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Old Town, New Hope
By Nick Pelling Hastings Old Town is about to become home to an exciting new community centre. ‘The Nest’ is to open the doors of the Old Town Hall building…
Gripping Yarns by the Sea
Two recent eBooks by David Dennis: Mysteries of Sussex and Notes and Queries. Review by Nick Pelling There is a view that British History is a sort of pleasant pageant…
Hot Ticket at Pett Level
By Nick Pelling On Sunday August 29th the Pett Level Independent Rescue Boat charity is holding its annual Open Day. This is not only a fun day for the family…
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A Sunny Sort of Start Hastings United 1Herne Bay 1 By Nick Pelling The sun was shining over Pilot Field last Saturday as the blue sky and cold lagers welcomed…
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Pilot Field Buzzes for Adams By Nick Pelling A huge snaking crowd of cheerful Hastings United supporters made their way to Pilot Field to pay tribute to their club captain,…
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Swallowing Paregoric Babies By Pete Donohue Published by Uncollected Press (ML, USA)158 pp. $15 from publisher or £ from Amazon UKAlso available from local bookshops (signed) Review by Nick Pelling…
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Billy Wood still a Soul Man By Nick Pelling At a recent AGM of the Hastings United Independent Supporters Club, the CEO of Hastings United, Billy Wood, held a fascinating…
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Back On Track With The 1066 Specials By Nick Pelling As we all know, things have been opening up again. But, as the noise of supposed normality kicks in, it’s…
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The Rare Metals War By Guillaume PitronPublished by Scribe, paperback 288pp, RRP £ Review by Nick Pelling In the future we will all glide silently in our self-driving electric…
Train against the dying of the light
By Nick Pelling After a 55th birthday you would probably think the pressure to have the body beautiful eases off a bit. Surely we can all just relax into our…
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United in Transition By Nick Pelling Hastings United Women and Girls team have won the Sussex County Womens Football League in their first season of existence. A thrilling 4-3 victory…
Is Hastings Cracking Up?
By Nick Pelling A recent public Zoom meeting, promoted by several local community groups including Next Door Bohemia and Tidy Up St Leonards, and chaired by Hastings Borough councillor Andrew…
Frenzy for Flats
By Nick Pelling Behind the Covid quietness of the streets of Hastings, a noisy clamour for flats is developing. Demand is flying ahead of supply. The consequence: rents and prices…