The SEND Circle Game
Written anonymously by one of the many undiagnosed adult battlers-on with Special Education Needs & Disability (SEND) that are resident in Hastings. You may want to read this listening to The Circle Game by Joni If you are on…
Census 2021
By Harry Farmer Every ten years, the Office for National Statistics conducts a census of the population in England and Wales, and the next one will take place on 21st March. Everyone with an interest in family history appreciates the…
Technology During Lockdown
by Betty Booth-Walters(9 years old) How many times have your parents moaned to you about having too much screen time? Is there any proof that the screen is bad for your health? Is it addictive? I’m going to be focusing…
The Three Great Battles of Hastings
By David E P Dennis Mighty Hastings! Its shorelands and beautiful countryside have such a wonderful history – here is a paradise for researchers and lovers of great stories – a true Game of Thrones! The Combe Haven River at…
Lockdown for a Nine Year Old
By Betty Booth-Walters Lockdown started nearly a year ago, who knew we would still be in it today? Betty Booth-Walters As a nine-year-old school girl I was over the moon when I first heard the news that my younger brother…
A Pensioner’s Appalachian Adventure continued
By Hastings resident Rosamond Palmer The ultimate trekking experience is often considered to be the Camino de Santiago. This 500-mile pilgrimage takes the average person 35 days to complete; hikers sleep in hostels and use the shops and restaurants en…
A Pensioner’s Appalachian Adventure
By Hastings resident Rosamond Palmer How it Started 2020 has turned into the year of cancelled holidays, not seeing loved ones, improved gardens and no adventures. How lucky I was to choose 2019 to walk the Appalachian Trail. I had…
A Covid-19 casualty
Dominic Compagnone lives in Bexhill and runs a video production company based in Battle. This is his Covid-19 story. I am totally sick of the disregard for the lockdown rules I’m seeing in the very limited time I am able…
What’s it like to be a newcomer in Hastings?
This year has seen another influx of home movers to Hastings, many of them arriving in the summer, in between lockdowns. One of them, travel writer Martin Dickie, arrived in August. Here are his reflections on being new in Hastings,…
Sea Dreams
By David E P Dennis When I was much younger, I wouldn’t return to Hastings Grammar School on time after lunch. When I did finally arrive around , the class would call out, “Here comes King Neptune!” I’d been standing…