By chance I came across the following item in the 10 December 1910 issue of the Hastings and St Leonards Observer, and I wanted to know more about the happy couple. WEDDING IN AMERICA. – The marriage took place, on November 11th, of Mr A.W. Ede, son of Mr and Mrs Ede, of St Leonards, […]
Monthly Archives: December 2024
The talk will begin at 4pm sharp on Sunday January 19th, 2025, in the Burton Room of the Royal Victoria Hotel, TN38 0BD. Members free entry, non members £5 entry. A talk given by the Burtons’ St Leonards Society Chair, Stephen Van Dulken on Philip Henry Tree, Architect. Born in 1848 on Norman Road, Philip […]
This post consists of a lengthy extract from the 25 December 1875 issue of the Hastings and St Leonards Observer. A long article titled ‘Our shops at Christmastide’ consisted of descriptions of their seasonal decorations, and what goods they offered, street by street. The shops must have been quite a sight. South Colonnade no longer […]
The Rev. Paul Warschawski was long associated with St Leonards. This post is an attempt to nail down details his life and that of his children, but there are some mysteries I have not been able to resolve. One interesting fact is that his two sons, and his son in law, all changed their surnames […]
At the funeral of Christopher Maxwell-Stewart on the 28 November, at St Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church, the eulogy was read out by his son Hamish, but was written by Prue, his wife. Here is the complete eulogy. Christopher was born at Buxted, near Uckfield. In February 1936, the sixth of the seven […]