Category: <span>Hastings Life</span>

Once a Yardie, always a Yardie

HOT’s Erica Smith re-visited The Yard (aka Britannia Enterprise Centre in Waterworks Road) and checked out the latest arrival – the new Hastings town centre branch of Half Man Half Burger!

Posted 21:41 Wednesday, May 26, 2021 In: Food & Drink

Swan Inn disaster memorial service on Sunday

A service of remembrance will be held this Sunday in memory of the 16 people killed on the same date in 1943 when the Swan Inn in Hastings Old Town took a direct hit, writes the Rev Paul Hunt.

Posted 12:28 Friday, May 21, 2021 In: Local News Tags: Judy Cubison Paul Hunt Swan Inn Thomas Winborne

Break your lockdown blues with a FREE course at Southwater Community Centre

Hastings Access to Venues and Events (HAVE) are running four weeks of free classes starting on Tues 18 May, at the new HAVE Hub in Southwater Community Centre, Stainsby Street, St Leonards-on-Sea.

Posted 21:28 Wednesday, May 12, 2021 In: Local News

The Green Shoots of Spring

Ore in Bloom’s ‘The Green Shoots of Spring’ offers a fabulous opportunity to beginner gardeners and the longer term green-fingered, who feel they can still learn something! Plus, lots of encouragement to get outside and into nature. HOT’s Zelly Restorick speaks to Anna Locke, local permaculture and ecological gardener.

Posted 05:02 Tuesday, May 4, 2021 In: Nature Tags: Amanda Jobson Anna Locke Ore Community Land Trust Ore in bloom

Urgent help needed for ‘Bottles From…’

‘Bottles From…’ is a one-of-a-kind environmental project, catalysed by the government’s proposal to include a Deposit Return Scheme for drinking containers in the coming Environmental Bill. We are urged by Andy Dinsdale, executive director for Strandliners, a local community interest company (CIC), to record any glass or plastic drinking bottles and metal cans we see in our rural and urban environments and send our information to them by 31 May. HOT’s Zelly Restorick writes.

Posted 04:35 In: Nature Tags: Andy Dinsdale Strandliners

Following up the census

Census day is over but the collection of information is not done. Field officers are visiting households which have yet to make a return, and assistance is also available at local support centres. Warnings have been issued about scammers purporting to be census officials. Nick Terdre reports.

Posted 18:49 Tuesday, Apr 13, 2021 In: Society Tags: Iain Bell Nick Terdre

Life in lockdown

With our lives completely upended due to the pandemic, I wanted to take a closer look at the varying experiences within our town of Hastings. This is intended only to be a snapshot, into the lives of the people who were willing to share their unique perspective and experience during all three lockdowns. You will read about people who work in the NHS, who have gotten married, have families, or run a charity. It is important to remember that we are in fact living through an historical moment and it’s our lived experiences that shape what this period in time means. Written by HOT’s Vanessa Alves.

Posted 20:10 Monday, Mar 22, 2021 In: Hastings People Tags: Antoinette Holligan Carla and Graham Howard community Dom's Food Mission experience Hastings Jen and Jethro Atherall Jess Peters and Adam Chappel life in lockdown lockdown

Wording of some census questions causes controversy

As Census Day approaches on Sunday 21 March, the Office for National Statistics has found itself in the dock, literally and figuratively, on the controversial wording of some of the questions in this year’s survey. Nick Terdre reports.

Posted 09:51 Tuesday, Mar 16, 2021 In: Society Tags: 2011 Census 2021 Census Fair Play for Women Milan Rai Office for National Statistics