The talk will begin at 3pm sharp on Sunday 29th March, 2026, at Crown House, Marina, Hastings, Saint Leonards-on-sea TN38. Members free, non-members £5 entry. Doors open 2.30pm. No reservations: ‘First come, First serve’ A presentation of Sir Henry Rider Haggard, a popular author seen in Victorian St Leonards, given by Jude Montague. By the […]
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2026 WALK ‘St Leonard’s PUBS – Then & Now START: 4pm sharp on Wednesdays, 8th July & 12 August, 2026 from outside St Leonards Warrior Square rail station on its Kings Road side. Please book via the form or reply email Taking sustenance from its 2025 popularity, our roving researcher Stephen will visit the FORMER […]
2026 WALK ‘St Leonard’s PUBS – Then & Now START: 4pm sharp on Wednesdays, 8th July & 12 August, 2026 from outside St Leonards Warrior Square rail station on its Kings Road side. Please book via the form or reply email Taking sustenance from its 2025 popularity, our roving researcher Stephen will visit the FORMER […]
WALKS in Burtons’ St Leonards: Join us on 1st & 3rd Thursdays from 18th June-24th September 2026, 11am sharp, from London Road seafront clock for 90 minutes. 45 minutes’ walking up 1:5 gradient hill, with 5 minute history bites as we tuck in to nine picturesque spots. If you are free – come for the […]
The talk will begin at 3pm sharp on Sunday 3rd May, 2026, in the Burton Room of the Royal Victoria Hotel, TN38 0BD. Members free, non members £5. Doors open 2.30pm. No reservations. A talk given by Hastings historian Ken Brooks, entitled ‘The White Rock Story’ This illustrated talk will follow the history of a […]
The talk will begin at 3pm sharp on Sunday 29th March, 2026, at Crown House, Marina, Hastings, Saint Leonards-on-sea TN38. Members free, non-members £5 entry. Doors open 2.30pm. No reservations. Clocks spring forward by 1 hour, early on Sunday 29th at 1am. ‘The history of West Hill Road in St Leonards’, an illustrated talk by Ian Crick. […]
The talk will begin at 3pm sharp on Sunday 18th January, 2026, at Crown House, Marina, Hastings, Saint Leonards-on-sea TN38 l, l £5. Members free, non-members £5 entry. Doors open 2pm. Talk is 45 minutes. ‘The Hawkhurst Gang’ by Capt. James Bollinger. ‘My talk on the Hawkhurst gang tells the story of England’s first organised […]
The talk will begin at 3pm sharp on Sunday 28th September, 2025, in the Burton Room of the Royal Victoria Hotel, TN38 0BD. Members free, non members £5. A talk given by Hastings historian Ken Brooks, entitled ‘Burton St Leonards since 1837’ This illustrated talk will look at the development of St. Leonards after James […]
The talk will begin at 3pm sharp on Sunday, May 11th, 2025, at Crown House, 60 Marina, Saint Leonards-on-sea TN38 0BE. Members free entry, non members £5 entry. An illustrated talk by Ray McChrystal on ‘Gum Pigment and Paper: A History of the British Watercolour (with Scenes of Burtons St Leonards)’. Ray, a practising watercolourist, […]
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