Bohemia Life

J J Waller’s “St Leonards-on-Sea Vol 01” – November 2014 launch
St Leonards-on-Sea Vol 01 Brighton photographer JJ Waller launches his latest book St Leonards-on-Sea Vol:01 on 6 November 2014 from 6pm at the St Leonard Pub, 16-18 London Road, St Leonards-on-Sea. Signed copies will be… Read more

Surviving Christmas – Making Christmas Special (1)
Surviving Christmas – Making Christmas Special The time of year when we enjoy festivities with family and friends is almost upon us but spare a thought for those most vulnerable in our community. Surviving Christmas, a local charity, is… Read more

Paul Marsh – Picturing The Blues – Sat/Sun 15/16 Nov 2014
Picturing The Blues A pop-up exhibition ‘Picturing the Blues’ showcasing the work of Paul Marsh will be held at the Bohemia Village Voice, 79 Bohemia Road St. Leonards on Sea on Saturday 15th November. Paul has been a devotee of Delta Blues… Read more

Bohemia rejects plans for Controlled Parking Zone
Lots of parking space in St Peter’s Road – picture taken at mid-day 26 Sept 2014. Bohemia rejects plans for Controlled Parking Zone Firstly, please can we thank everyone who responded to our survey about possible controlled parking… Read more

Foxes in Bohemia (3)
Short film of fox cubs taking a break in the sunshine in Bohemia. Filmed 22 June 2014 in one of the back gardens in St Peter’s Road, Bohemia, Hastings, Sussex,… Read more
The Red Pig Cafe at Pett Level – October 2013
THE RED PIG CAFE MENU Pett Leveller 100% pork sausage, coleslaw, pickles, chipotle sauce. (£4.50) Bagels cream cheese and bacon (£4.00) Pork Armada (£6.00) Wallender grilled tomatoes, fennel, chick peas, sough dough toast with… Read more

Silverhill – by Alan Buckle. Review by Edward Preston (1)
SILVERHILL Alan Buckle Silverhill Silverhill – From Waterfall to Windmill. Reviewed by Edward Preston. This work covers an area of the town which has seen considerable change from its early days as a farming and rural locality to its… Read more

Food Bins Launch by Surviving Christmas (1)
SURVIVING CHRISTMAS – DONATION BINS AT MORRISONS Morrisons Hastings Local charity Surviving Christmas has just launched permanent donation bins in Morrisons supermarket in Queens Road. The charity, now in its thirtieth year, is… Read more

Bohemia photographs
BOHEMIA PHOTOGRAPHS We are much obliged to Dominic Templeton who dropped into our office in February 2014 and kindly donated the following photographs of Bohemia and St Leonards. Click on any photograph to enlarge. 1. ST PAUL’S… Read more

Website visitors pass 7,000 per annum mark
The number of visitors to the Bohemia Village Voice website has passed the 7,000 mark. Total monthly figures are now running at about 600, equivalent to about 7,200 per year – see graph below. COUNTRIES Our website was launched in March of last… Read more

Café Caricature – Friday 24 January 2014
CAFE CARICATURE Fri 24 Jan 2014 Susanna Appleyard St Matthew’s Church Hall, London Road, St Leonards, at 7.30pm Louise Denny is organising the usual uprorious uplifting unseemly Burns Night extravaganza for our entertainment, enrapturement,… Read more

The Dog Mess Problem – Could DNA Testing Be The Answer?
Diane Haberstroh The Dog Mess Problem – Could DNA Testing Be The Answer? Reader and frequent contributor to the Bohemia Village Voice, Diane Haberstroh, of Bohemia, New York, writes (December 2013) “When I read this article* I thought… Read more

My Uncle Arthur – a Colourful Bachelor of Bohemia
Arthur Booth with ‘military’ moustache at Fairlight in 1958 next to lady friend’s car; she took the photo. MY UNCLE ARTHUR – a Colourful Bachelor of Bohemia As recalled by his nephew Derek Booth Arthur Gerald Booth was born in St… Read more

Local History Lectures 2014 – Edward Preston
Edward Preston LOCAL HISTORY LECTURES 2014 EDWARD PRESTON at the Hastings Museum & Art Gallery. All lectures start… Read more

Stock Market Report – by Robert Pesto
Stock Market Report Today’s Stock Market Report, guest edited by Robert Pesto. Helium was up in very light trading. Feathers were… Read more

St Peter’s Church Newsletter – June 1999
Peter’s Newsletter Jun 1999 ST PETER’S CHURCH, BOHEMIA NEWSLETTER JUNE 1999 From Fr. Alex, St. Peter’s Vicarage Dear Friends, We are approaching Petertide, the time when St. Peter’s celebrates our Patron Saint. We will do… Read more

Surviving Christmas 2013
Surviving Christmas 2013 poster SURVIVING CHRISTMAS We realise that this is a difficult time to launch an appeal as most people are feeling the effect of rising prices. However, the people who are hardest hit by the economic situation and… Read more

Opera South East presents A Traditional Christmas
Opera SE Traditional Xmas Opera South East presents A TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS at ST CLEMENTS CHURCH Sunday 8th December… Read more

Jim Hollands – publisher of “Hastings Town”
JIM HOLLANDS – PUBLISHER OF “HASTINGS TOWN” Jim Hollands has been publishing “Hastings Town” for over six years. He has also been publishing “Rye’s Own” for 30 years and has just launched “Hythe & Romney Life”. All are monthly magazines with… Read more

St Paul’s School – ‘Working Together’
ST PAUL’S SCHOOL – WORKING TOGETHER In September 2013 – on a Friday – St Paul’s School in Horntye Road, Bohemia, held a ‘Working Together’ Day which enabled parents to come in to the school and work alongside the children gardening, painting,… Read more

Bohemia Estate Land Sale – Heather Grief voices concerns (2)
BOHEMIA ESTATE LAND SALE By Heather Grief Bohemia Estate Land for Sale I am concerned about a piece of land, between the Fire Station and Police Station, that Hastings Borough Council has put up for sale. A friend noticed… Read more

B.A.R.T.A. Rubbish Collection in Bohemia – Open Meeting 21 Oct 2013
Bohemia Area Residents and Traders Association (B.A.R.T.A.) Open meeting Monday 21st October 7.00 pm ParkRoadChurch, Vestibule Guest speaker Peter Mead Hastings Borough Council Waste & Street Scene Services Manager will give a short… Read more

Bohemia Cottages (2)
Two listed properties, small cottages, located in Bohemia Road are thought to be the oldest buildings in Bohemia, Hastings, Sussex. Local historian Edward Preston shows the cottages and explains a little of their history. Recorded September 2013… Read more

Bohemia Alleyway Clear Up
Bohemia Area Residents and Traders Association (BARTA) organised an ‘Alleyway Clear Up’ on Saturday 14 September 2013. It was set up as part the local Community Clear-up Project, in which the local resident’s association clears the litter from as… Read more

Bohemia Road 28 August 2013 (1)
People and traffic in Bohemia Road, Wednesday 28 August 2013. This is a 36 second… Read more

Bohemia Book Fayre – March 2014
Bohemia Book Fayre 2014 BOHEMIA BOOK FAYRE SATURDAY 29th MARCH 2014 Venue: St Peter’s Church Hall, Cornfield Terrace, St Leonards on Sea. Time: 10 am – 2 pm 1000s of books covering most subjects. Tea & Coffee… Read more

Sussex Association Meeting – September 2013 (1)
Sussex Association meeting Sept 2013 The Sussex Association is to hold its autumn meeting on Sunday 29 September 2013 at Westmeston, Sussex. The meeting is scheduled to start at 3pm and finish at 5pm. Venue: The Parish Hall, Lewes Road,… Read more

Sonrise Church Jumble Sale 27 July 2013
Sonrise Church Jumble Sale July 2013JUMBLE SALE Sonrise Church went ahead with its Jumble Sale on 27th July to raise funds for St Michael’s Hospice despite the threat of thunderstorms and heavy rain. Just to tempt the fates a paddling… Read more

Laura Heales at Bohemia Walled Garden Sunday 4 August 2013
Singer/songwriter Laura Heales Singer/songwriter Laura Heales is scheduled to appear for a Summer Musical Performance at Bohemia’s Walled Garden on Sunday 4 August. Doors open at 12 noon until 2.30 (music from 1pm) . Admission is free. The… Read more

Nature Red in Tooth (or Beak) and Claw
By Jonathan Broughton 2 May 2013 Sparrowhawk in St Helen’s Road garden, April 2013 This amazing picture of a Sparrowhawk with its pigeon prey was taken last month in St Helen’s Road. Sue Norton, who runs Cafe Sixty Seven in… Read more
Litter Pick in Bohemia
We need your help! We are ALL going on a LITTER PICK to make our neighbourhood a nicer, cleaner, place. Children welcome as we have protective gloves, etc. What better way to teach our children to respect their enviroment! This Saturday… Read more
Economies, Quirks & Foibles 3 – Tips for Manual Dishwashers
Albert Hall writes (Jan 2013) Some claim that automatic dish washers do the job more efficiently than any manual washer, a claim that raises many questions as to how efficiency is defined in terms of the total costs and the value of time… Read more
Silverhill Playgroup – charity tabletop sale raises £300
The Silverhill Playgroup organised a tabletop sale on 9 March 2013. Silverhill Playgroup, St Luke’s Church Hall, Alma Terrace, Silverhill, St Leonards, Sussex, TN37 6QT. Tel 07939 113303. Registered charity number 1130755. CHARITY TABLETOP… Read more
Comic Relief – Bohemia’s Baked Bean Challenge
Ben smiling, despite the cold Jonathan Broughton writes (Friday 15 Mar 2013) Ben Randall-Smith from the Appliance Shop on Bohemia Road took on the Comic Relief challenge by sitting in a freezer full of baked beans. Dressed in red, with a red… Read more
St Peter’s Church – black & white photographs
A set of thirteen photographs, kindly supplied by Hastings Library, May 2006. Please click on the images for enlarged… Read more
Quiz Night for Hastings, Sierra Leone – £1800 raised
By Jonathan Broughton (March 2013) On March 5th 2013, St Paul’s School hosted the annual Quiz Night to raise funds for Hastings in Sierra Leone. The money raised by the event goes towards building projects, such as extensions to a health clinic… Read more
Small medium at large
Jo Hunter writes (Feb 2013) A bicycle can’t stand on its own because it is two-tired. A boiled egg in the morning is hard to beat. A man needs a mistress to break the monogamy. A man’s home is his castle, in a manor of… Read more
Summerfields Wood Task Days 2013
A successful Conservation Task Day working on drainage and tidying up between the lower ponds took place on Saturday. Future dates planned for further tasks are as follows – Saturday 20 April Sunday 19 May Saturday 7 September Saturday 16… Read more
Kenneth Overend, local poet
Kenneth Overend is a local poet. Brought up in Bradford, he now lives, with his wife, in Silverhill. In February 2013, the Bohemia Village Voice displayed a selection of his poetry books. All are published by himself (as the Sutcliffe Press)…. Read more
Sussex Association meeting Sat 16 March 2013
Sussex Association Flag Letter received from the Sussex Association, January 2013. We are inviting you to the second meeting of the Sussex Association on Saturday 16 March 2013 between 3pm and 5pm. The meeting will be located in Westmeston… Read more
Sonrise to Lease St Peter’s Church
By John Humphries (Dec 2012) A letter to local residents received 22 Nov 2012 from the Church Commissioners reads: Dear Sir/Madam Mission and Pastoral Measure 2011 The closed church building of St Peter & St Paul, St Leonards-on-Sea… Read more
Dripping Spring
The Dripping Spring Real Ales and Great Food, Free Wi-Fi Robin & Joan Young, The Dripping Spring, 34, Tower Road, St Leonards, Sussex, TN37 6JE. Tel: 01424 441325. Email: thedrippingspring@gmail.com Robin Dripping Spring Young @… Read more
Edward Preston’s Lectures 2013
By John Humphries Dec 2012. Local historian Edward Preston has announced his series of ever-popular lectures for 2013. All will take place on Friday mornings at the Hastings Museum and Art Gallery in Bohemia Road in June, July, October and… Read more

Parking in Bohemia Road – Proposed Changes
By John Humphries Dec 2012. Notification received, December 2012, from Michael Blaney, senior traffic technician at Hastings Borough Council (Aquila House, Breeds Place, Hastings, Sussex, TN34 3UY; tel. 01424 783350;… Read more

St Paul’s School Fun Run 2013
By John Humphries (Dec 2012) Wendy Tansell, St Paul’s School, Dec 2012 The run is scheduled to start at 10am prompt from the Old Bathing Pool at West St Leonard on Saturday 1st June 2013. The headmaster Mr White is wholeheartedly behind… Read more
Satnav
Author unknown (Dec 2012) Satnav I have a little Satnav It sits there in my car A Satnav is a driver’s friend It tells you where you are. I have a little Satnav I’ve had it all my life It’s better than the normal ones My Satnav is my… Read more
Bohemia Area Community Events, December 2012
Catherine of Newgate Road writes: Dear Residents, Following the wonderful community spirit of the Jubilee and remembering how many of you made such an effort to decorate your houses, we now invite you all to participate in a Christmas… Read more
Vic Chalcraft says ‘No Thank You’
By Vic Chalcraft, Aldborough Road, Bohemia (Jun 2011) To the editor – I was not impressed by the December issue of the Voice, the standard is definitely not up to the previous issue. I also read the February issue and other than a couple of… Read more
Ann Mann says ‘Thank You’
By Ann Mann, Tower Road, Bohemia (Jun 2011) To the Editor – in February 2010 we lost our beloved daughter Eloise in an horrific car crash and we have yet to thank you all for your support, love and continued care. One of you described… Read more

£1,000 drastic cut
By John Humphries (Jun 2011) Sue Norton of Café 67 in Bohemia raised over £1,000 with a sponsored haircut. “I’d been thinking about it for a long while and needed a reason to do it.I’ve lost family and dear friends to cancer and this… Read more

Twittens Named
By John Humphries (Jun 2011) TWITTENS NAMED – the memories of George Monger of Tower Road (awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery in the First World War), Derek Norcross (head of St Paul’s School) and Robert Tressell are being kept alive by… Read more

Beware of the Cat
By John Humphries (Jun 2011) BEWARE OF THE CAT – intriguing ground-floor window sign spotted in Tower Road in May 2011. Beware of the… Read more

Bohemia Book Fayre 2011
By John Humphries (Jun 2011) BOHEMIA BOOK FAYRE – held in March this year at St Peter’s Church Hall raised over £620. This, (says organiser Paul Rummery), will be shared by Pulse Dance Studios (£170) and the Bohemia Walled Garden Assn… Read more

Sussex Flag
By John Humphries (Jun 2011) Sussex Association Flag SUSSEX FLAG – in May, the Sussex Association registered the Flag of Sussex (picture). Our county, approximately 80 by 20 miles, renowned for its High Weald ancient forest, green chalk… Read more

Fossil Find
By John Humphries (Jun 2011) One of the spines from a fossil sea urchin FOSSIL – a seventy-million year old fossil (picture) was found in May 2011 by three-year-old Indie. She picked up the flint pebble on St Leonards beach and told her… Read more
Surviving Christmas
ByJohn Humphries (Jun 2011) CHRISTMAS – organisers of busy local charity Surviving Christmas report they were able to help a truly impressive number of people (five thousand) in the Hastings and Bexhill area last Christmas. Work has already… Read more

Riposo’s Egg Cutlets
By Sarah Janes (Feb 2011) This issue we’re all about eggs! RIPOSO’S EGG CUTLETS. From Margaret Pitcairn-Knowles’ book – 60 Favourite Riposo Vegetarian… Read more

Oi! HBC – There’s still SH*T EVERYWHERE
Letter to the Editor from Mark Curry (Feb 2011) The stretch of road from London Road, past the primary school to Southwater Road must win the award of Bohemia’s foulest street. Dog mess every metre or so and directly outside our… Read more
Children’s Centres
By Donna Meenan Dear Bohemia Village Voice, We were delighted to read in your latest edition, (Village Voice issue 76 Aug/Sep 2010) of the high praise of Hastings & St Leonards Children’s Centres. There is a huge amount of work that goes… Read more
Bohemia Brunch Club
By Sarah Janes (Feb 2011) SUNDAY 6th MARCH at The Rooms from 12 Samedi Gras is followed on the Sunday by The Bohemia Club’s Hangover Mexican Brunch – also at The Rooms. Starts at twelve, it will be the perfect way to recover from the excesses… Read more

Love on a Tropical Island
By Max Cross (Feb 2011) Love on a Tropical Island We each want to experience connection with others and we each connect in very different ways. Some of us don’t feel complete without another to share our lives with, so we’re always… Read more

Outrageous Decadence Ball
By Liz Maynard (Feb 2011) St Leonards and Hastings took part in a fantastic evening of entertainment and dancing this New Year’s Eve after the Outrageous Decadence team decided to put on a night to remember at The Assembly Rooms in Burton St… Read more

Bohemia Walled Garden’s hopes for People’s Millions
By Sarah Janes Dec 2010 The campaign to get this wonderful walled garden back into use is going from strength to strength, by the time you read this, the Bohemia Walled Garden Association may have been given a £50,000 grant by ‘The People’s… Read more
Vegetable Poetry
By Sarah Janes Dec 2010 Bohemian Poet Christian Watson, hosts a fantastic poetry evening ‘Sunday Veg’ on the second Sunday of each month at The Rooms, there are always open mic spots, so if you feel like reading some of your own work you are… Read more

Bohemian Tea Party
By Sarah Janes (Dec 2010) Local artist Miranda Sharp hosted some fabulous tea party weekends (as part of the Coastal Currents arts festival) in the Bohemia Walled Garden over the summer, it was fantastic to see our garden in use and so many… Read more

Bohemia Spring
By Sarah Janes Dec 2010 It was a while ago now but I would like to mention once again just how marvellous the Sharing of the Spring ceremony held in Bohemia (Summerfields) Woods was. A million thanks to everyone that got involved and especially;… Read more

The Bohemia Brunch Club at The Rooms
By Sarah Janes (Dec 2010) The Bohemia Brunch Club has proved to be a tremendous success, so far we’ve had two incarnations, one Mexican themed and one Raj. They’ve been packed out every time and clearly demonstrate the appetite for somewhere… Read more

Bohemia Girl Leads Race for Life
By Sarah Janes (Aug 2010) Race for Life warm up Marie Dove, led the warm-up for Race for Life in Alexandra Park (picture). Marie, who runs a slimming club and who has lived in Hastings all her life, led almost 3,000 ladies in the warm-up… Read more

Aardvark to Post Office
By Sarah Janes (Aug 2010) Post Office opening At the mention of free Pimms, champagne and delectable edibles, the great, the good and the thirsty of St Leonards flocked to the beautiful new Post Office Tea Rooms, (formerly the legendary… Read more

Missing Sock
Mrs Jo Hunter writes (Aug 2010) Has anyone seen my husband’s missing sock? I bought him five pairs of black ones at Christmas, all with different coloured heels. One half of the purple-heeled pair has gone missing: I’ve searched the washing… Read more
Idiots
By Vic Chalcraft, Aldborough Road, Bohemia. What sort of idiots have we living in or around Bohemia? On Sunday evening, June 27, 2010, more than one person wrenched out of the ground the dog litter bin at the top of Newgate Fields. Its weight,… Read more

Saint Leonard
Letter from Bradford C. Gross (Aug 2010) St Leonard de Noblac Hello Sarah Janes, I was most impressed by your first edition as editor, and I think you are exactly the kind of young blood this town needs in publications. You have succeeded… Read more

Syllabub
Syllabub By Sarah Janes, June 2010 Syllabub This very delicious and easy to make dessert is of great historical import to Bohemia, being one of the chief draws to the area and at least partly responsible for the name Bohemia itself. Follow… Read more

David Russell
David Russell 2009 David Russell is a local author with a special interest in pubs. Pubs of Hastings He has written a couple of books about the pubs in Hastings & St… Read more

Convent Site Development
Fly-Through of Convent Site Development Online By Sarah Janes Aug 2010 Magdalen Road Convent fly-through A virtual reality tour of the development of the convent site on Magdalen Road is available to watch online. AJK Architects who are… Read more

A Scandal in Bohemia
A Scandal in Bohemia – written by Bernard McGinley Convent site As a building, the curious temple-like building at the top of Cornfield Terrace is compromised neither by its commercial role, nor by the ornateness of the St Peter’s… Read more

The Great Escape
The Great Escape – written by Bill Third, June 2010. Stephanie Sargent & Maria Williams TWO OF BOHEMIA’S MOST POPULAR LADIES are leaving us as Stephanie Sargent and Maria Williams (picture) took early retirement from NatWest on May 28th… Read more
Merrick House
Merrick House – written by Vic Chalcraft David Russell’s article on Merrick House as a Temperance Pub is interesting, though in a way not surprising as in the late eighteen hundreds and early nineteen hundreds, temperance was a big… Read more
Fairies in Summerfields Wood
Written by Pamela Haines. As small trespassers we once chanted this verse as we ran around in Summerfields Wood. It is from a poem written in Victorian times by William Allingham, an Irish poet. We did not know then that it was called ‘The… Read more
Born in Bohemia – D T Necklen
Born in Bohemia (written by D T Necklen) I was born in Bohemia Road in 1918, over a music shop owned by Tyldsey – they sold pianos, etc. We later moved to five doors from the Wheatsheaf, in the good old days when beer was 4d a pint in old… Read more

Celebrate Sussex
Rock-a-Nore, Hastings, Sussex We live in one of the most beautiful parts of the country. Our county of Sussex is roughly 80 miles broad from East to West, and about 20 miles deep from North to South. To the North is the… Read more

Clarence Road Street Party
By Catherine Harvey Clarence Road Street Party Sun 3rd June 2012 Red, white and blue More than 300 good humoured people from Bohemia, dressed up in red, white and blue, came despite the rain to celebrate the Queen’s diamond jubilee. Our… Read more

Sooty
By Paddington Bear et al, Dec 2011 Sooty We the undersigned wish to protest about Sooty’s appointment as editor . Why was this job not advertised giving all bears the opportunity to apply for the post? (Signed) Paddington Bear, Rupert… Read more
Not another takeaway place?
By Imogen Pybus, Dec 2011 Dear Sir – I’m referring to the opening of yet another fast food outlet. Who keeps these places going with their business? We certainly don’t! Doesn’t anyone do any cooking around here? Why can’t someone tell… Read more

Economies, Quirks & Foibles 2: Cars & Contours
By Hastings resident Albert Hall, Dec 2011 One’s style of driving is by far the most significant factor in saving fuel. The choice between high acceleration, maximum speed and heavy braking as opposed to a minimalist approach makes a huge… Read more
Why Oh Why?
By Jo Hunter, Dec 2011 WHY OH WHY? – asks Mrs Jo Hunter of St Peter’s Road – do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries, and a diet Coke? Why do we leave cars worth thousands of pounds in the road and put our useless junk in the… Read more
Funeral and fake wake in Bohemia
By David Russell, Dec 2011 Sometime in the 1970s a group of regulars from the North Star, Bohemia decided to raise some money by organising a mock funeral procession and wake around Bohemia. A top quality coffin made from best plywood was… Read more
Bohemia Village Voice
By Vic Chalcraft, Aug 2011 Dear Sir – if this is supposed to be the voice of Bohemia, St Leonards, can you please explain how I received my first copy of your latest issue from Ore via Beckley? My second was delivered to my door. My first… Read more

Welcome to Bohemia
By Dan Scott, Aug 2011 Bohemia Town Sign, New York Dear Sir – the idea was mooted a couple of years ago in your fine publication of a sign at Needlepoint declaring that you were now entering Bohemia. Is that a dead issue now? A friendly… Read more

Economies, Quirks & Foibles 1: The Odour of Detergents
By Hastings resident Albert Hall, Aug 2011 THIS HEADING anticipates a series. If so, then the economies might be eclectic but for this first trick I will start with ‘Detergents’ and play the ‘Odour of Detergents’. Manufacturers… Read more
Bohemia Area Association – Next meeting
By John Humphries, Aug 2011 BOHEMIA AREA ASSOCIATION – next meeting is Monday 19th September at Park Road Church (in the Vestibule), contact Peter Holland, tel: 445086. Membership is just £3 per year and anyone may join – or renew – at… Read more
Bohemia Area Association & Twittens
By John Humphries, Aug 2011 BOHEMIA TWITTENS – further to the naming of some of our alleyways, , we asked the Bohemia Area Association if there were plans to name all of them. Andy Holmes, of the BAA, said “There are no plans for us to act on… Read more

A Third View
By John Humphries Aug 2011 Bill Third BILL THIRD , resident of St Peter’s Road gives a typically vigorous response to Andrew Cartwright’s appeal for feedback in June. “Dear Andrew, As you may recall, the residents of… Read more
HBC: rubbish costs 27p
By John Humphries Aug 2011. Hastings Council says rubbish collection costs each resident 27p per week WE TEND TO think of rubbish collection as ‘free’, but of course it is anything but – we pay for it via council tax. If residents were… Read more

The bin men cometh – or not!
By John Humphries aug 2011 COUNCIL IN BID TO CUT COSTS. Andrew Cartwright – seeking views HASTINGS COUNCIL IS LOOKING to find ways of reducing the cost of waste collection and street cleaning. It has asked Andrew Cartwright (councillor for… Read more

St Leonards Samedi Gras
By Sarah Janes (Feb 2011) SATURDAY 5th MARCH at The Rooms. Hastings Fat Tuesday will be getting off to a flying start this year with its first foray into the wilds of St Leonards – with the newly expanded Bohemia Krewe representing! There… Read more