Visions of Hastings anthology
How
many things can one town be?
Escape
route from London ... pirates' hideout ... birthplace of television ...
where I first saw The Rolling Stones, The Clash, Status Quo ... holiday
heaven ... dole-on-sea ... wartime frontline ... language school ...
first port of call for tourists, students, asylum seekers ...
cantankerous backwater ... cutting edge innovators ... meeting place of
magicians, Morris sides and chess grandmasters ... seed-bed of artists,
writers, musicians and inventors ... happy memories ... quiet retirement
... mods and rockers ... fancy diving ... fish & chips ... carnival
... ghosts, graphic design and modern art
....
It depends how many people you ask!
memories,
opinions, stories and pictures
about
Hastings, by the people of Hastings including....
Joyce
Brewer, Mary Horsfield, Angela Davis, Ron Nicola, Kristina Thurlow, Joe Fearn, Vera Vickers, Peter Saunders,
Kay McMullen, Stanley John Arber, Stephanie Morris, Karen Clow, D A
Green, Carol Ridge, Rachel Marsh, Patricia Halsey, D E Valentine,
Christine Barry, Christine Hayward, Victoria Climpson, Nola McSweeney,
Richard Pitcairn-Knowles, Kevin Boorman, Don E Valentine, Juliette Dodd,
Pasha Milburn, Alison Hill, Katherine Reekie, Tom O'Brien and Jamie Ellis.
Books
Born in Hastings 2010
Click
here for event photos
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The
anthology was launched at Hastings Town Hall on 9th October
2010, as part of our annual exhibition
and sale of local
books and artwork.
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Rumours
of the
death of Hastings Pier have
been greatly exaggerated
Charred
Bingo ticket spotted in the debris after the fire. Photo ©
Peter Blomfield 2010.
The
launch was an extra special event because it fell in the week
that Hastings Pier burned, and the people of Hastings rallied to
support the rebuilding. The anthology includes a piece
entitled 'Pier Memories' by Angela Davis, trustee of the Hastings
Pier and White Rock Trust. Earlyworks
Press are proud to announce that the anthology will be on sale
at The Pier Shop on the seafront, and proceeds of sales
there will be going into the fund to rebuild the pier.
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You can order 'Visions of Hastings',
from your local library, or buy your own copy from the Pier Shop, independent bookshops or
direct from the publisher by using the
Paypal button below.
Published
by Earlyworks Press ISBN 978 1 906451 26 4
£9.99 + £1.50 p&p to UK addresses = £11.49
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If
you enjoyed 'Visions of Hastings', as a reader or a writer, you may be
interested in taking part in our next project, 'Stories of St Leonards'. Click
here for details.
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