May Bank Holiday 2020: Hastings Leads the Opposition
On 8th June Business Secretary Greg Clark announced that next year’s early May bank holiday will be moved back by four days for the whole of the UK to coincide with the 75th anniversary of VE (Victory in Europe) Day:…
Jack in the Green – A Tale of Dressing Up
By Rod Webb While enjoying Jack in the Green (JITG), you might wonder what goes into making all the costumes, why people go to so much trouble, how long it takes them. In other words, what’s it all about? Bob…
Jack In The Green Full Programme
Friday 3rd MayFolk Session at the Stag Inn from ;Folk music and singing. Saturday 4th MayDancing on Winkle Island from , with local morris groups Mad Jack’s Morris and Hannah’s Cat joined by visiting troupes. The five-piece acapella band Rattlebag…
As Full of Spirit as the Month of May…
With Jack in the Green and myriad summer celebrations approaching, Hastings also prepares to crown its 85th May Queen. Barry Jones reports. One of the oldest traditions in the country, the crowning and associated festivities help us to celebrate the start…
Make a Foliage Crown
The 2016 May Queen, Bethan Jones, will be lending her crown for display at Hastings Museum on Saturday 5th May for a workshop on how to make a headdress for the celebrations. You can wear your own headdress for the…
Dancing at Dawn
On Tuesday 1st May, morris dancers will assemble on Ladies Parlour, West Hill, to inaugurate a new season. Dancers and spectators will be able to use the reopened funicular railway to assist access to the event as Kevin Boorman, the…
Jack-in-the-Green Programme
FRIDAY Folk music and singing The Stag, High St, from SATURDAY Morris Dancers Wall of Death, from Dancing on Winkle Island Rattlebag (female harmony group perform folk songs) The Stag, High St, FILM The Ballad of Shirley Collins Electric Palace, High…
Party Party
Bikers and Morris Dancers get it together for holiday weekend The Hastings Mayday Run, which celebrates its 40th annual happening this weekend, is ‘one of the biggest free-to-attend motorcycle events in Europe’ according to Bike 1066, organisers of trade and…
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’ consultants Drury McPherson on management of ‘heritage assets’ in the…
HAVE Launch
On Saturday 10th February, Hastings Access to Venues and Events launched their first quarterly newsletter. It grew out of their informal Facebook group and other longstanding efforts to publicise the essential value of disabled access to Hastings’ varied townscape. The…