Hastings Week
2007 Programme: Exhibitions and Events pre-week and throughout the week
This is last year's programme to give you an idea of what to expect. Details for Hastings Week 2008 are expected soon and will be posted here when they are available.
Thursday 4 October
Poets In Hastings: 5pm - 8pm
Priory Meadow Shopping Centre
Small press poetry book exhibition, readings and winners of the Poets In Hastings competition will be announced.
e-Mail: kay@earlyworkspress.co.uk
Friday 5 October
Hastings Old Town Market: 10.30am - 11.30am
All Saints Church Hall, All Saints Street
With stalls selling Homemade Preserves, Cakes and Flowers.
Twittens and Cat Creeps Walk: 2.15pm
Meet at Shipwreck and Coastal Heritage Centre, Rock a Nore. An interesting and unusual guided walking tour of hidden narrow footpaths, flights of steps and nooks and crannies, many with a tale to tell. The tour, lasting approx 1hr 20mins, involves some steps and steep inclines and will include amusing factual and historical anecdotes. Conducted by Clive Richardson, British Tourist Authority Blue Badge Guide. Tickets available in advance from the Shipwreck Heritage Centre or from the guide on the walk.
Tickets in advance: £4 adults; children under 14: £2.50
From guide: £4.50 adults; children under 14: £3
Donation to Shipwreck and Coastal Heritage Centre and Old Hastings Preservation Society
Telephone: 01424 715084
Exhibition of Prints and Ceramics by Jackie Attwood: 10am - 5pm
Friday 5 to Sunday 7 October and Friday 12 to Sunday 14 October
15 Cobourg Place, Old Town. Free admission. Refreshments available.
Have a go on the Potters Wheel: 11am - 5pm
Friday 5 to Sunday 14 October
Old Hastings Pottery, 3 Courthouse Street. Make yourself a small pot with professional guidance to take home with you for £2, or if you live locally you can have it fired for £3.
Exhibition of Local Prints and Paintings: 11am - 6pm
Friday 5 to Sunday 14 October.
Early Local Victorian Prints, Watercolours and Oils to 1950. Nelson House Antiques, 80 High Street
Telephone: 01424 204110
1066 Jazz Club - Bob Dwyer's Hot Seven: 8pm - 11pm
Phoenix Arts Centre, Parkstone Road. Live Traditional Jazz, dance floor, bar. For that authentic 1920's style jazz - an evening not to be missed.
Members: £6, non Members: £7, tickets at the door.
Telephone: 01424 212258
Saturday 6 October
Writers in Hastings: 9am - 5pm
Priory Meadow Shopping Centre. Hastings Writers group, 'Diamonds' anthology and CD, sold in aid of childrens' charities. Exhibition of locally written and published books - meet the authors, order signed copies.
e-Mail: kay@earlyworkspress.co.uk
Hastings Week Opening Ceremony: 9.30am
Town Hall. Kingfisher Band, a 1066 piper and pre-service units of the town parade from Woolworths to the Town Hall. A colourful scene of Standard Bearers, services and youth groups. The Town Crier introduces the Mayor who formally opens the week of festivities. A small party then proceed to Hastings Castle to raise the Gonfalon, the flag of William the Conqueror.
Telephone: 01424 850689
Exhibition 'Unseen Hastings': 10am - 5pm
Saturday 6 to Sunday 14 October
Fishermen's Museum, Rock a Nore. Entry Free. Donations to Fishermen's Museum welcome
Telephone: 01424 461446.
Children's Museum Quiz: 10am - 5pm
Saturday 6 to Sunday 14 October
Fishermen's Museum, Rock a Nore. Keep your children busy looking around the Museum to find the answers. No cost but a small donation would be welcomed. Available during Museum opening hours.
Telephone: 01424 461446
Classic Car Show: 10am - 3.30pm
The Stade, Old Town. With support from Hastings Borough Council and St Leonards Motors. Also a chance to see the Old Hastings Tour Bus which will be back on the road specially for Hastings Week.
Telephone: 0845 274 1001
Coffee Morning/Bric a Brac Sale: 10am - 12.30pm
All Saints Church Hall by 2nd Hastings (Old Town) Guides, All Saints Street. Coffee and teas wth Bric a Brac stalls.
Telephone: 01424 428915
Collector's Fair and Street Market: 10am - 4pm
Courthouse Street, Old Town. Street market, collector's fair and entertainment.
Exhibition of early 19th Century drawings of Hastings by Marianne Johnson
Saturday 6 to Sunday 14 October
Monday - Friday: 10am - 4pm
Saturday - Sunday: 11am - 4pm
Old Town Hall Museum, High Street. Display continues until 12 January.
1066 and the Bayeux Tapestry: 10am - 4pm
Saturday 6 to Sunday 14 October (except Thursday 11th)
Hastings History House, 21 Courthouse Street. This exhibition includes a Picture Slide Show. Free admission. Donations to Hastings History House welcome.
Stade Quiz: 10am to 5pm
Saturday 6 to Sunday 14 October
Fishermen's Museum, Rock a Nore. Suitable for Adults and Older Children. Have an interesting tour around the Stade to find the answers. No cost but a small donation would be welcome. Available during Museum opening hours.
The Big Draw
Saturday 6 to Sunday 14 October
Monday - Friday: 10am - 4pm
Saturday - Sunday: 11am - 4pm
Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, Bohemia Road. Drawing activities for all the family based on the Museum's recently acquired painting, 'Fishmarket at Hastings' by JMW Turner.
Yes Yes Y'all, Our Call, Your Response: 10am - 4pm
Saturday 6 October to 18 November
Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, Bohemia Road. A new exhibition showcasing the collaboration of 8 artists who have been specially commissioned to create new works in response to twelve months of interaction with the general public and local groups.
Telephone: 0845 274 1052
Hoisting the Sails: Every day at 11am
Saturday 6 to Sunday 14 October
Fishermen's Museum, Rock a Nore. Exhibits outside the Fishermen's Museum. Demonstration of hoisting the sails of the Rebecca May, the oldest fishing boat on Hastings fishing beach.
Telephone: 01424 461446
Tour of Hastings Town Hall: 11am - 12noon
Town Hall, Queens Road. Come and see the Mayors Parlour and Committee Rooms where all the decisions are made.
Telephone: 01424 451751
Art Exhibition - Patricia Feast: 11am - 4pm
Unitarian Meeting Place, South Terrace. Monumental in stature, these figure drawings (charcoal on paper) consolidate the visual image into a personal identity.
Telephone: 01424 422225
website: www.hastingsunitarians.org.uk
Gizmo Multicultural Open Day: 2pm
Gizmo World, Priory Street. In aid of Gizmo. Music, Dance and Drama from around the World performed by Gizmo Members and young people. Entry by Donation.
Telephone: 07957 298263 or 01424 436333.
Iceni Belly Dancers on Winkle Island: 2pm - 3pm
Rock a Nore. Exotic displays by the Iceni Belly Dancing Troupe and the Egyptian Mummies Sand Dancers Extraordinaire.
Lynda Murray Quartet & Hastings Urban Youth & Hastings Area Blues and Jazz Band: 5pm - 7pm
Sussex Hall, White Rock Theatre, White Rock. £2 (under 25s free). Instrumentalist, singers and rappers will take a solo with the quartet. Groups involved Respond, Xtrax, Dab and Area Blues and Jazz Band.
website: www.hastingsjazzclub.co.uk
Observer Trophy Water Polo Tournament: 6pm
Summerfields Sports Centre, Bohemia Road. Teams from Dordrecht, Brighton and Haywards Heath play against local Hastings team.
e-Mail: timp@leskerltd.com
Film Show 'Battle of Hastings 1066': 6pm - 8pm
Hastings History House, 21 Courthouse Street. Admission £1. Dramatic re-enactment of the Battle to make history come alive with Peter and Dan Snow. 1 hour showing with continuous performance.
Foyles Walk: 7pm
Meet at Shipwreck and Coastal Heritage Centre, Rock a Nore. A fascinating 'war time' guided walk of approx 1 hour, taking in most of the Hastings TV film locations used for this popular TV series. Conducted by Clive Richardson, British Tourist Authority Blue Badge Guide. Tickets available in advance from the Shipwreck Heritage Centre or from the guide on the walk.
Tickets in advance: Adults £4; children under 14: £2.50
From the guide: Adults £4.50; children under 14: £2.75
Donation to Shipwreck Heritage Centre and Old Hastings Preservation Society.
Telephone: 01424 715084
After dark Hastings Ghost Walk: 7.30pm
Meet at Hastings Information Centre, Priory Meadow. Spine Chilling close encounters of the supernatural kind vividly described with thought-provoking insights of the elusive spirit world. Duration 90 minutes. Participants with dogs on leads welcome. Admission payable on the evening.:
Adults: £5
Under 16s: £3.50
Telephone: 07981 751279
Opening Gala Concert - Sussex Concert Orchestra: 7.30 pm
St Mary in the Castle, Pelham Crescent. Conductor Kenneth Roberts with the Festival Choir. The usual proms style finale of Rule Britannia, Jerusalem, Land of Hope and Glory is preceeded by Tchaikovsky's Symphony No5, Peer Gynt's Suite No1, Parry's 'I was Glad' and Handel's Zadok the Priest. Soloist Karen McInally.
Tickets: £10 (£7 concessions)
Tickets available from Hastings Information Centre 0845 274 1001 or on the door.
Telephone: 01424 443316.
Sunday 7 October
Classic Car Show: 10am - 3.30pm
The Stade, Old Town. With support from Hastings Borough Council and St Leonards Motors.
Telephone: Hastings Information Centre on 0845 274 1001
Hastings and Rother Family History Society Fair: 10am - 4.30pm
Horntye Park Sports Complex, Bohemia Road.
10.45am: The Internet for Family History by Jeanne Bunting
12.30pm: Tracing a Naval Ancestor, using primary and secondary sources by Colin Chapman
2.15pm: British Wills, administration and death duties, 1858 and later by Eric Probert
Talks are £2 each. Entrance to fair £2. Any two talks and entrance to the fair £5 if purchased in advance.
Telephone: 01424 437493 or 07709 235308
Hobbies and Crafts Exhibition: 10am - 5pm
William Parker Lower School, Park Avenue. Quality craft exhibition with all manner of fabulous items on display and for sale. Free entrance.
Telephone: 01424 721791
Tour of Hastings Town Hall: 11am - 12noon
Town Hall, Queens Road. Come and see the Mayors Parlour, the Committee Rooms and the Council Chamber where all the decisions are made.
Telephone: 01424 451751
Service with Rev David Usher: 11am
Unitarian Meeting Place, South Terrace.
2pm - 4pm
Art Exhibition - Patricia Feast
Hastings 3km Family Fun Run: 11am
Alexandra Park. Open for all ages to run or walk and raise money for children with Leukamia.
e-Mail: tim@runforthechildren.co.uk
Telephone: 01903 883941
The Famous Hastings Passage Ways Tour: 2.30pm
Meet at the Chessboard (Butler's Gap), George Street, Old Town. A guided walk by Tour Leader, Malcolm Campbell. Duration 1hr 40min. Participants with dogs on leads welcome.
Admission: £5 (adults) £3.50 (under age 6) payable on the day.
Telephone: 07981 751279
St Helens Park Preservation Society Autumn Walk: 3pm
St Helens Wood (meet at Langham Road entrance). Please wear suitable footwear and keep dogs under control. A refreshing cuppa available afterwards.
Telephone: 01424 420117
Harvest Festival of the Sea: 4pm
Fishermen's Museum, Rock a Nore. The Harvest Festival of the Sea will be held at the Fishermen's Museum (formerly Fishermen's Church) on the deck of the Lugger 'Enterprise'. All are welcome.
Telephone: 01424 461446
Fishermen's Museum Questions and Answers Evening: 6.30pm - 8.30pm
Fishermen's Museum, Rock a Nore. Do you want to know anything about the Fishermen's Museum, fishermen and their families, or maritime Hastings? If so, come and ask a group of experts, including local historian Steve Peak, who will try and answer all your questions. Refreshments available, including Tush Hamilton's tasty fishermen's rolls. Admission free; donations to the Museum welcome.
Telephone: 01424 461446
After dark Hastings Ghost Walk: 7.30pm
Meet at Hastings Information Centre, Priory Meadow. Spine Chilling close encounters of the supernatural kind vividly described with thought-provoking insights of the elusive spirit world. Duration 90 minutes. Participants with dogs on leads welcome.
Admission: £5 adults, £3.50 children under 16, payable on the evening.
Telephone: 07981 751279
Musica Sacra: 6pm - 10pm
St Mary in the Castle, Pelham Crescent. A concert of sacredly-inspired music to include contributions from Hindu, Jewish, Christian, Buddhist and Sikh musicians.
Tickets: £8, concessions £6 from Hastings Information Centre on 0845 274 1001
Telephone: 01424 428262 or 447518
Monday 8 October
All week: Best Dressed Old Town Shop Window Competition
World War II (Foyle's War) theme displays will be up throughout the week. Pam Brown OBE will present the 'Pam Brown OBE' Trophy to the winner, and the Mayor will present the 'Ray Goode Memorial Trophy' to second place at a reception later in the year.
Telephone: 01424 812662
Friary Gardeners: 10am - 2.30pm
Monday 8 to Friday 12 October
Ore Place Farm, The Ridge. Opportunity to visit and to see a working day in progress, and to ask questions on gardening problems with staff. Also the chance to visit the old St Helens Church and take a walk in St Helens woods.
e-Mail: parchment.trust@btconnect.com
Coffee Morning with Ann Novotny: 10am - 12noon
Garden Cottage, Croft Road, Old Town. All are welcome.
Telephone: 01424 432483
Art Exhibition - Patricia Feast: 2pm - 4pm
Unitarian Meeting Place, South Terrace
Tea Dance with Interval Cabaret: 2.30pm - 5pm
Sussex Hall, White Rock Theatre, White Rock. Ballroom, Popular Squence, Latin Dancing to modern and 30s/40s music. Entrance £4 including refreshments. Presented by Friends of White Rock Theatre and hosted by MC Ian Marshall 'Marsh the Man'.
Telephone: 01424 445573.
Hands on the Past (Workshop with Objects) The Romans: 2.30pm - 3.30pm
Shipwreck and Coastal Heritage Centre, Rock a Nore. An opportunity for people to handle and study objects from Roman times - 1800 years ago. Entry £3 towards the educational work of the Centre.
Telephone: 01424 437452
Hue and Cry: 6pm
Town Hall, Queens Road. History of Police and Special Constabulary. Talk by Christine Hayward, with slide-show. Free admission. Please reserve a seat as spaces are limited.
Telephone: 01424 451118
Chinese Herbal Medicine and Acupuncture: 6pm
The Chinese Herbal Medical Centre, 45B George Street, Old Town. Free Entry. Talk by Mrs Ke Xia Xu with a question and answer session. Lasts 60 mins. Find out all about Chinese Medicine and Remedies.
Telephone: 01424 466100
Gala Organ Concert: 7.30pm
Unitarian Meeting Place, South Terrace. Joseph Nolan, Organist to the Chapels Royal, gave the opening recital of the refurbished Ballroom Organ at Buckingham Palace and returns to Hastings to give a Gala Recital on the recently refurbished Snetzler Organ.
Telephone: 01424 422225
website: www.hastingsunitarians.org.uk
Opera South East Concert: 7.30pm
St Mary in the Castle, Pelham Crescent. Conductor Kenneth Roberts. Exciting new venue for this longstanding event sponsored by Hastings Week. With guest soloists. Tickets £8 (£6 concessions) available at the door or from Hastings Information Centre on 0845 274 1001
Telephone: 01424 443316.
Tuesday 9 October
Priory Knits: 9am - 5.30pm
Priory Meadow Shopping Centre. Priory Knits Competition 07 was to design an 'Adult, cream self-coloured textured jumper with loads of interest and design features'. Entries will be displayed with the winner of The Clements Creativity Cup clearly marked! The Mayor will judge, assisted by Dianne Bunyan advising on expertise. You are invited to join in during the day helping to make machine knitted blankets for the Conquest Hospital Special Baby Care unit.
e-Mail: Sue@1066.net
Coffee Morning and Open Garden: 10am - 12.30pm
8 High Street, Old Town. Courtesy of Margaret and David Ivatts. Coffee and Home Baked goodies with a warm welcome and plenty of chat! Viewing of garden welcomed. £3 entry fee. Proceeds go to Old Hastings Preservation Society.
Telephone: 01424 461380
Hastings in Two World Wars: 12noon - 2pm
Hastings History House, 21 Courthouse Street. A lunch-time illustrated talk by Christine Hayward with Cheese and Wine. Admission by donation £3. Proceeds to Hastings History House.
Burtons' St Leonards Guided Walk: 2pm
Royal Victoria Hotel, St Leonards. Followed by refreshments and a lecture about the area at 4pm in The Assembly Rooms.
e-Mail: francjhn@aol.com
Art Exhibition - Patricia Feast: 2pm - 4pm
Unitarian Meeting Place, South Terrace
Official Old Town Walk: 2.30pm
Meet at top station of West Hill Lift (lift at west end of George Street). Take a trip up in the lift or walk up via Cobourg Place and over the hill. The official Old Hastings Preservation Society walk, with experienced guides is downhill and takes approx 90 minutes, visiting many historical and picturesque sites of the town. Free, but donations to Old Hastings Preservation Society are welcome.
Achievers Award: 6.30pm
The Hastings Centre, The Ridge. Celebrate the community heroes and heroines in this very special event.
Telephone: 01424 856760
Open Chess Tournament: 7pm
The Robert De Mortain pub, The Ridge. Trophies and cash prizes. The tournament will comprise 5 games. 15 minutes each per player per round. In the first round grade players will play ungraded players. Come along and make some moves you could be a giant killer! Chess set boards and clocks loaned by The Hastings International Chess Congress. Con Power has kindly agreed to control the tournament. Strict rules of chess apply. Entrance fee £3 (on the night).
Telephone: 01424 751061
Wednesday 10 October
Coffee Morning with Gina Hobson: 10.30am - 12noon
8 Hill Street, Old Town. No charge but donations to Old Hastings Preservation Society welcome.
Telephone: 01424 426837
Drawing Workshop Day: 10.30am - 12.30pm & 1.30pm - 3.30pm
Unitarian Meeting Place, South Terrace. Learn how to draw with David Embry. All donations (suggest £3) welcome.
Telephone: 01424 422225
Hastings Lifeboat Open Day: 11am - 4pm
The Stade. Conducted Tours of the Lifeboat and Lifeboat Station. Lifeboat Station and Souvenir Shop are open to visitors 10am to 5pm daily throughout the week.
Telephone: 01424 720828.
Hands on the Past (Workshop with Objects) The Wreck of the Amsterdam 1749: 2.30pm - 3.30pm
Shipwreck and Coastal Heritage Centre, Rock a Nore Road. An opportunity for people to handle silver pieces-of-eight and treasures from the wreck. Entry £3, goes towards the educational work of the Centre.
Telephone: 01424 437452
Learning for Leisure in Hastings: 3pm - 7pm
University Centre, Hastings, Havelock Road. Help and advice on short courses and study. A Series of free open lectures based on local studies.
e-Mail: s.j.eatwell@brighton.ac.uk
Afternoon Tea with Gina Hobson: 3.30pm - 5pm
8 Hill Street, Old Town. No charge but donations to Old Hastings Preservation Society welcome.
Telephone: 01424 426837
Chinese Herbal Medicine and Acupuncture: 6pm
The Chinese Herbal Medical Centre, 45B George Street, Old Town
The Old Town Bingo Game Linco-Lingo: 7pm
Hastings History House, 21 Courthouse St. An Old Town based Bingo Game, originated and organised by Bruce Nicol. Proceeds to Hastings History House. Entry £4 incl light refreshments, and cash prizes for winners.
The Organs of Hastings and St Leonards: 7.30pm
Unitarian Meeting Place, South Terrace. Hastings has many hidden gems - not least the Unitarian Snetzler - this illustrated presentation by Dr Brian Hick will reveal those which have survived and mourn those we have lost.
website: www.hastingsunitarians.org.uk
Telephone: 01424 422225
Hastings Borough Bonfire Society Talk: 8pm
Town Hall, Queens Road. Illustrated talk by Keith Leech on the origins and development of the Sussex Bonfire tradition.
Telephone: 01424 451118
Classic Films: The Glen Miller Story (1953): 8pm
Electric Palace Cinema, 39 High Street. Wartime classic starring James Stewart. £5/£4 cons admission, duration 115mins.
Telephone: 01424 720393
Thursday 11 October
Memoirs of World War II: 10am - 4pm
An Exhibition at Hastings History House. Free entry. Donations welcome.
HRVAB Memories Competition: 2pm
Taplin Centre, Maze Hill, St Leonards. There are two sections this year for this famous competition. Open to everyone, and to blind and partially sighted. The theme is 'A memory from my childhood'. In association with the Hastings and Rother Voluntary Association for the Blind.
Telephone: 01424 853711
Official Old Town Walk: 2.30pm
Meet at top station of West Hill Lift (lift at west end of George Street). Take a trip up in the lift or walk up via Cobourg Place and over the hill. The official Old Hastings Preservation Society walk, with experienced guides is downhill and takes approx 90 minutes, visiting the many historical and picturesque sites of Hastings Old Town. There is no charge but donations to Old Hastings Preservation Society are welcome.
Telephone: 01424 428934
Fantasy Art and Books: 5pm - 8pm
Priory Meadow Shopping Centre. Art exhibition and interactive art by Katy J Jones. Fantasy writers R D Gardner, Kay Green and Taff Lovesey will be signing copies of their books. Displays designed by local fantasy writer Kate O'Hearn.
e-Mail: kay@earlyworkspress.co.uk
Foyles War Street Party: 6.30pm - 10.30pm
Organised by High Street Traders in the High Street & Brewery Yard. Themed WWII event with live bands, barbeque and dancing, plus a 1940's mannequin parade, air raid sirens, military vehicles and much, much more. Lots of fun for the children including 1940's dress competition with attractive prizes. Free entertainment with film shows, Lindy Hoppers, etc.
Contact: Ted Doyle on Hastings 200511.
Policing Hastings from the Town Hall in the 1940s: 7pm
Town Hall, Queens Road. With Victoria Seymour. Numbers are limited, please book a place.
Telephone: 01424 451118.
Gateway Quiz: 7pm
Conquest Centre, Chichester Road, St Leonards. The Gateway Club's annual quiz night with quizmaster Richard Stevens. The Club provides a stimulating and entertaining environment for adults with learning disabilities. Each year a Hastings/1066 quiz is held as part of Hastings Week. Members only.
Telephone: 01424 781026.
After dark Hastings Ghost Walk: 7.30pm
Meet at Hastings Information Centre, Priory Meadow. Spine Chilling close encounters of the supernatural kind vividly described with thought-provoking insights of the elusive spirit world. Duration 90 minutes. Participants with dogs on leads welcome.
Admission: £5 adults, £3.50 children under 16, payable on the evening.
Telephone: 07981 751279
Classic French Films: La Regle du Jeu (1939): 8pm
Electric Palace Cinema, 39 High Street. Renoir's look at bourgeois life in France at the onset of World War II. £5/£4 cons admission, duration 106 mins.
Telephone: 01424 720393
Lynda Murray Quartet: 8.30pm
Black Market Bar and Restaurant, 12 George Street, Old Town. Listen to the beautiful sound of Lynda on alto and soprano sax playing modern and contemporary jazz with her band while you eat/drink in a comfortable retro classic venue. Free Admission.
Telephone: 01424 422399 for reservations.
Friday 12 October
Hastings Old Town Market: 10.30am - 11.30am
All Saints Church Hall, All Saints Street. With stalls selling Homemade Preserves, Cakes and Flowers.
A Hastings/French Walk: 10.30am - 2pm
Meet at top station of West Hill Lift (lift at west end of George Street). Take a trip up in the lift or walk up via Cobourg Place and over the hill. A guided walk of Hastings with special reference to the History of Hastings relations with the French. To be followed by a special menu touristique lunch at Soupçon, 42 High Street at 12.15pm. £12 includes lunch and a glass of wine.
Telephone: 01424 426443
Hastings and St Leonards In Bloom: 12noon
Town Hall, Queens Road. Annual Presentation by the Mayor to Community and Individual garden winners.
Telephone: 01424 451168
Old Hastings House Open Day: 2.30pm
Old Hastings House, 132 High Street. Guided Tour of Old Hastings House. £1.50 to include Tea and Biscuits.
Prayer Time for Hastings Week: 4.30pm - 6pm
Town Hall, Queens Road. Contact Hastings Information Centre 0845 274 1001
Smugglers Walk: 6pm
Meet at Shipwreck and Coastal Heritage Centre, Rock a Nore. An atmospheric and entertaining guided walk of approx 1hr 20mins around the Old Town and fishing quarter, recounting true stories of smuggling in Hastings in the 18th and early 19th centuries and the involvement of local people. Conducted by Clive Richardson, British Tourist Authority Blue Badge Guide. Tickets available in advance from the Shipwreck Heritage Centre or from the guide on the walk.
Tickets in advance: £4 adults; children under 14: £2.50
From guide: £4.50 adults; children under 14: £3
Donation to Shipwreck and Coastal Heritage Centre and Old Hastings Preservation Society
Telephone: 01424 715084
Hastings in Wartime: 7pm
Hastings History House, 21 Courthouse Street. Illustrated talk by Ken Brooks. £2 admission with wine and light refreshments.
Hastings Ethical Fashion Show: 7.30pm
Sussex Rooms, White Rock Theatre. Organised by Hastings Environmental Network this fashion show will feature local and national designers and retailers supplying more sustainable fashion.
e-Mail: info@hastingsenvironment.net
Tales of Terror Walk: 7.30pm
Meet at Swan Gardens, High Street. True Tales of Terror from the town's less illustrious past revealed in grim detail. Guided walk, definitely not for the squeamish! Duration 90 minutes. Participants with dogs on leads welcome. Admission £5 (adults only) payable on evening.
Telephone: 07981 751279
Classic French Films: La Regle du Jeu (1939): 8pm
Electric Palace Cinema, 39 High Street. Renoir's look at bourgeois life in France at the onset of World War II. £5/£4 cons admission, duration 106 mins.
Telephone: 01424 720393
1066 Jazz Club - Dave Stradwick's Sussex Jazz Kings: 8pm - 11pm
Phoenix Arts Centre, Parkstone Road. Live Traditional Jazz, dance floor and bar. A great evening of humour, dancing and live traditional jazz by one of the best bands in the south.
Members: £6; Non Members: £7, tickets at the door.
Telephone: 01424 212258
Parisian Café Style Gypsy Jazz: 8pm
White Rock Hotel, White Rock (near the pier). Presented in the style of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli by the Hot Club St Leonards. Free admission
Saturday 13 October
Hastings Welsh Society Coffee Morning: 10.30am - 12.30pm
'Lakeside', 24 Lower Park Road. Admission £1 which includes coffee/tea and Welshcakes. You don't have to be Welsh to attend - everyone welcome!
Telephone: 01424 441208
Battle of Hastings Re-enactment (Saturday and Sunday): 10am - 4pm
Battle Abbey and Battlefield, Battle. Experience the tension and atmosphere of medieval battle as 200 soldiers clash in the annual re-enactment of the Battle of Hastings on the original battlefield.
Telephone: 01424 773792
55th National Town Criers Championships: 11am
Queens Square, Priory Meadow. MC Hastings Town Crier Jon Bartholomew. Town Criers from around the country take part in this spectacular event. Judging will be based on volume, diction, clarity and inflection.
Telephone: 0845 274 1001
Hastings and St Leonards Association, National Trust Coffee Morning: 10.15am
Taplin Centre, Healey House, Upper Maze Hill. Coffee morning, with stalls. Admission 50p.
Telephone: 01424 429598
Guided Tour Bus around Hastings (on the original bus): 11am, 12noon, 2pm and 3pm
Old Town Tourist Information Centre. 'Round the Town' tours - a nostalgic trip around Hastings and St Leonards in an original 60 year old open-top single decker.
Friends of White Rock Theatre - Backstage Tour: 11am
White Rock Theatre, White Rock. Free Admission.
Telephone: 01424 442601
Display of last year's Big Draw Collage: 11am - 3pm
Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, Bohemia Road. Inspired by the Bayeux Tapestry.
Iceni Belly Dancers: 12.30pm - 1.30pm
Queens Square, Priory Meadow Shopping Centre. Exotic displays by the Iceni Belly Dancing Troupe and the Egyptian Mummies Sand Dancers Extraordinaire.
Sierra Leone Exhibition
Priory Meadow Shopping Centre
Telephone: 01424 753768
Lighting of Hastings Beacon: 7pm
Top of East Hill, Old Town. Hastings Runners carry flaming torches from Pelham Place to the East Hill beacon to start the procession.
Torchlight Procession by Hastings Borough Bonfire Society: 7.15pm
A spectacular traditional Sussex Bonfire procession with representatives of Bonfire Societies from across Sussex marking the anniversary of the discovery and foiling of the Gunpowder Plot in 1605. Starts from The Stade, up All Saints Street and down the High Street to the promenade, turning right at Albert Road, into Queens Road turning at the junction of South Terrace back to the Town Hall to be joined by the Mayor, other officials and Town Criers. At the Town Hall the Town Crier reads the declaration of the America Ground, the procession continues across the America Ground to the promenade and finishes at Pelham Place car park. Pre event entertainment provided by Arrow FM.
Ladysmith Black Mambazo: 7.30pm
White Rock Theatre, White Rock. The music and passion of South Africa were bought to world attention when Paul Simon on his Graceland album featured Ladysmith Black Mambazo with their thunderous and beautiful harmonies that glide like deep, warm ocean currents.
Telephone: 0870 145 11 33 for tickets.
Classic French Films: L'Atalante (1934): 8pm
Electric Palace Cinema, 39 High Street. Jean Vigo's tale of love on a Paris barge. £5/£4 cons admission, duration 85 mins.
Telephone: 01424 720393
Karaoke singing of 1940s Classics: 8pm until closing time
Duke of Wellington Pub, 28 High Street. Music from England and France, especially Vera Lynn and Charles Trenet. Free admission.
Fireworks and Bonfire - Pelham Beach: 9pm
By Hastings Borough Bonfire Society and Renegade Pyrotechnics. Bonfire on the beach with our famous effigy. One of the UK's largest, loudest and most extraordinary firework displays and one of the UK's largest Bonfires. Collections for local charities. Please give generously as all money collected goes to charity.
Safety Notice: Please respect the safety barriers and do not pick up discarded torches or bring your own fireworks. Keep your children with you at all times and ear protection is recommended if you or your children are frightened of loud bangs. Please do not bring pets and dispose of all litter correctly.
Sunday 14 October (Hastings Day)
Rugby Tournament: 10.30am - 4pm
Rugby Club, Parkstone Road.
Telephone: 01424 721791
Service: 11am
Unitarian Meeting Place, South Terrace
Telephone: 01424 422225
website: www.hastingsunitarians.org.uk
The Hurricane - Twenty Years On: 11am
Meet at the Fishermen's Museum, Rock a Nore. Local historian Steve Peak who was on the beach during the hurricane of Friday 16th October 1987, gives a guided tour of the Stade, looking at how Hastings was shaped by the sea and weather in the past, and how global warming could bring major changes. Was the 1987 hurricane a foretaste of the future? Donation of £2 in aid of the Hastings History House.
Telephone: 01424 461446
Hastings 1964: 2.30pm
Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, Bohemia Road. A creative reminiscence performance by 'Shaping Voices' and local people.
Youth Service: 3pm
Holy Trinity Church, Trinity Street. Contact Richard Mortimer, Chaplain to Univeristy Centre, Hastings.
e-Mail: r.j.mortimer@bton.ac.uk
Hastings 1066 Award: 3pm
Town Hall, Queens Road. The presentation of the 'Award of 1066' the supreme accolade for services to the town by The Mayor, Councillor Maureen Charlesworth. By invitation only.
Telephone: 01424 451751
Closing Ceremony: 4.30pm
Town Hall, Queens Road. Services, veterans and cadets will assemble while Hastings Scouts perform. A vote of thanks will be given by the Mayor. The Town Crier will give a closing address.
Telephone: 01424 850689
After dark Hastings Ghost Walk: 7.30pm
Meet at Hastings Information Centre. Spine chilling close encounters of the supernatural kind vividly described with thought-provoking insights of the elusive spirit world. Duration 90 minutes. Participants with dogs welcome. Admission: Adults £5; children £3.50, payable on the evening.
Telephone: 07981 751279
Further Information: