Horrors at the White Rock, then Battleaxe the writer gets a boost

I think I can safely say I have never seen anything as bad as the Christmas Crooners show at the White Rock Theatre.     Went on a WI outing. The person who had booked the…

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Christmas shopping insanity – and the real Hastings BattleAxe!

Well, we’ve had Black Friday and today, apparently, it is Cyber Monday when we are all supposed to be buying off the Internet. That Black Friday thing is new to us Brits – just another…

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Dark iClouds over Hastings….the shock of the new?

Making new bits of technological equipment work is far too traumatic.       The beautifully designed shiny new things nestle excitingly in their lovely boxes, but the experience of unpacking them is always overshadowed by a sense…

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Redoubt Fortress, Martello Towers, Writers’ Group, Women’s Institute

We went to Eastbourne and visited the Redoubt Fortress on our way to Waitrose.      Philosopher has bought a book on Martello Towers and it mentioned the fortress, which apparently oversaw all the 74 towers…

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Wet, wet, The Habit of Art at Bexhill, Hastings herring festival

Readers of this blog often say that life in Battleaxe Land seems to be a continuous round of sunny walks and cakes in quaint tea rooms.       Well, not this week, I can tell you.…

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