When the Travellers Came to Town
On National Roma Day 8th April Travellers visiting Hastings were evicted for the third time in less than a week. Cllr Maya Evans, HBC lead member for Travellers, investigates. Tanya stood outside her caravan telling me about her life on…
Love on the way
St Leonards photographer meets partner hiking Spain’s Camino de Santiago – Part 2 In Part 1 (HIP issue 174, 16th April), we heard about the allure of the Camino for Stef Frimmer, an executive assistant from Munich in Germany, and…
Love on the way
St Leonards photographer meets partner hiking Spain’s Camino de Santiago Last month In February [Issue 169 and Issue 170), HIP covered Hastings pensioner Rosamund Parker’s extraordinary 2,000-mile Appalachian Trail hike across the north-eastern states of America. But she isn’t the…
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…