Books Born in Hastings 2010
Our annual celebration of books and
artwork from Hastings took place at the Town Hall on 9th October this year, on
the first Saturday of Hastings Week - which was also the first Saturday after
Hastings Pier burned. Here's what happened...
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Victoria
Seymour offered a preview of her new book, 'Victory's Children',
to
be launched the following week (see Local
Events Page for details).
The
Hastings Pier and White Rock Trust were there to remind everyone
that
a scorched pier is not an ex-pier, and to sell tickets for the Hastings
Week 'End of the Pier' boat-rides.
Kay
Green exhibiting the latest from the Circaidy Gregory Press authors.
Katherine
Reekie exhibiting her 'Art on the Beach' and other Hastings-themed
collections.
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Mayor
Kim Forward sat for a portrait by artist Juliette Dodd.
Watch
this space for a photo of
the
finished work!
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Everyone
gets a chance to have a good look at the 'Visions of Hastings' anthology
and catch up on the latest news.
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Playwrite
Tom O'Brien tells mayor Kim
Forward
about
his Hastings-based play 'Down Bottle Alley'.
It's
not just families that have history. Here's
Steve
Dine of Empress Coaches with his
fascinating
history of... Empress Coaches.
...and
Steve Peak with his histories of
Fishermen
of Hastings and Hastings Papers.
A
very unusual photograph of The Three Men.
(I
don't know - maybe he ducked?)
Jamie
Ellis, one of the younger 'Visions of Hastings'
authors,
shows the work to mayor Kim Forward.
The
Family History Society offering advice and resources
to
potential local and family history writers. |
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.
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The
anthology,
Visions
of Hastings
was
launched at the exhibition
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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. Visions of Hastings' 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 shop sales will be going
into the fund to rebuild the pier.
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If you would like your own copy
of 'Visions of Hastings', you can order from independent bookshops or
your local library or use 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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