Tag archives for Rock-a-nore
Coastguard Station Open Day
The Coastguard Station at Rock‑A‑Nore opened its doors to the public last Saturday (8 August) as part of the Hastings Carnival Week celebrations. Officer in Charge Michael Lawless told visitors…
Trunks & Hunks in Hastings
MEL STEEL Cold-water men’s swimming group Trunks and Hunks will be taking their first Hastings dip this Sunday 2 August, meeting at 7am on Rock‑ A‑Nore beach. Trunks and Hunks…
News in Brief
Gunshots Lead to Crash Injuries Four people were injured when their car crashed in Hastings during a police pursuit. The incident began after gunshots were reported in Sidley Green, Bexhill.…
70 Years of the Fishermen’s Museum
STEVE PEAK, local historian and Fishermen’s Museum trustee celebrates its 70th birthday One of the leading tourist attractions in Hastings is celebrating its 70th birthday this month. The Fishermen’s Museum…
HIP BOOK REVIEW: Rewilding the Sea
How to Save Our Oceans By Charles Clover REVIEW BY HATTIE ELLIS Charles Clover’s first book, The End of the Line (2004), revealed the catastrophic effects of overfishing and reached…
The Net Shops – Part Two
Local historian, author and honorary curator of the Fisherman’s Museum, STEVE PEAK, explores the history of the net shops. See the last edition for Part ; All the unique and…
Bathers Going Through the Motions
BY PAUL MCLAUGHLIN Hundreds of environmental campaigners recently gathered in St Leonards for the unveiling of a mock Blue Plaque to highlight the continued dumping of raw sewage into the…
Team Effort Rescues Trapped Dolphin
Three women from local sports group Hastings Rounders have reported a dramatic success. No bats or balls were involved – rather, they accomplished the remarkable rescue of a dolphin trapped…
Las Tapas Rock-a-Nore: Exclusively Spanish
By Steven Short If I might be a little A. A. Gill for a moment (ie start a review by talking about myself for ages): I lived in Spain for…
Rock-a-Nore: once the Eco-Nore of the East
Local historian Steve Peak explores some of the ways Rock-a-Nore has been ; Instead of pumping all our sewage into the sea, why can’t Hastings have a recycling plant to…
Fairground Plans Spark Criticism of Foreshore Trust
By Emma Harwood The Foreshore Trust – the charity which manages land from Rock-a-Nore to Bulverhythe on behalf of the public- has come under heavy criticism over its handling of…
Marina Proposal Sunk
The Hastings Harbour Quarter company which had put forward a multi-million pound scheme to develop a modern marina complex, including over a thousand new executive homes off Rock-a-Nore, has formally…
A Very Hastings Riot: The story of the town’s iconic net shops
Sheds of various shapes and sizes have stood on the shingle in front of Hastings Old Town for centuries, but it was a council planning decision in 1835 that created…