Tag archives for Southeastern Railway
A Very Special Moment
PAUL MCLAUGHLIN Royalty and world leaders may have topped the guest list, but it was the schoolchildren from Hastings who stole the spotlight at last Wednesday’s historic unveiling of the…
Taken for a Ride
Will Some School Children Miss Out? HUGH SULLIVAN Ever since the British Museum, backed by the national Government, persuaded authorities in France to loan the original Bayeux Tapestry for exhibition…
Reform Politician Sidelined
PAUL McLAUGHLIN The former Hastings Borough Councillor, Lucian Fernando, claims he has been sacked by Southeastern railway because of his political views. Mr Fernando, who represented the Silverhill ward for…
What to do with Dorothy
PAUL McLAUGHLIN A campaign to save the historic fishing boat which greets visitors to Hastings as they exit the railway station has divided local opinion. The RX53 Dorothy Melinda is…
Blooming Butchery at Warrior Square Station
In what looks an increasingly familiar mix of ‘just doing our job’ and risk management gone haywire, contractors for Southeastern Railway have destroyed a large section of the wildflower meadow…