Hastings Old Town up-date – Battleaxe on the political war-path

Have been Global Battleaxe rather than Hastings Battleaxe recently, so thought I’d better check out what is happening locally.  I’m starting with the Old Town, will do the town centre and St Leonard’s shortly.     …

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Coastal Currents studio visits

Last weekend we went down to view some of the Open Studios for Coastal Currents.      We were surprised how few there were this time – last year there were loads of beach huts…

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Coastal Currents Arts – and good Hastings walk

Another enormously long walk last weekend – something I really like about Hastings is how you can go on such interesting walks, so many of which are off the road via twittens, through woods etc. …

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Hastings Battleaxe’s Brummie heritage comes to Hastings

This device is a fly-press for punching and stamping metal, made in around 1910 by a company called Hazelwood and Dent in Branston Street, Birmingham.  It is standing outside Leigh Dyer’s West Street Incurva studio,…

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