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Happy Birthday Gensing Gardens!
Sunday 3 July is the150 anniversary of Gensing Gardens, bought for the town in 1872. The site was originally known as Gensing Wood. Like other gardens of the period it…
Paid work for musicians!
The Trinity Triangle Heritage Action Zone is a four-year, community-led, regeneration programme supported by Historic England to breathe new life into an historic part of Hastings town centre, the Trinity…
New Country Park Centre To Reveal Hidden History
The Hidden Hastings Heritage project has been awarded £277,000 by the Heritage Lottery Fund to “uncover and showcase the rich natural, archaeological and historical heritage of Hastings Country Park.” A…
Friends Campaign Continues
Ensuring pier’s long term maintenance and enforcement of planning regulations are key objectives. By Emma Harwood The new owner of Hastings pier, Sheikh Abid Gulzar, has erected a wooden hut…
In the Dark
Community group demands answers regarding the sale of Hastings pier. The people of Hastings and St Leonards deserve answers to a long list of questions surrounding the ‘cloudy and often…
Judge a man by the company he keeps
So how did the Sheikh with a string of failed and failing companies get his pier bid approved? “The aim throughout the process was that the heritage asset be sold…
Engaging with the Community – On What?
On Friday 15th June the pier structure and its ongoing business were sold by the Administrators of Hastings Pier Charity to Sheikh Abid Gulzar, owner of Eastbourne Pier. At the…
Heritage Assets – Can’t pay, Won’t Pay
Hugh Sullivan argues that Council plans to look after Hastings’ heritage rely on others being persuaded to provide the funding In 2016 Hastings Borough council commissioned a report by ‘historic environment’…
The People’s Pier?
KENT BARKER REPORTS: Discussions have been held over possible future community ownership of the Hastings Pier. A packed meeting of Pier shareholders considered whether they might be able to establish…
Uncovering the stories of West Street by Lorna Crabbe
Artist Lorna Crabbe tells us about an exciting new project, ‘Rediscovering West Street: A meandering and forgotten past Duo Bogof and a white rabbit 'family portrait’, Duo Bogof will be…