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 […]
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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, […]
The talk will begin at 4pm sharp on Sunday April 13th, 2025, in the Burton Room of the Royal Victoria Hotel, TN38 0BD. Members free entry, non members £5 entry. A talk given by chef & writer, Ian Dowding, called ‘Turn Back Time’, he will take us on an informative journey around the food enjoyed by different […]
The talk will begin at 3pm sharp on Friday March 21st, 2025, at Crown House, 60 Marina, Saint Leonards-on-sea TN38 0BE. Members free entry, non members £5 entry. A talk given by David Clarke on ‘Green St Leonards’. Doors open 2.30pm. Previously advertised start at 4pm was in error.
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 […]
The talk will begin at 4pm sharp on Sunday 6 October, 2024, in the Burton Room of the Royal Victoria Hotel, TN38 0BD. Members free, non members £5. This event will be an illustrated talk given by the Burtons’ St Leonards Society Member, Prue Maxwell-Stewart, on ‘The Amsterdam‘: the extraordinary story of the laden Dutch […]
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