Don’t Miss Energy Awareness Week
Energise Sussex Coast (ESC) is organising a week of free energy awareness activities between 20th-27th ; “Many people are considering how to save energy in the home, whether that’s because of the high winter heating bills or the environmental costs…
Potato Cakes
By Adrian Ferrer Despite having Irish ancestry, my first encounters with potato cakes were the small, square, packeted variety found in supermarkets. I learnt that they were best well-toasted, jabbed with a knife to create a larger surface area and…
Good On Greens
An independent greengrocers shines bright amidst a run of take-aways and supermarkets on the Old London Road in Ore. Formerly Carrolls, it has just been bought by its manager Mike Stanbridge and renamed Good on Greens. Its comings-and-goings show the benefits…
Better Things Are Electric
A power-assisted bike proves miles easier Situated on National Cycle Route 2 Hastings is a good place for cycling with a dedicated but shared use seafront path and a flat run west all the way to Bexhill and Eastbourne. For…
New Cycle Routes St Leonards
East Sussex County Council and Hastings Borough Council are currently working on a walking and cycling strategy for Hastings and St Leonards. An ESCC spokesman said: “Cycling and walking have huge benefits for people’s health and wellbeing, as well as…
Merry Recycling
At Xmas and New Year people typically generate 30% more recycling than usual. Here’s how to ensure you do so correctly. Hastings residents can take Christmas Trees to the Harmers Lane compound, just off Upper Park Road in Alexandra Park…
Ditch The Wrapping, And Get Naked This Xmas
A survey, conducted by Hastings Adventure Golf to launch its ‘Naked Christmas’ campaign encouraging the reduction of packaging and wrapping, claims the majority of Hastings adults would prefer to receive ‘help’ than a ; Around 75% of the 500 adults…
‘I Can’t Help Myself’
(from taking another bite): discovering the soul of London Road’s new café Watching my partner gleefully devour his slice of chocolate Guinness cake at the recently opened Sugarpie Honeybuns café, I couldn’t help but wonder whether the Four Tops, when…
Environmental Update
News of the Natural World Seawater quality Water collected from Pelham Beach and tested by the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has been rated ‘sufficient’ – the joint-lowest rating obtained in Sussex. In St Leonards samples tested…
Celebrating Life With The Silver Darlings
Hastings fishmonger Tush Hamilton, 77, talks about the past and present of the under-rated herring. He and his wife Pat will be at Hastings’ eighth Herring Fair (23rd & 24th November, 11am-4pm, Stade Open Space, free entry) along with other…