Benefits injustice Your excellent article Huge Holes in Benefits Safety Net in HIP 238 described the terrible state we are in in this country, with people falling through the…
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Bonfire Symbols Dear HIP, I went to the Bonfire night for the first time and was really impressed by the organisation and great family atmosphere of the event. However, I…
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Northeye: Contrasting Views of Bexhill Demos Dear HIP I am writing regarding the article about Northeye in your last edition. Thank you for correcting the information about the petition. We…
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We would love to hear from you. OWENS – A response from Town Deal Team Dear HIP With reference to your report Owens out, attractions withdrawn in HIP 227 we…
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Letters 219
St Mary Quite Contrary Dear HIP,Several years ago, there was a proposal to close the road behind the White Rock Theatre and extend the theatre backwards, with an opening onto…
Letters: HIP Issue 218
Extraordinary Dear HIP, Thank you for the article An extraordinary life in HIP 214. So lovely to read and keep as a record. I have known Peter D’Arcy Champney for…
Letters Issue 217
Joy of Singing Together Dear HIP What a splendid, exhilarating piece by Paul Greep in HIP 215 – Living with Parkinson’s: Why I joined ParkinSongsters. Singing together is simply one…
A Housing Crisis Debate
Reader's Letter: A Landlord's View Local resident/landlord Jamie writes to ’ve been reading through your recent commentary of the Hastings housing crisis with a mixture of sadness at some of…
LETTER: Housing Provision article in HIP
Dear Hastings Independent, Looking at regulation that affects the provision of housing and its condition are all extremely important and should be continually lobbied for. The effect of holiday lettings…
LETTER: Compassion Fatigue
In this year’s joint meeting of Hastings and District Interfaith Meeting and Hastings Against War, retired ecological architect and Quaker Mary Roslin addressed the despair that many feel when confronted…
LETTER: Lit Fest
Good afternoon, I feel very strongly about the recent Hastings Lit Fest and what a wonderful addition it is to our vibrant communities in Hastings and St Leonards. I wondered…
READER LETTER: Brexit negotiations in serious trouble
Dear HIP, In case you didn’t hear the Commons debate on Brexit earlier this month, may I urge you and your readers to look at these extracts from Kier Starmer,…
READER LETTER: Where’s the Cancer?
IN RESPONSE TO ‘What on Earth are You Eating?’ from issue 108 available here. Your recent story on GM Crops and the herbicide glyphosate leads me to wonder why other media…
READER LETTER: Green Flagged
IN RESPONSE TO ‘Council scoops award for town's 'outstanding' parks’ from issue 107 available here In your 10th August issue, Bernard McGinley questions whether Hastings Country Park should have a Green Flag…
READER LETTER: Unaffordable Private Rents
IN RESPONSE TO ‘What on Earth are You Eating?’ from issue 108 available here. Re your article about renting. I am at the moment being evicted as the property no longer…