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HOME and Contents October 2010 Places to visit during the week
There will be something for everyone and for all ages. Don't miss it! The 944th Anniversary of the Battle of Hastings. We bring you a festival of Hastings TODAY.
Places to visit during the week
Fishermen's Museum Open daily 10am to 5pm
Rock-a-Nore, Old Town 01424 461446 www.ohps.org.uk Formerly The Fishermen's Church, now exhibiting many fishing artefacts of yesteryear, the centrepiece of which is "The Enterprise", one of the last Hastings' Sailing Luggers. Entry Free. Donations to Fishermen's Museum welcome. Hastings History House
Open daily 10am to 4pm21 Courthouse Street, Old Town
01424 424744 www.ohps.org.uk Interested in local history? Visit the Hastings History House and see how you could get involved. Exhibitions by Old Hastings Preservation Society, Hastings Local History Group and Hastings Area Archaeological Research Group.
Hastings Lifeboat Station Lifeboat Station and Souvenir Shop
Open daily 10am to 5pm The Stade, Old Town 01424 425502
View the 'Sealink Endeavour' and the inshore lifeboat at the Lifeboat Station.Hastings Museum & Art Gallery
Open Monday to Friday 10am to 4pm, Saturday and Sunday, 11am to 4pm.
Admission free Bohemia Road, Hastings. 01424 451052
www.hmag.org.uk Contains a rich and exotic mixture of fine paintings and china, the cultures of other lands, well-known personalities such as John Logie Baird and Robert Tressell, and a contrasting view of local wildlife today and as it would have been 150 million years ago.
There are plenty of special features for children, with fossils that transform into dinosaurs, prehistoric crocodiles and fish, a diorama of local animals and birds, Native American Galleries complete with tipi and buffalo, and a display on Hastings born conservationist, Grey Owl. There are displays on the Mods and Rockers, and Seaside Hastings in the 20th century. The most spectacular part of the Museum is the magnificent Durbar Hall constructed for the Indian and Colonial Exhibition of 1886 as part of an Indian Palace. It now contains Museums' collection of World Art, and displays on the life of the Brassey family with artefacts collected on their voyages around the world in the 19th century.
The Local Studies Room provides access to the Museum's archive and reserve collections, including the Burton Collection, Borough records and title deeds, as well as large collections of photographs, maps and ephemera. Wheelchair access, parking and refreshment area.Hastings Old Town Pottery
Open Daily 11am to 5pm 3 Courthouse Street, Old Town
View the large range of handmade pots for the kitchen and table, based on traditional English earthenware country pottery. Pots are made on the premises.
Contact: Vicky Bell, 01424 438414Old Town Hall Museum
Open Monday to Friday 10am to 4pm, Saturday and Sunday, 11am to 4pm. Admission free www.hmag.org.uk
High Street, Old Town. 01424 451052 Provides an introduction to the history of the Old Town of Hastings and is arranged as a walk back in time from the 20th century to Prehistory. The building is fully accessible, and contains a wealth of historic exhibits, interactive models and reconstructions.
Shipwreck & Coastal Heritage Centre
Open Daily 10am to 5pm 01424 437452 Rock-a-Nore, Old Town.
The only museum of its kind in Britain with fine exhibits from far back in time.HOME and Contents October 2010 Places to visit during the week Friday 8th October:
French Quarter All Stars.HOME and Contents October 2010 Places to visit during the week Saturday 9th October:
9.30 am Hastings Town Hall
Opening Ceremony
10.00 am Rock a Nore Car Park, Old Town
Classic Car Show
10.30am – 4.00pm , Unitarian Meeting Place, South Terrace,
Denbigh & Muriel Hilton Exhibition: Paintings and Poems
Continues throughout the week when building in use.
Tel 01424 432 135
11am-3pm, Town Hall
Books Born in Hastings 2010:
The launch of the ‘Visions of Hastings’ anthology.
writings and artwork about Hastings, by the people of Hastings, published in Hastings.
Including live portrait art, books signings and free refreshments.2pm, 23 Priory Street Hastings
Hastings got talent Open day and prize giving at Gizmo the day theatre company. Come and
see the talented Gizmo kids performing.
Enquiries 01424 436 333.
5pm Summerfields Sports Centre
The Observer Trophy Water Polo Tournament
Supper will be at the Rugby Club. Competing Men’s Teams from our Twin Town Dordrecht in
Holland, Haywards Heath, Brighton and Sevenoaks. Ladies and junior games will also be
played during the Tournament
Contact Tim Pearce timp@lesker.comHOME and Contents October 2010 Places to visit during the week Sunday 10th October:
10.00 am Rock a Nore Car Park, Old Town
Classic Car Show
10.30 am East Hill Steps, Old Town
1066 Step Race
11.00 am Market on the Prom
11.00am, Unitarian Meeting Place, South Terrace,
Service led by David Darling, all welcome
Tel 01424 432 135
Eve – Gala ConcertHOME and Contents October 2010 Places to visit during the week Monday 11th October:
2.30 pm, Unitarian Meeting Place, South Terrace
Talk - Life and Work of Sue Ryder by Roger McKenna
Tel 01424 432 135
7.30 pm, Unitarian Meeting Place, South Terrace,
Battle! Stephen Page & Brian Hick, Stirring words and music to celebrate a heroic defeat
Tel 01424 432 135HOME and Contents October 2010 Places to visit during the week Tuesday 12th October:
10 am Priory Knits, Priory Meadow
6:00pm Hastings Town Hall
Hastings and Rother Family History Society.
Talk on “The Adventures of the Great Pelham Family of Sussex”
7.30-10 pm Falaise Sequence Dance Club.
We dance at the Arthur Easton Centre St Michaels Hospice on Tuesday’s 7.30-10pm. Old Tune
and Sequence dances. We welcome any visitors-So Come Along and give it a try.HOME and Contents October 2010 Places to visit during the week Wednesday 13th October:
10.30 – 3.30 pm, Unitarian Meeting Place, South Terrace
Art Workshop led by David Embry
Tel 01424 432 135
Happy Harold Tours
7 pm Achievers Award. St Mary in the Castle.
Organised be the Hastings Observer, Hastings Borough Council and Seaspace Winners will
receive their awards in various categories for their contribution to the area.HOME and Contents October 2010 Places to visit during the week Thursday 14th October:
12 noon - Hastings in Bloom presentation, Town Hall, Hastings.
2.00 pm Memories Competition by HRVAB
Memories Competition, two sections for this famous competition. Open to all, and to sight
impaired. Write your memories to the Theme – Teenage Memories. Entries to HRVAB, 3 Upper
Maze Hill, St Leonard’s by closing date of Friday 24th September. Prize Giving will be on
Thursday 14th October at 2pm in the Taplin Centre, 3 Upper Maze Hill, St Leonard’s on sea.
2.00 pm – 4.30 pm Tea Dance at Azurs in the Marina Pavilion St Leonards
Ballroom, popular sequence, Latin American Dancing to Modern and 30’s/40’s Music, in a
1930’s Panoramic Sea View Venue. £3.50 Entrance to include refreshments. Presented be
Fowrt and hosted by M.C Ian Marshall.
Contact: 01424 445 573.
2.30 pm Local History and Afternoon Tea at Ore Library.
Victoria Seymour gives readings from her latest book, “Victory’s Children” and exhibits her 1945
photo collection, Tea and home made cakes to follow.
Places are free but must be booked.
3pm – Stade Guided Walk
6pm Order of 1066 Award
6pm – Stade Guided Walk
Eve – Opera South East ConcertHOME and Contents October 2010 Places to visit during the week Friday 15th October:
The Fantabulous Sheepwash Play Boys. Top British Band from the west country.HOME and Contents October 2010 Places to visit during the week Saturday 16th October:
The Royal British Legion. A fundraising Tombola and Recruiting King Walk Priory Meadow.
Proceeds to the Poppy Appeal.
Hobbies & Craft/Farmers Market - Phoenix Centre / William Parker School
Town Criers National Competition
3pm Stade Guided Walk
Hastings Borough Bonfire Society holds their spectacular torch lit procession and bonfire.
Following lighting of the beacon the procession commences from the Stade at 7.15pm passing
through the old town, along the seafront, with a ceremony in the town centre concluding with
the greatest firework display on the beach.HOME and Contents October 2010 Places to visit during the week Sunday 17th October:
11.00 am Spratt & Winkle Run
11.00 am Jazz Breakfast. St Mary in the Castle Hastings.
Featuring Herbie Flowers and Mike Hatchard. Tickets £8 including coffee and pastry.
Enquiries 01424 442 601. St Mary in the castle friends.
3pm Autumn Conducted Walk, St Helens Woods
Meet at the Langham Road Entrance. If fine Light refreshments afterwards at Barbeque Site.
Walk Led by Mrs Caroline Kempster. Please wear suitable footwear
3pm – Stade Guided Walk
3pm – Closing CeremonyPresident, Dorothy Clements
Chair, Ian Porter
Vice Chair, Richard Stevens
Events Co-ordinator Nigel Hogben
Hobbies & Crafts Stall Bookings Jean Hobson - tel 01424 753095 jean@heathlandswestfield.orangehome.co.ukDownload entry forms here - 'word' format or 'pdf'
The Secretary, Hastings Week Committee,
Marketing & Communications Dept,
Town Hall, Queens Road, Hastings TN34 1QR
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