Once again lucky with the weather (but sorry for the farmers and market gardeners)

May Walk - Tuesday 24th

The St Leonards part of the The Hastings & St Leonards Sculpture Trail, leading to Discovering Burtons' St Leonards

Meet under Queen Victoria on the Front, in front of Warrior Square, at 10:30 am.

Hoist the sails, marauders plan to pinch our world record

Pirate Day organiser, Roger Crouch, with Pirates. 6/8/10 IF THIS PHOTO IS USED, MUST CREDIT MATT STABELER

http://www.hastingsobserver.co.uk/hoist_the_sails_marauders_plan_to_pinch_our_world_record_1_2676241
Published on Friday 13 May 2011 09:05

A PARADE of pesky pantalooned plunderers from Penzance are planning on pinching Hastings’s pirate prize.

Just last year more than 6,000 locals donned an eye patch and picked up their cutlasses to help the town smash the Guinness World Record for most pirates ever in one place.

HERITAGE LOTTERY FUND SAY YES TO THE PEOPLE’S PIER

I’m delighted to be able to tell you that Hastings Pier & White Rock Trust have been successful in our Heritage Lottery Fund application. The People’s Pier has an exciting future.

We have battled against the odds, in a Catch-22 situation where we couldn’t achieve ownership without funding, or funding without ownership, since the pier first closed in 2006. As a community trust we always knew we couldn’t walk away and we have become known for our ‘dogged persistence’. Now our greatest asset can be reborn and thrive for another 100 years.

There are many people to thank (see below), and there is so much more to be done. This is the end of the struggle and the beginning of the hard work. But for now, we celebrate!

Please pass on the fantastic news to everyone you think will be interested, and why not follow @thepeoplespier on twitter (go on, you know you want to really!)

A NEW LIFE FOR HASTINGS PIER

Now that we can rescue and re-engineer Hastings Pier as the People’s Pier, we want to let you know the next stages.

Match funding, esp community shares

Profile/momentum

Offers of help and advice – welcome but bear in mind we are inundated…

On again, off again!

Apologies, the May Walk will not now be The West Hill and it's Environs (no taking the lift for a walk this month!)

The person who suggested the walk, and still wants to do it, is hors de combat - get well soon.

So the May walk will now be

The Hastings & St Leonards Sculpture Trail, leading to Discovering Burtons' St Leonards.

And don't forget to put the June walk on your calendar!

June walk will be Tuesday, 28th June Cemetery Walk and Old St Helen's Church - led by Anne Scott. Not to be missed!

Taking the West Hill Lift for a Walk

This is likely to be Tuesday, the 24th May. We hope to explore West Hill and it's surroundings; more details later.

And a note for your diaries - June walk will be Tuesday, 28th June Cemetery Walk and Old St Helen's Church - led by Anne Scott. Not to be missed!

JIG

https://picasaweb.google.com/marijsak/JIG2011#slideshow/5602125228188330146