Tag archives for Holmhurst St Mary
Nuns’ Memorial Criticised
KENT BARKER The erection of a new memorial to the 46 nuns whose bodies were exhumed from the centre of a St Leonards Housing estate has been criticised over lack of consultation…
Shock and Dismayat Nuns’ Exhumation
KENT BARKER A Hastings Borough councillor told a senior council officer he was “shocked and dismayed” when he heard that the graves of 46 nuns at Holmhurst St Mary had…
Promises Should Not be Broken
DAME JOANNA LUMLEY, writing exclusively for HIP, recalls the nuns who taught her at Holmhurst St Mary convent in St Leonards and describes how shocked she was by the desecration of their…
New Protest over Nuns’ Exhumations
KENT BARKER Alumni of the former convent of Holmhurst St Mary have called for a public apology over the handling of the exhumations of the bodies of 46 nuns who…