See you soon!!
Date: 28 December, 1997
From: Yao-yi Huang, Taichung, Taiwan
E-mail: yaoyi@ms4.seeder.netHi,everyone who live in Hastings.I will be there on Jan.4,1998
Although I have never be there,I am looking forward to finding more during my one month stay.If you are the local people,maybe I will meet you .see you soon, Hastings.
Happy New Year!!
Seasons Greetings
Date: 28 December, 1997
From: Steve Rolls, Canterbury, England
E-mail: rolls.gang@dial.pipex.comHi Hastingers,
All seasons greetings to Hastingers everywhere, may all your days be long and fruitful.
Bob Ford, I know I've said about a long turnaround but blimey, I must be afflicted.
STRolls.
Priiory Road School. 1965-1969.
Happy New Year Wishes to everyone
Date: 26 December, 1997
From: Mary Jo West, St Leonards on Sea, United Kingdom
E-mail: 104707.2637@Compuserve.comBOXING DAY -- 1997
It was a beautiful day when I woke,
There was no snow about,
Maybe there was over the lake.
The birds were singing, the music playing,
The breeze flowing through the window,
and my heart was shining.
It was a new day dawning,
The excitement of Christmas now gone
But not forgotten. People everywhere,
Like myself, still thinking, contemplating the real meaning,
The real meaning of Christmas, and The Queens speech.
Relaxing in the new day,
I wondered what the New Year would bring,
Friends old and new, friends that have been close,
Friends that have been hurt, would they come too,
Who knows what the New Year brings.
The sky was mottled all grey, with shades of blue creeping through,
The song on radio was relaxing too,
The sound of bird, vanishing, as my hearing sometimes does,
Yes, Christmas is the time of year for all to experience lifeÍs beauty, feelings of friendship, family, and the joy of GodÍs saving powers,
I give thanks to all my friends, past and present, and shower my love over the whole world, and hope one day, that my words will shine in someoneÍs heart, and they too will find the beauty that found me.
God Bless, and I hope Happy New Years will bring forth fruit for many a year to come to everyone.
©26.12.97 MARY JO WEST
All Rights Reserved
104707.2637@compuserve.com
Looking for Family
Date: 26 December, 1997
From: supaluk, Hatyai, Thailand
E-mail: s3560034@maliwan.psu.ac.thI have been visits Hasting in 8 years ago.Nice place and stay for 3 weeks with my family .Learning in English language at EF school.Their flat Between WesternRD,Terrace RD, Warrior Gdn Rd.So just block from EF school and Warrior squre.I didn't contact them for a long time.So I would like to know their address.If you know them or know how to find the way, please e-mail to me.With my approciate.
supaluk
Tell me sth.
Date: 20 December, 1997
From: Katri KÉyrÉ, Ii, Finland
E-mail: katri_31@hotmail.comI`d like to know some facts, and other things about Hastings.
I am going to arrive there on 1st of june, and I`m going to stay 4 weeks. I`s EFs english course.
So, please, tell me something about Hastings and sth about London, because I`m going to visit there, too.
thanks, Katri KÉyrÉ
Finland
SOME INFORMATION
Date: 20 December, 1997
From: Tatiana Viana, SíO PAULO, BRAZIL
E-mail: 9000.viana@bradesco.com.brI AM FROM BRAZIL.I'D LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE LIFE STYLE OF HASTING,IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING ABOUT IT SEND ME.I AM GOING TO ARRIVE IN HASTING ON 19 OF JANUARY AND I AM GOING TO SPEND THERE 3 MONTHS.I AM WAITING FOR YOUR HELP.
BEST WISHES
TATIANA VIANA
School Project Search
Date: 15 December, 1997
From: Kate Rogge, Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.A.
E-mail: kater@bigfoot.comHello,
I'm helping my boyfriend find reference sources for a school report (due at 6PM today) he's to write about groundwater contamination in Hastings, Nebraska (USA). Evidently, my Internet search skills are only marginally better than his. What a lark to end up here!
Our best wishes to all who visit this page. Please wish us luck as we head back into the surf.
Kate
FABIOLA
Date: 14 December, 1997
From: Daniel Forte, SÑo Paulo, Brazil
E-mail: ming84@hotmail.com
PARABENS PELO DIA 13 BN
BEIJíO
MINGAU
Helenswood School Reunion
Date: 14 December, 1997
From: Sarah McNally, Sydney, Australia
E-mail: sarah.mcnally@digital.comG'Day to everyone in Hastings,
My name is Sarah McNally and I have lived in Hastings most of my life. 6 years ago I came to Australia on a years working holiday visa and here is where I have stayed.
I am now desperately home sick and looking forward to coming home to Hastings for a holiday next year (1998), Myself and my 2 very best friends Kerry Witcomb and Anita Stevenson would like to organise a School reunion. It will be 10 years sense we left Helenswood School in. If you were in the City & Guilds class that left in 1988 then please get in contact. Here is a list of some of the girls that we are looking for. If you know any of them please let them know that that we are looking for them.
Debbie Ballard, Amanda Stevett, Tracy Dawson, Katrina Butterfeild, Rachael Hyde, Jennifer Edwards, Nikki Haynes, Joanna Grimes, Elizabeth Owens, Victoria Sneyd, Teresa Clayton, Tracy Honey, Victoria Reeves, Melanie Wright, Lisa Medhurst, Lisa Collins, Vanina Press, Jenny Frazer-Bates, Emma Bowman, Lorna Weston, Alison Baldwin, Jenny Frazer-Bates, Julie Catt, Tessa Broom, Caroline Prior, Simone Edgeworth, Teresa Preist,
Please either E-mail me or you can write to me in Australia
C/O Digital Equipment Corporation
410 Concord Road
Rhodes NSW
Australia.
I am also looking for some old friends that I would like to get in contact with when I get back to Hastings in July.
Tim Stewart, China, Steve Henty, Keith Studley and Liz Nicola (Sen)
Please if you know any of these people can you please pass on this message. It has been 6 years sense I left home and I am really looking forward to getting home and catching up with some of my old friends.
Thanks for your time and if you are able to help me then thank-you And if you know me from when I lived in Hastings please feel free to E-mail or write. Take care to all in Hastings with love from Australia,
Sarah McNally
Hastings & Surrounding villages
Date: 11 December, 1997
From: M Burke, Peasmarsh, UK
E-mail: NiceWork@compuserve.comWell it's a bit of a surprise seeing Battle described as a village! Anybody out there have any memories of Peasmarsh or Beckley - especially pre 1950's? Having just moved to Peasmarsh from Beckley - ooh all of two miles! - I've been told I've taken a step down in status. Apparentlty all the world knows that the gentry used to live in Beckley and the workers in Peasmarsh. I need proof!
I'm going to visit Hastings next summer!!
Date: 10 December, 1997
From: Silje Pedersen, Fauske, Norway
E-mail: siljesp@hotmail.comI'm going to Hastings next summer together with two of my best friends.
We'll stay there from June 24th - July 21th.
Contact me!!
Post Code for St.Leonard-On-Sea
Date: 09 December, 1997
From: Marilyn Smith, Gold Coast, Australia
E-mail: jams@bigpond.comThank you to all the kind people who replied to my query on the post code for St.Leonard-on-Sea. Have been in touch with the person we were seeking. Thank you all very much.
Marilyn.
East German Secondary is seeking contact to Local Secondary School
Date: 07 December, 1997
From: Michael Liebold, Chemnitz, Germany
E-mail: Michael.Liebold@t-online.deHi,
We are a mixed Secondary School in Chemnitz, East Germany. We'd like to get to know a bit more about the rest of the world therefore we are looking for contact with English schools over the internet to improve our language skills. Since we are going to go on a school journey to Hastings in spring'98 we'd like to know a bit more about Hastings in advance (history, people, local stories whatever) and maybe also to get to know kids in our age group (14 to 16 years). We really hope somebody hears our cry for help and contacts us.
Keep cool man!
Language schools in Hastings
Date: 28 November, 1997
From: Floyd de Calaveras, Angels Camp, USA
E-mail: calaveras@egghead.comI understand that there is a terrific language school based in Hastings run by an incredibly innovative staff. If anyone has attended such classes please post a message here.
All the best,
F de Calaveras
P.S. How is the lemon curd there?
Hi
Date: 27 November, 1997
From: jane manze, Christchurch, New Zealand
E-mail: jane@usa.netHi to anyone who knows me. Just visited the 1066 Mag site, whats
going on. Why is it suspended. I need to be kept informed of the
latest in Hastings
Hope your weather is not too bad, you can spend all those windy
cold nights in the Pig in Paradise - You lucky Pigs.
Miss my favourite town.
Jane
Looking For A Friend
Date: 25 November, 1997
From: Scott Barnard, Chicago, USA
E-mail: sbarnard@ameritech.netHello from Chicago, Illinois, USA! I am looking for a friend I lost touch with a few years back. Her name is Michelle Bowerman and the last town I had an address for her was in Heathfield. If you know of her or would be willing to help me find her (Directory Assistance is so expensive from the States to England!), please email me. I would greatly appreciate it!
Scott Barnard
looking for someone
Date: 24 November, 1997
From: joe kish, london ontario, canada
E-mail: tapecompounding@mmm.comim looking for carrie kish from london ontario canada
Searching for a student in St. Cecilia's H.S
Date: 19 November, 1997
From: Plude, Anytown, Usa
E-mail: jameberr@interl.netI am a former student and would like to know what is going on in S.T.C. I am a junior in High School.
Record of Thomas De Saundford at the Battle Of Hastings
Date: 14 November, 1997
From: Kenneth W. Congrove, Jr., Vancouver, USA
E-mail: martel@e-z.netI am researching a person that was named Thomas (surname) taken from a Danish-Saxon village of Sandford, in Shropshire, north of Shrewsbury. He was a general or a hero at the Battle of Hastings. The surnames used by several branches of the family later was Sanford-modern form, De Saunford, De Sandford, Samford, Samforth, ect. If you are researching this extinct peerage I would love your help. Heraldry show these families all bearing similar crests.
Princess Diana
Date: 14 November, 1997
From: Mildred Willard, San Francisco, CA, USA
E-mail: alamassonne@intrax-iei.comThank for the lovely photo of Princess Di. We miss her!
smart things
Date: 11 November, 1997
From: Yoav Kallush, Haifa, Israel
E-mail: kallus@netvision.net.ilthe work is what we have to pay for money.
the world that created in one level most managed in another level.
Postal Area Code
Date: 09 November, 1997
From: Marilyn Smith, Gold Coast, Australia
E-mail: jams@bigpond.comCould someone please - pretty please! - give me the postal area code for the address - The Green, St,Leonard O.S, Hastings. U.K.Does the O.S. stand for on Sea? I am hoping the person at this address is my husband's second cousin and would like to write but don't want the letter to end up in a dead letter department. On the other hand is it not too important to have the area code?Would really appreciate some help. Thank you. Marilyn.
plastic models of knights
Date: 07 November, 1997
From: Billy Mercer, fresno, Ca.
E-mail: ironhart4@aol.comHello,
I am looking for models of knights. If you have any or know of any for sale or trade, please contact me.
william the conqueror
Date: 06 November, 1997
From: andy, newcastle, united states
E-mail: mullin@po.lincoln-academy.pvt.k12.me.usI am hoping to establish the veracity of the claim that William the Conqueror ordered the destruction of all trees in Ireland. Please e-mail your information. Also, any additional historical information about William.
birthmom searches
Date: 06 November, 1997
From: regina kopf noll, muscatine, usa
E-mail: rrnoll@muscanet.comlooking for a son borned 3-31-68 in iowa who was given up for adoption, if any one has any info please e-mail me.
Knights Templar
Date: 04 November, 1997
From: Phillip Blavatsky, Erith, UK
E-mail: Blavatsky@chapter9.force9.netCould anyone give any information on a so called Richard de Hastings,or he could have been Richard de Breton/Bret (12th Cen) this information could be the key to a long time Mystery.......thankyou JBO....
Barons Plot
Date: 04 November, 1997
From: Verna Sorrentino, Victoria, B.C., Canada
E-mail: mario@usethenet.comHi! I'm trying to find out about the plot to depose King William organised by certain of his Barons, around the year 1075.Bishop Odo, William's half brother might have been involved.It was put down quite quickly by William, and one of the Barons, Waltheof, was the only man to be executed during Williams reign.Can anyone help me with info or suggest reading material?thanks
looking for Erin O'Brien
Date: 29 October, 1997
From: Terry Sheldrake, Victoria BC, Canada
E-mail: terry@completeasset.comErin Annette O'Brien if by some miracle you get this message please call me at 250-381-2265 between 9-5 Victoria time. I was your friend and pen pal, after we met on a ship I worked on. you were from Lakewood Colorado. Thank-you
HASTINGS, THE PLACE OF MY FIRST LOVE
Date: 28 October, 1997
From: YOUNES MILIARI, COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
E-mail: SYNERGIE@IMAGE.DKIT IS WONDERFUL TO HAVE HASTINGS IN THE INTERNET. IT REALLY HAS BROUGHT SWEET MEMORIES BACK TO ME. IT IS A PLACE OF MY FIRST SWEET LOVE. THE PERIOD I LIVED IN HASTINGS REPRESENTS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND ROMANTIC TIME OF MY LIFE. I KNEW SOME NICEST PEOPLE ON EARTH.
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT MY BEST GREETINGS TO JANE BAKER WHO HAS A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART. I HOPE THAT SHE IS DOING FINE. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SAY HELLO TO MR AND MRS BAKER FROM RYE, MR AND MRS ESTALL FROM ST LEONARDS ON-SEA AND ALL FRIENDS FROM THE ITALIAN WAY RESTAURANT IN CASTLE STREET.
MAY BE ONE DAY I WILL BE ABLE TO VISIT THE TOWN OF MY FIRST SWEET LOVE. UNTIL THEN GOD BLESS
BEST REGARDS TO ALL
Vistit to Hastings
Date: 27 October, 1997
From: Martyn C. Merritt, White Plains, NY, USA
E-mail: centre@worldnet.att.netI will be visiting Sussex this December and would like some tips and advise and even suggestions for a possible visit to Hastings.
Battle of Hastings
Date: 18 October, 1997
From: MÔrten Holmqvist, Lund, Sweden
E-mail: fam.holmqvist@swipnet.seI'm doing a work on the battle of Hastings and I need all the information I can get about why, the battle itself, and result of. If you have annything that you might think I could use please contact me!
Sussex by the sea
Date: 16 October, 1997
From: Martin Johnston, Westmont, IL orig Hastings , USA
E-mail: ExBrit74@aol.comHello all,
I would just like to say as a native of Hastings now a transplant victim to the USA I miss my home town tons. I would appreciate any email and communication from anyone who would wish to respond. I think the new shopping centre will bring money into Hastings and I also think Hastings Town FC are a quality football club (NOT). How are they doing anyway. PLease respond, cheers
Martin
Hastings Shopping Center
Date: 14 October, 1997
From: Phil Johnston, New York, NY, USA
E-mail: philj@webcom-ny.netOn 9 October, Rob Dyer wrote:
> It's a disgrace that we've lost the lovely Cricket Ground for a
> failing, badly built, tiny shopping centre. What does anyone else
> think?
I think he's crazy. I visit Hastings every 4 or 5 years and have just returned after a week's trip. The town center of Hastings has changed out of all recognition, and is a fantastic example of what can be done to counteract the trend towards out-of-town shopping malls, with the consequent decay of town centers.
Hastings town center used to be for cars; it's now a town center for people. Tne new shopping center is excellent; it looks good, the shops are first class and seem to be doing good business. Of course there are still some available shop sites - it's a new development.
I once went to the old Cricket Ground to see a match. There were about 20 people attending!
There aren't many towns in my part of the US of comparable size that have centers as nice as Hastings now has.
I'll be coming again and again.
Regards to all my Hastings friends.
Phil Johnston
tourism
Date: 12 October, 1997
From: kenyn j. hull, lewisville, usa
E-mail: kenyonvols@websurfer.netThis is a great idea to get folks to visit your neck of the woods. I normally think of Stonehenge and Yeovil since my ancesters hail from this part of England. Job well done
Foreign exchange
Date: 12 October, 1997
From: Cher Scofield, Willits, CA, USA
E-mail: cscofield@hotmail.comI am very interested in becoming a foreign exchange student and going to England for a year or less (preferably less). I have searched the Net several times over, but I can't find any information whatsoever on the topic of foreign exchange.
I am in ninth grade. I would like to become a foreign exchange student next year, when I am a tenth-grader. I would like to travel to England for six weeks. I would like to stay in England for a full school year, but I would have to repeat the tenth grade when I returned to the states the following year, so I can only stay for up to six weeks, tops.
I am looking for information on
*how to become a foreign exchange student
*financial aid
*an interested host family/place to stay
*price ranges
If you can help me out with any of this, I'd be very grateful. Thanks!
Foreign exchange
Date: 12 October, 1997
From: Cher Scofield, Willits, CA, USA
E-mail: cscofield@hotmail.comI am very interested in becoming a foreign exchange student and going to England for a year or less (preferably less). I have searched the Net several times over, but I can't find any information whatsoever on the topic of foreign exchange.
I am in ninth grade. I would like to become a foreign exchange student next year, when I am a tenth-grader. I would like to travel to England for six weeks. I would like to stay in England for a full school year, but I would have to repeat the tenth grade when I returned to the states the following year, so I can only stay for up to six weeks, tops.
I am looking for information on
*how to become a foreign exchange student
*financial aid
*an interested host family/place to stay
*price ranges
If you can help me out with any of this, I'd be very grateful. Thanks!
need your e mail address
Date: 11 October, 1997
From: mr alan cropper, seattle, usa
E-mail: crop@seanet.comto mr peter cropper adress 33 woodsgate park, bexhill uk tel 01424 222 196 please contact me ,will be here until nov 19 1997
Looking for house/flat to rent.
Date: 09 October, 1997
From: Annie, Tynemouth, U.K.
E-mail: mystix@thefree.netJust returned from Canada after ten years, very diisappointed how things have changed in the North, Would like to move to Hastings or Bexhill near my family.If anyone could help with info about a g/f flat 2 bed. Or asmall house in the area, to rent I would be very grateful.Price around $80 week.Thanx.
To Friends
Date: 09 October, 1997
From: Anita Hoeg Pedersen, Viborg, Denmark
E-mail: anita.h.pedersen@mailexcite.comHello Hastings!
Just to say hello to any of my friends who might look at this page.
It's been just over two years since I left Hastings, but I still miss you all a lot. Not a week goes by without thinking of you. I was on a visit in May to practice my English, but I didn't have much time to see any of you and you've all moved around. So if any of you see this message please send me a note. I'd just love to hear from you.
Just to remember who I was:
Anita Hoeg Pedersen, at the time 16 years old (94/95). Danish. Did GCSE at Hastings College in Maths, English, Physics, Chemistry and IT. Blond, 5foot5 (don't know how to write that). Almost always in a good mood when I didn't have a hangover. Addicted to taxies and mad about Michael Jackson. Loved pubbing, nightclubbing and parties (The Crypt on Monday nights, Saturdays (I know it has a new name now) on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays). In the daytime I was usually at College, Rocky's or Elphinestone Rd.
I'd love to hear from anyone who might remember me.
Lots of love,
Anita
Town Centre
Date: 09 October, 1997
From: Rob Dyer, Hastings, England
E-mail: red@mhs.compd.comThis message board has been getting very boring lately. Why don't many people from Hastings write in with their comments about the town? How about this for starters.....
People may know my views on the Priory Meadow 'shopping centre' already, but another factor which shows the gross incompetence of the council and managers is we now have another card shop opened up - as if we needed one. There are also 3 sports shops now in the small shopping centre too showing how desperate the council are to let the premises, many of which are still boarded up after 6 months.
Where's Roger Carrier - has he done a runner? I would if I was him.
It's a disgrace that we've lost the lovely Cricket Ground for a failing, badly built, tiny shopping centre. What does anyone else think?
folk music
Date: 09 October, 1997
From: Peter Bolwell, Hastings, England
E-mail: piff@netcomuk.co.ukAnybody in or near Hastings fancy playing rhythm or bass guitar with an established folk-dance band with a national reputation and two albums to our credit? Please get in touch.
Peter
My girl friend is studying English in Hastings.
Date: 07 October, 1997
From: Kwon Su-Ho, Seoul, Korea
E-mail: kwon@oslab0.sogang.ac.krWell, I want to find the language schoool in which my girl friend is studying English. But I can't find it. It is Embassy educational
service I heard.
In next year, 1998, I will go to there and meet my girl friend.
And I will have sightseeing around the Hastings.
Bye.....
Looking for teacher
Date: 30 September, 1997
From: Anthony Wedig, Chickasha, OK, usa
E-mail: stuwedigam@usao.eduI am looking for a teacher in witchcraft who will teach me about the god/dess, and everything else. Somewhere around Chickasha or southern Oklahoma. If interested please contact me.
To know abut Hastings
Date: 30 September, 1997
From: Park Se-Young, Seoul, South Korea
E-mail: parkppp@chollian.netSomeday, I'd like to visit Hastings.I'd like to feel the beauty of Hastings.Thank you.
Sussex Paranormal Research Group
Date: 29 September, 1997
From: Johnathan Dark, Littlehampton, UK
E-mail: sprg@mistral.co.ukTo all out there on the web in Sussex,
The Sussex Paranormal Research Group would like to hear from you if you have any interesting tales about the Paranormal in Sussex. Ghosts UFO the lot we want to hear from you.
Spartan Football club
Date: 21 September, 1997
From: Matt, Hastings, England
E-mail: Cellis2@compuserve.co.ukSpartan under 10's .VS.Tackleway under 10'sWe set out the first half with a header from Allister wich wen tinperfectly. Then in the seccond half with a voleyed goal into the top corner from Matthew(matt).Then tom powered the ball just inside the post to make it 3 - 0.Then Allister put the ball in the back of the net.End score 4 - 0
Hastings Rugby
Date: 20 September, 1997
From: Keith Milchem, St. Leonards on Sea, G.B
E-mail: keithmilch@aol.comMy previous message about rugby is now out of date as I have changed my e-mail address.However, Hastings and Bexhill RFC are still thriving and looking for new players at all levels. If you are between 6 and 46 (or older if you still fancy a game) why not contact me.If you're from overseas or elsewhere in the UK and want a good place for a touring game - contact me. Take in a game, the sea, the sun and the se...!Hope to hear from you soon.Keith
looking for corbell or corbeil geneology
Date: 15 September, 1997
From: m. smith, western, usa
E-mail: leduc1@ix.netcom.comhello,
i am interested in information re the corbell (possible original spelling of "corbeil") family. i have heard that they were involved in the battle of hastings and are originally from normandy. i also have heard that they were hugenots who fled france during the religious uprisings in 1590s. the first group is thought to have settled in the (now) virginia beach area of virginia (usa) around 1600.
there's a lot of time lapsed between 1066 and 1600. if you can confirm any of the above or if you have any germane information (that's a joke, there was a "germaine de corbell"), i would love to hear from you.
my thanks in advance,
m. smith
Princess Diana
Date: 14 September, 1997
From: Mary Jo West, St Leonards on Sea, UK
E-mail: 1047072637@Compuserve.comI have just come to the 1066 message board to see if there is any further messages, and I see the photograph of Princess Diana. I still can't quite grasp that she's gone. But I know she's in Heaven watching over us with all over loved ones who've gone before us.
School
Date: 06 September, 1997
From: Angelo Frigerio, Cantu', Italy
E-mail: fritz@cosmo.itI spent my summer holiday in Hastings, and it was great!The English school wasn't very o.k. but the city is just fine.
Hello
Date: 05 September, 1997
From: Don Shriver, Lakewood N.Y., U.S.A.
E-mail: dshriver@alltel.netJust want to say hello and I wonder what the time difference is between Hastings and New York?
Eternally at Peace - Princess of Wales - Diana
Date: 31 August, 1997
From: Mary Jo West, St Leonards-on-Sea, England, UK
E-mail: 104707.2637@compuserve.com
Diana, Princess of Wales
Died tragically in Paris on 31st August, 1997
Eternally at Peace
She was radiant at the day of her death,
As I looked on at the memories of her world,
The Diary of a Princess, she had a lovely giggle,
She was a human, on this land we call Earth.She was a mum, such a lovely looking mum,
With blond hair, and sometimes, such a beautiful stare,
She always looked glamorous, even on her off days,
For our Princess, was a star.She gave so much of herself, it didn't matter where,
She would sit in a land-rover, well, at least that's what I saw,
She would walk along a path, with a mask on her face,
But our Princess, was a star.She took a path sometimes, through illnesses like us,
She had troubles in her life, just like us,
She cried, she cried, just like the rest of us,
See, our Princess, was a human, just like the rest of us.She loved to have a dance, a ballerina she wanted to be,
But too tall I believe they said she would be,
But when I used to see her, dancing on the TV,
She showed so much elegance, she could have been a swan out at sea.She was a friend, in my heart, nothing more could she be,
But she was a treasure, some could not see,
For she gave our world, our land, and our people,
Goodness from her heart, why did her death have to be.But nothing in this world, can bring our dear Princess back,
So let us all be grateful for the goodness she gave us,
Let us remember her, with happiness in our souls,
For she is now free, eternally at peace.© 31.8.97 MARY JO WEST
All rights reserved
104707.2637@compuserve.com
Please visit!
Date: 31 August, 1997
From: Alex Conlin, Hastings, UK
E-mail: 100542.126@compuserve.comCome to my homepage at - http://www.ilcgroup.com/alex.html
It's got great pictures of Beavis and Butthead!
Princess of Wales
Date: 31 August, 1997
From: Mary Jo West, St Leonards on Sea, England UK
E-mail: 104707.2637@compuserve.comPRINCESS OF WALES
The sense of my feeling, drained as in me,
Finding myself turning the tv on, and being hit with a tune,
Should this be telling me? that this word that seemed to say,
Was, how could this be? was, Princess Di - my friend, died, no way.
I listened without trauma, not really knowing why,
And then, I became tired, shocked, and knew this was the way,
Princess of Wales, died in Paris, my friend I had in my heart,
I could not understand, and still don't know why.
My tears they came, they flooded, they fell,
The shock that I would not meet, this girl that touched my heart,
When I realised she had died, I remembered,
I remembered the letter, the letter she had sent.
She thanked me, she was grateful, for my thoughtfulness,
She thanked me, for my poem, my poem, that was only my heart and me,
I will never meet her, now on this earth,
But, she's in my heart, she left a special part of her heart.
She loved so much of life, she took so much hassle,
But she was a strong person, and I'm glad she found love,
She got so very thin, she became so very ill,
But she gave so much, so much she could give.
She held anothers hand, she didn't care at all,
Of course aids worried others, but care she gave to all,
I am so proud that I knew her, even through at a distance,
Princess of Wales, I pray, that you have found happiness and peace at last.
© 31.8.97 MARY JO WEST
All rights reserved
104707.2637@compuserve.com
As a footnote to this poem, I give a special part of my heart to a friend who helped me with my tears when I heard the news. I pray, that our friendship will live as long as my friendship will live with the Princess of Wales - for without my friend, I would still be in tears and not writing this remembrance of a woman like us, a lady that gave so much to life, who cared with compassion for all.
Interesting Site
Date: 30 August, 1997
From: Betty Anne Jones, New York, USA
E-mail: bejones@deltonet.netThis is a great web site. I learnt a lot about your town and the famous 1066 area.
What an interesting place it is!
Thanks
Betty Anne
hello
Date: 28 August, 1997
From: monica sanchez, medellin, colombia
E-mail: emmsr812@guacari.udem.edu.coI just want to say hello to everybody in hastings. I have been there for about six months and I studied in embassy school. I was there since january 1997 until june 1997, I met a lot of people and olso I had a wonderful time there, it was the best experience I ever had. if somebody want to comunicate with me plase e-mail me in: emmsr812@guacari.udem.edu.co I will be very happy to hear something about the pig in paradise, the pier or the old town, I will be waiting for any information. bye.
Genealogy
Date: 26 August, 1997
From: Lee Anthony Buss, Barrington, USA
E-mail: leebuss@ameritech.netResearch the following surnames: Buss, Sellens, Bockham, Butt, Harris, McDonald, Seeman, Page
All in or around Mountfield, Saleshurst and Brightling...
Please visit my website at http://www.ameritech.net/users/leebuss/index.htm
click on my lineage in the branch data page...
Need help going back further, or do you see any ancestor you know?
I visited Hastings in 1987
Date: 25 August, 1997
From: Linda Knutsson, Comox, British Columbia
E-mail: knutsson@island.netHi and greetings from the Comox Peninsula of mid Vancouver Island,
BC, Canada. I visited Hastings the one time in September 1987. I
was on my own and had a wonderful time in the area. Just before I
got back on the train, I had a lovely lamb supper in one of the restaurants in downtown Hastings. I have been back to the UK two other times and hopefully I return in the future. And I wouldn't mind returning to Hastings! The UK is so wonderfully rich in history that I just can't get enough. Cheers
Scouting in Britain and the USA
Date: 15 August, 1997
From: Donald Shriver, Lakewood, New York, USA
E-mail: dshriver@alltel.netThis week I met some Scouts from Hastings while they were visiting our local scout camp in southwestern New York. They were outstanding representives for your area. I would like to get in contact with some of your local Scout groups. I am a scout leader and my two sons are both Eagle Scouts, that is the same as a Queens Scout. Can you help me? I will be very greatful, and you will continue the tradition of the "Unknown Scout". Thanks Don Shriver
Friends of John Gillam,Relatives of Yvonne Watts
Date: 14 August, 1997
From: Yvonne Watts, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., United States
E-mail: Klasldy@aol.comHello, I am looking in particular for a David Butcher from the Hastings, St. Leonards, Brighton area. He was a friend of my brother, John Gillam waaaaaaaaaay back in the late 1940's Also, I have tons of relatives in England and if any of them are reading this I would absolutely love to hear from you. I was born in Hastings. Father was Arthur Watts. Mother Iris (Clark) Watts
Cheers
Yvonne
Greetings to Hastings
Date: 13 August, 1997
From: Liz Abear, Abbotsford, Canada
E-mail: lads@rogers.wave.caI left Hastings to live, in beautiful British Columbia, in 1984. I still remember Hastings as one of the best places to call home. I worked at Glyne Gap School, Bexhill Road - I remember Bridget Apps and Leslie Hurren well ( if you know them, say "hi").
I visit Hastings every year that I return to England - at this time I am in contact with Doug Hersee, who remains optomistic in spite of ill health. He is a wonderful man - if you know him, I know he would appreciate a visit. Anyone who wishes to update me re news of Hastings, I would love it. Liz Abear
Ex- Old town resident
Date: 11 August, 1997
From: Jane Manze, Christchurch, NEW ZEALAND
E-mail: jane.manze@usa.netHi, just popped in, I lived in Hastings, Old Town 1990 -1996, and just had a return visit. Great to see the new shopping centre and
The pig in paradise never changes. Could someone please pop into
Rockwells and say hi to Michelle from me, Jane in Christchurch. She is from Christchurch, NZ and we had a fantastic holiday in Thailand together but she choose to stay in Hastings. I miss you all and especially Graham (Chiz) - miss ya babe.
Jane x
All e-mail replied to :
jane.manze@usa.net (actually in New Zealand)
Seeking information on Father
Date: 09 August, 1997
From: Janet Renee Ahlm, Norwalk, United States of America
E-mail: userid@2.theonramp.netI am looking for any information on the Geyer family. My fathersname was Herman Washington Geyer, he had four brothers,Clyde, Lamount, Harold, Glen. I know I have a family memberin Colorado but that was some 15 yrs. ago. I would like to seebirth certificites and death records., but I don't know how togo about doing this. Any help well be appreciated. Thaniks
MARKWICK
Date: 04 August, 1997
From: m markwick, bathurst, australia
E-mail: clive@ix.net.auI require information on the Markwick family. The family is thought to have resided in the area around the 1800s .
Hello from Down Under
Date: 04 August, 1997
From: Bob Ford, Brisbane Queensland, Australia
E-mail: bobford@powerup.com.auI attended Priory Rd school until 1970 and went to Hastings College of Further Education in an attempt to gain the o/levels I missed out on through paying too much attention to the soccer and cricket ball---or so I was told!! Left England in 1974 to play soccer in Australia and although I am now 43 but still play and am involved in coaching. Are there any soccer or cricket buffs from Hastings that might be able to update me on the fortunes of the two Hastings sides or indeed anyone from Priory Road School. Is Stephen Rolls out there? I replied to your message some weeks ago but haven't had a reply. Perhaps my e-mail never reached you?My family still live in Hastings, a town which brings me many happy memories. Who can forget the summer months when we enjoyed the visits from the Scandanavian students?!!Be nice to hear from someone.Hi Sunshine, thanks for your e-mail. I do hope your fortunes are changing for the better.
Looking for Linda Armour (Maiden name)
Date: 03 August, 1997
From: Ron Bremner, Thurso, Caithness
E-mail: think@zetnet.co.ukHi Linda from Blairbeth, Rutherglen, Glasgow,
I know you remember me although we haven't met for over 30 years. We went through Burnside primary school together, in the same class, from 1957 to 1963 or '64. You were my first Valentine, and I was yours. We loved each other from a distance for years.
Now I know you are married with kids. Me too.
But I've often thought of you and wondered how your life has gone. I'd love to hear from you.
Please get in touch,
Ron (John) Bremner
Do you know?
Date: 02 August, 1997
From: L Weaver, Midlothian, Virginia, USA
E-mail: NALWeaver@aol.comLooking for Maxima Raymond, DOB February 5, 1930 or maybe December 5, 1930. She was in USA in 60's. may have married a Charles Badalick, a Victor Gieldon, a Kessinger and a Gresham. Had 2 daughters and a son by the 60's. She was from England.thanks
Hi
Date: 02 August, 1997
From: Frits Veldhuis, Duiven, Netherlands
E-mail: vldhs@worldaccess.nlInterested in steamtrain, just popped in
Hi !!!
Powell family and shelley china
Date: 01 August, 1997
From: phyllis powell (osiecki), Canyonville, Oregon, USA
E-mail: phyllis@pioneer-net.comhi chaps ... My family of the 1800's owned and opperated the White Friars glass works. Would appreciate hearing from anyone with information, especially of Baden Powell. Also keen to purchase any of White Friars products, especially their paper weights from the past. Any Shelley China, pottery, vases, etc. is sort after. Have a nice day. If I can be of help with information concerning Oregon, USA, please drop me a Email. My best to you all. Phyllis
QUEEN PHILLIPA
Date: 31 July, 1997
From: DEREK FREEMAN, YORK, ENGLAND
E-mail: DCFCNJFREE@AOL.COMANY INFORMATION ABOUT QUEEN PHILLIPA, AND HER CONNECTION WITH YORK.
AND ALSO ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE HISTORY OF YORK FROM THE REFORMATION
TO PRESENT
THANK YOU
Trying to contact-Brigitte UPTON or Keith UPTON
Date: 31 July, 1997
From: HAKAN ONAL, ISTANBUL, TURKIYE
E-mail: onalh@nukleer.itu.edu.trAbout 6 years ago I spend six weeks with Brigitte and Keith UPTON. Unfortunately I have lost track of them. When I was in Hastings They lived in Pinewood Way near the Church Wood.Now I dont know that they live in same place or not.
Would someone be so kind as to check the telephone directory. If they have a new adress, please sent me an e-mail message.
Hakan ONAL
Searching For Birth Family?
Date: 30 July, 1997
From: Allison , *, *
E-mail: wquest@webtv.netif you are an adoptee or birthparent, searching for your birthfamily, post your profile on our meesage board database. Somebody might even be searching for you, so be sure to check it out. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/8488/index.html
Genealogy
Date: 30 July, 1997
From: Patricia Ross, Logan Lake, British Columbia, Canada
E-mail: lawrence_ross@bc.sympatico.caHello, I'm trying to find the brith place of George Bott. He as born in the early 1800's. I do know that he was born somewhere in England. I would like to find the name of his wife. She too was born somewhere in England. I have found so far names of two son's. They are Steven and Timothy. Looking for any kin that might be related. I have come up against a brick wall. Please, if anyone has any info, I would like to hear from you.
Foster Family Research
Date: 29 July, 1997
From: Mr. Martin Eloury, Grass Valley, Australia
E-mail: aragorn@avon.net.auHi there,I put this message in some time ago, thought I would try again. Could someone contact an Albert ?surname, from the Hastings and Rother Family History Society - have lost his details. I am researching my family history. My ancestor William Foster married a Maria Warren about 1830 in Hastings. They lived at 19 Bohemia Terrace, in Hastings for many years, and had several children including Stephen, Emily, William, Charlotte, Benjamin, Sarah, Ellen, Esther, George Thomas(my direct ancestor who married a Alice Edith Redgrave), and John.Any information on these people or the street would be gratefully accepted.Yours sincerely,Martin Eloury
I search for a telephone number
Date: 28 July, 1997
From: Juan, Finisterre, Spain
E-mail: digital@arrakis.esPlease, a need a telephone number of:
Burry Road N¹27
I have a my girfriend in this house, but my girfriend return a Poland the 28/JUL monday.
I'm a old student from International House.
help find my father
Date: 27 July, 1997
From: Gail S Closser, Oroville, USA
E-mail: dolphin@nvinet.com. Date: Sunday 27 July 1997 at 03:57:30 BST (London time)From: Gail Closser oroville, wa, usa locate missing person I need your help please, I'm trying to locate my biological father. I have never had the pleasure of meeting him, but now, it's medically important , Please, if any-one can help me(, e-mail at my address dolphin@nvinet.com) last known place he was living was in toronto,canada. thank you. dolphin
Genealogy- Contact with British Lord DeCourcy
Date: 27 July, 1997
From: Bill DeCoursey, St. Paul, Minnesota 55112, U.S.A.
E-mail: bill@lifeweb.lifetouch.comPerhaps someone there on the web in southern England can help me. About 20 years ago or more, I had some correspondence with Lord Baron John DeCoursey of Groves Farm in Southern England. I don't even know if he is still alive; but I'd like to renew contact with him or one of his heirs if possible. My purpose is to share genealogical information collected over about 40+ years of research. - My homepage on the web is http://www.angelfire.com/mn/itsabouttime
My e-mail address is bill@lifeweb.lifetouch.com
Bill DeCoursey - St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Claire Bennett
Date: 24 July, 1997
From: Mary Jo West, St Leonards on Sea, England UK
E-mail: 104707.2637@Compuserve.comIn response to a little girls picture in the Evening Argus dated Wednesday July 23rd 1997 -
Evening Argus came to mind,
A little ray of sunshine there I spied,
A little face so pure and sweet,
Beauty, colourful, a real live treat.
Eyes of brown, glaring at me,
A little smile, no pain to see,
So much beauty there I see,
And then the Argus decides to tell me.
A little brave girl, Claire Bennett her name,
Died of cancer, a stem tumour on her brain,
She died so brave doing her charity work,
She did her best, even though in pain.
I feel she was such a brave little girl,
She looks so beautiful as she looks at me,
I never knew this little girl,
But I can feel her as she looks at me.
She has such an awe, a beauty about her,
She reminds me of a little film star,
So much colour, lovely brown hair,
A lovely pink outfit, that gives her flare.
So much beauty, so much heart,
Helping her parents nearly to the end,
Helping the charity with her tombola stalls,
I'm so glad, I met her.
God Bless little Claire
Love always
Mary Jo - Sunshine
© 1997 MARY JO WEST
Ask JR
Date: 24 July, 1997
From: JR, Bronny, USA
E-mail: MrPharmacist@webtv.netHello friends,If you ever need advice on anything from love.... to friendships.... to work.... or even home renovation, feel free to e-mail me. I would be more than happy to help you!
My new CD - 'All Of Me'
Date: 21 July, 1997
From: Johnny Bartee - A Texas Musician, Post Falls, Idaho, USA
E-mail: johnny@patriciaent.comTo my fans everywhere, thanks for your support. My website has moved to http://www.patriciaent.com/members/bartee. Go there to HEAR real audio clips from my new CD and then PURCHASE it with Visa, Mastercard, or Diner's Club on a secure server. Your purchase helps in the support of my 67 year old mother, Fay.
Adios from the snowy mountains of Idaho,
Johnny Bartee
Keep in touch
Date: 13 July, 1997
From: Sunshine , St.Leonards on Sea, England,UK
E-mail: 104707.2637@CompuservecomHi Rod
I hope you keep in touch forever. I hope we will make real good friends -
Take real good care and keep safe and happy.
God Bless - your friend
Mary Jo
Ex Hastings Boy
Date: 11 July, 1997
From: Bob Ford, Brisbane Queensland, Australia
E-mail: bobford@powerup.com.auHello, my name is Bob Ford. I Ieft Hastings in 1974 to play soccer in Australia. I went to Priory Road School and am now 43 years old. My parents still live in St.Leonards. If there is anyone out there who may remember me please email me. Other ex-Hastings boys I am in contact with in Brisbane are Ian Steele and Bob Barlow, both ex soccer players. I married a Hastings girl called Tina Boniface although have since re-married. My best mate in Hastings was Cass Balch who is arriving over here for his daughter wedding in September.Take care Hastings, Ihave many fond memories.
Looking for ya!
Date: 08 July, 1997
From: Barbara Blue, Tempe, Arizona, U.S.A.
E-mail: BBLUE@asuvm.inre.asu.eduLooking for Jean & Derek Emery in East Sussex. If you are on line drop me a line. I am planning to be in England this Xmas and I would love to see you. It is a long story!
Web Page
Date: 04 July, 1997
From: Jim DeMasi, Deptford, United States
E-mail: cyberjim@earthlink.netI just made a new web page and I'd like any one who reads this message to visit it. The address is http://home.earthlink.net/~cyberjim/. In my page is FREE games ,FREE programs, and links to sports places ,health places, game places, etc. So check it out. Also if you have time sign my guest book. THANKS!! -Jim DeMasi
Trying to Contact - Derek Durham
Date: 30 June, 1997
From: BARRY STETTLER, Allentown , Pa, USA
E-mail: bstett3770@aol.comHi Hastings
About 3 years ago , my family & I spent a great two weeks
with Derek & Silvia Durham of Cow Beech, just a few miles from
Hastings.
Unfortunatly we have lost track of them, they have moved
from the last address we have.
Would someone be so kind as to check the Telephone directory
the see if they have a new address listed. Please e-mail if
someone finds a new address.
Thank you in advance.
Barry Stettler
Some photos
Date: 25 June, 1997
From: Daniel Marquetti, Curitiba, Brazil
E-mail: lxw@avalon.sul.com.bri would like to receive some pictures of hastings,if someone knows anybody from embassy english school send me a e-mail.Because i have been there last january.
1960's singer, December Star
Date: 24 June, 1997
From: December Schaefer, Parish, USA
E-mail: RLS50PLY@aol.comIf anyone has any information as to where I can find any recording
by December Star who was heard in the mid to late 60's please
e-mail me at aol location. I'm trying to find something as she
is my name sake. My mother heard her just before I was born in
1967, then she wasn't heard again.
I would appreciate any help in this area. Thank you, December
William the conqueror's daughter
Date: 24 June, 1997
From: Irene McNeill, Langley B.C., Canada
E-mail: rmcneill@smartt.comI need to know the name of william the conqueror's daughter.thanks.
Has anyone heard of Brieryhurst?
Date: 19 June, 1997
From: Ron Briery, Eagle Point, Oregon, USA
E-mail: willieb@cdsnet.netI'm looking for links to the family's ancestral name of Brieryhurst. It was later spelled Brirehurst and had severalother spelling derivations. Since it ended with a "hurst", I have been informed that it probably originated in the Sussex area somewhere. Has anyone heard of anything close? My 3rd G. Grandfather came to the American colonies around 1775-1780 (Apparently as part of the British Navy to get the Americans squared away). Then he just stayed on a while. At least he wasn't a sore loser.So if you've heard of a place or family named Brieryhurst, I would really appreciate being contacted. Thanks!
re: Guild of Master Craftsmen Publications
Date: 18 June, 1997
From: Roger Thomas, Richmond, B.C. Canada
E-mail: investor@rembrandtgold.comI have been trying to get in touch with this company as I want to subscribe to one either magazines namely - "WOODTURNING" I have been purchasing same locally but would like to subscribe.Also I am missing issues for April and June 1997.Could someone help me find this publisher, They are not on the WWW yet an address and would assist me very much.Thank you and best wishes from CANADA.
Hello to any old friends
Date: 08 June, 1997
From: Angela Anderson, Vancouver, Canada
E-mail: william_collins@bc.sympatico.caI just discovered this web site, and I thought that I would say hello to any of my old friends in Hastings. I was born in Hastings, and I lived there until 1968. I lived in Parker Road and went to Elphinstone School: does anybody remember Mr. Read and Miss Osbourne? I went to Hastings College of Education, where I was the president of the Students' Council: does anyone remember the Raves? After university, I taught Maths at Ratton School in Eastbourne. My second home was the Pumphouse in George Street, and I also frequented the Hastings Jazz Club, where my friend John Griffiths played the bass in the Dolphin Jazz Band.My sister Penny still lives in Hastings.I would love to hear from any old friends. Or, if anyone knows my sister, say hello to her for me, and please give her my e-mail address.Sue, if you read this, belated Happy Birthday.Cheers,Angela
Odo, Bishop of Bayeux
Date: 08 June, 1997
From: Catherine CHRISTIE, Kirribilli, Sydney, Australia
E-mail: cchristi@mail.usyd.edu.auI'm keen to find a text which gives a few facts about the life of
Bishop Odo of Bayeux. Most texts seem to barely acknowledge him,
and my interest is the extent to which he was involved in the
making of the Bayeux Tapestry - for a Master's essay in Medieval
Studies. Can anyone help?
Signed
Catherine Christie.
William the Conquerors Armour Bearer
Date: 07 June, 1997
From: Mark Sellars, Sutherland, Australia
E-mail: sellars@zeta.org.auHi,I am researching a family relative who was believed to be William the Conqueror's Armour bearer and died in the Battle of Hastings 14th October 1066 and is supposedly buried on Hastings beach. My mothers maiden name is Ridout and this relative is believed to be of this lineage possibly with the name of Rideaux. A suggestion I had from a friend who is involved in Geneology was maybe there is a link to the Prideaux family. Can anyonne help. RgdsMark Sellars
Looking for Danseys
Date: 06 June, 1997
From: Alan Dansey, Biggleswade Beds, England
E-mail: alan_dansey@x400.icl.co.ukI am researching my Dansey/Dansie family tree and am looking for contacts. I belive that there were and still are Danseys in Sussex and would be interested in contacting anyone with an interest in the name. I am told that some of the Danseys in USA originated in Sussex.
I know Sussex well especially around the Hastings area. Will probably be back down for a visit soon. Alan
CULPEPPERS of Rye, England
Date: 06 June, 1997
From: Diana L. Rawlings, Fort Myers, Florida, USA
E-mail: RoadRunner69@webtv.netHello. I was wondering if anyone over there knew John and Patricia, and if so, would you please say hello for me? I had the most enjoyable stay at their B&B this past March, and wish to send my regards. Thank you!!! Diana
My memories of Hastings
Date: 28 May, 1997
From: Michael Thurgar, Canberra, Australia
E-mail: lmthurga@actonline.com.auHi, I left Hastings Sussex in January 1968 after staying with my grandparents at Beacon Rd before emigrating to Melbourne Aus with my parents. They settled at Frankston which is only a few miles from Hastings in Victoria. It is qute a lot smaller than The original with sandy beaches (no pebbles) and is close to Australias premier Naval Training Depot (HMAS Cerberus).I now live in Canberra which is the capital of Australia but often wonder what it Hastings is like now. Maybe I will get the chance to return one day.My Parents were Don Thurgar and Brenda Mepham who were both born in Hastings and grew up there before Dad joined the army and moved away. I would dearly love to hear from anybody from Hastings who knew Mum & Dad
Question on political situations
Date: 27 May, 1997
From: xorebo, Chicago, USA
E-mail: XOREBO@AOL.comHi, I was wondering how the political situations of that year were in England and Normandy that influenced the events of 1066... I'd appreciate if someone can give me a broad little summary if possible.... Thanks
looking for Elphick relatives
Date: 26 May, 1997
From: Teri Ostrelich, Bethlehem,PA, USA
E-mail: beccahi@earthlink.netAm doing a Elphick family genealogy search.The earliest information I have is a Richard Elphick I who owned a large estates in Hastings and vicinity around approx. 1750s or so. Would love to correspond with any Elphicks interested in family history and would be happy to share the information I have learned so far! Thanks!
Tupperware for sale
Date: 12 May, 1997
From: frogman, tarpon springs, usa
E-mail: frogman@valise.comTupperware for sale
Send e-mail for our latest catalogs.
Battle of Hasting
Date: 09 May, 1997
From: Carrie , Post Falls, USA
E-mail: hagaki@hotmail.comCan some one please email me and tell me exactly what "Battle of Hasting" was? I have been all over the internet and can't possible find what EXACTLY it is. I have to answer a question for english. So if you could please get back to my as soon as possible, it would greatly be appreciated! Thanks for your help.
Carrie
The Hastleons
Date: 07 May, 1997
From: Rob Dyer, Hastings, England
E-mail: red@mhs.compd.comThe Hastleons Amateur Dramatics Society now have their own web pages on the internet. You can visit this site at www.universe.demon.co.uk. We are one of the longest running societies in the country, our first show "Veronique" was performed at the Gaeity Theatre (Now Hastings Cinema) in 1926. We are also a registered charity and donate to local causes. You can support us by coming to see our latest musical "Me and My Girl" which starts on 24th May and runs for a week at the White Rock Theatre. It's a great show and bookings are going well, so spread the word!
Anyone can join us for just £10 a year, with no reheasal or costume charge, so if you fancy being in our next musical "The King and I" please let me know. It's a great one for baldies!
Hastings Bonfire
Date: 06 May, 1997
From: Martin, Hastings, UK
E-mail: carassius@compuserve.comHi!
This year the Hastings Bonfire, will take place on Sat October 11th. Visit the Bonfire Society Homepage for more details. This will be the best yet. We always welcome new members to the society e-mail me for a membership form.
Martin
Hastings Bonfire Society
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/carassius
Hastings Rugby
Date: 06 May, 1997
From: Keith Milchem, Hastings, UK
E-mail: Keith_Milchem@msn.comWhilst there is no information in the other sections on Hastings Sports Clubs there is a thriving Rugby Club in Hastings. We have recently built our own clubhouse at William Parker School and are currently having our pitches drained and levelled. We will be playing again next season and are always looking for new players or players new to the area.The junior and Mini sections are thriving. Why not come and join us on a Sunday morning at 10.30 a.m.Contact me through the web for more specific details.I await your e mails!
Contact
Date: 03 May, 1997
From: Sunshine, Hastings, England.UK
E-mail: 104707.2637@Compuserve.comIf anybody realises I have disappeared for a while, they can contact me via postal mail at PO Box 117 Hastings East Sussex TN34 3ZJ England UK - Take care - Mary Jo
Big Fat Hello
Date: 01 May, 1997
From: Joelle Rudenick, Minneapolis, USA
E-mail: joelle@spacestar.netJust wandering around the net and figured I'd like to say hello to Dylan sitting there at the Sealife Centre. And if anyone who sees this knows him, try to convince him to visit me in the States. I've been trying but I think he needs a push as well as a pull.
Hotel Accommodation
Date: 20 April, 1997
From: Geoff Lawrence, Toronto, Canada
E-mail: geoff@interlog.com
My mother was born on Godwin Road, Clive Vale, Hastings and the family is planning to visit in September of this year. We would like information regarding hotels in the area. Could you please send me information on this? Also, is Sacred Heart Convent on Old London Road still there?Thanks!
Family History - CANNELL/COLLINS
Date: 20 April, 1997
From: Donna King, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
E-mail: king@inetdirect.comHello from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. I'm presently researching the family history of the CANNELL family and I'm interested in any information on Kate CANNELL born 1873 Bethnal Green, England, who married John Arthur COLLINS in Hastings, England in 1895 at St. Leonard's.
Message Board
Date: 20 April, 1997
From: Ann Ferris, Rowland Heights, California, USA
E-mail: tomfer@gte.netIt is a pleasure to find a message board in England. I have been searching for a source of communication in Bridlington, I can't find any thing, can you help? I am wanting to contribute my Grandfathers manuscript on seamen and their life to the Sewerby Hall Museum. His name was Frank Brown. If any one can assist me I would appreciate it.
Thank you,
Ann Ferris
tomfer@gte.net
Searching for someone
Date: 20 April, 1997
From: Leti Attoh, Riverdale, MD, U.S.A.
E-mail: tattoh@erols.comI am looking for Everad and Rosa De-abreau .He is from Guyana West indies and wife is from Spain. They were last seen in Norwood England. A sister here in the states named Cherie and a brother named Valetine. Everads mother was and father was Eutis the mother was Maybell Mokrristoussaint Nills.
Thanks. Ms. Attoh
301-699-1152
I need some help
Date: 16 April, 1997
From: Siamese Dreamer, Anytown, USA
E-mail: none@none.noI've got this srvey i have to take for school and I'd appreciate it if any one who sees this would fill out the one question survey to reach the survey, goto http://www.ok88.com/my-cgi-bin/wambo.cgi?fcn=voteform&recno=11114
Thanks again,
Siamese Dreamer
Wanted - Used Laser Printer Toner Cartridges
Date: 12 April, 1997
From: Stuart Old, Hastings, England
E-mail: stuart@smoent.demon.co.ukI am a local Assistant Cub Scout Leader who has been given the chance to go to the Internation Scout Jamboree in Chille 1998/99. To raise the £2500 needed to go I am collecting used laser printer and photocopier toners. I am also looking for Company sponsorship, if you can help in anyway please contact me on:-
stuart@smoent.demon.co.uk
1066 Club
Date: 10 April, 1997
From: Larry Altschuler, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
E-mail: stp@cais.comCould someone tell me where the jazz venue called the 1066 Club is in Hastings? It has been too many years since I've been to the city, but I hope to return for a visit this summer.
Larry Altschuler
stp@cais.com
Hello from an ex-resident
Date: 09 April, 1997
of St. Leonards-on-Sea
From: Peter Titchener, Adelaide, South Australia
E-mail: titch@merlin.net.auHi, I've just become an internet user and of course looked up dear ol' Hastings.
Subjects I would welcome news of include:
1) Geoff Hutchinsons portrayal of Mad Jack Fuller in his one-man shows.
2) The Folk Music scene (Black Horse reunion weekends, The Catsfield Steamers, Telham Tinkers, etc.).
3) Amatuer dramatic companies such as the Pheonix Company.Please communicate with my E_Mail Address above.
The weather is fantastic here in Adelaide!
Music Sessions
Date: 05 April, 1997
From: Peter Bolwell, Hastings, England
E-mail: piff@netcomuk.co.ukDoes anyone know if there are any informal jazz or blues "sessions" happening anywhere in or near Hastings, where people can just turn up with an instrument and join in ?
I know there was an attempt to start up something of the sort in "The Guitar Bar" in Claremont, but whenever I went there nothing seemed to be going on.
Alternatively, anybody out there want to play rhythm-and-blues and need a saxophone player?
Regards,
Peter
Please send some information
Date: 04 April, 1997
From: Albert Herrnegger, Wien, Austria
E-mail: albert_herrnegger@bboard.blackbox.or.atWe are planning to travel to Hastings in about one year's time with a group of about 50 schoolchildren. Would you please send about 50 leaflets in English about Hastings and the Sussex region? I would also like to have some more information for five teachers.
Please send the information to the address listed below:
Albert Herrnegger
HS d. Schulbrueder
Schopenhauerstrasse 44 - 46
A - 1180 Wien
Thank you so much!
Albert Herrnegger
TRYING TO FIND
Date: 04 April, 1997
From: FRITZI PHILLIPS, BLOOMINGTON INDIANA, USA
E-mail: FRITZI@WEBTV.NETI'm looking for a person named Sarah brasich who lives in Brighton East Sussex who has friends in Indiana USA . Can anybody help me please Thank you
More places named Hastings
Date: 03 April, 1997
From: David Hastings, Waynesboro, VA, USA
E-mail: hastings@cfw.comIn response to the editors question, there is a Hastings, Nebraska; a Hastings, New Zealand; and a few others but I can't recall them right now.
Genealogical Research Page
Date: 02 April, 1997
From: Ed O'Riordan, Clogheen, Tipperary, Ireland
E-mail: clogheen@iol.ieIf you want to find an easy to follow Family Research instruction page check out http://www.amireland.com/clogheen
Family search
Date: 29 March, 1997
From: Maria Walsh, Montgomery New York, USA
E-mail: 582bull@warwick.netI am looking for information on the family name of ARTO. Grandfather was a german descent and my granmother was a hungarian emigrant. They lived in Hastings, PA, around 1919. Grandfather's name was John Arto,Grandmother was Esther Maria Arto. They had five children - Stephen, Paul, John, Joesph and Margaret. They ran a boarding house for coalmine workers. John Arto's father was a coalminer also. John had a sister Helen in Chicago, Illinois, around 1939-1943? Grandfather John was born in the USA in 1890. Esther was born in 1887, came to US in early 1900's through Ellis Island, I think.
Any information would be useful and appreciated.
Rummery of W.Battle
Date: 28 March, 1997
From: Rod Sutton, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
E-mail: sutton@isys.caGrandfather Alfred Rummery born Woodsdale Cottage, W Battle ,Sussex in 1875. Had brother William and sister Rose and others? Parents William & Sarah.
Any searchers on this family?Thanks. Rod
Elphick family tree
Date: 28 March, 1997
From: Teri, Bethlehem,PA, USA
E-mail: beccahi@earthlink.netAm trying to trace a line of my family tree - the Elphick name. Earliest info I have is Richard Elphick I who owned an estate in Hastings. His children were Richard II, James, Charles, Elizabeth and Nancy. Richard II was my great-great-great grandfather. Richard the II had nine children - Charles, James, Betsy, John, Sarah, William, Mary, Thomas and Hannah. Charles had 14 children including my great grandfather, DeForest Elphick. He was born in the US but some of his brothers and sisters were born in England. Would love to share my information with you and any info you have would be appreciated!
Thanks! Teri
Food
Date: 26 March, 1997
From: Fallstaff, Toronto, Canada
E-mail: nash@hotstar.netAs an old English Exile I sometimes think of my childhood inLondon. We had more dinner times than dinners, consequently thegood tasting food is still remembered with relish.
I often think of the rare times when we could afford a Savaloysausage. I know they tasted good and often wish I could get one to try and recapture those days. If anyone has a recipe for the SavaloyI would appreciate an E mail.
Ho good belly.
The Cockney.
Shopping Centre
Date: 25 March, 1997
From: Matthew Ellis, Hastings, England
E-mail: 106761.1544@compuserve.comThanks to all for a really good shopping centre at last. Let's hope it is the start of something really big for Hastings. Also - whoever put this web site together - it's excellent, full of great and useful info.
Matt
Tandy Dealer Who Left In '83
Date: 25 March, 1997
From: George Waleski, Reston, USA
E-mail: waleskig@erols.comI owned the Tandy Dealership in Queens Raod until 1983. I sold it to David Taylor. Anyone know how he is doing? Is the store still still there?
Places called Hastings
Date: 23 March, 1997
From: Editor, Hastings, East Sussex, EnglandIf you're interested in seeing maps of all the places in the world called Hastings, as listed on the MapQuest Interactive Atlas, try clicking this link:
We counted 19 in the USA, and one each in Australia, Barbados, Canada, India, New Zealand, Sierra Leone and, of course, the UK. That's 25 other places in the world all called after the original Hastings here in East Sussex, England!
Work and lodgings
Date: 23 March, 1997
From: Catherine Janusz, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
E-mail: stjean@connect.ab.caI'm applying for a work visa and would like advise or help on how to go about finding a job (from working in a hotel/B&B to clerical or tourism position) and accommodations in the area.
Thanks.
Seeking Family
Date: 23 March, 1997
From: Sheila Davis, Oakland, United States
E-mail: therapist@wtvl.netI am a geneologist, and I am trying to track down family members from England and Wales. Family names of Fowler, Williams, and Watson. Please help! I have done as much as I can from this side of the Atlantic.
To> Monica marcela S.
Date: 21 March, 1997
From: David Botero, Medellin , Colombia
E-mail: e.g.jsmith@eznet.co.ukI wrote you before on valentine's day, and I don't know yet if she recived my message, but I'm trying again.
I just wanted to tellher how much I love her and, to thank your city for treating her right, and giving her a worm welcome (not mattering the winter). te amo guguis
HELL-O FROM HOPEWELL
Date: 19 March, 1997
From: Gary Long, Hopewell, U.S.A.
E-mail: grayhair@ctg.netI HAVE A GUEST VISITING FROM ASHFORD, ALL IS WELL , HAVING A GOOD TIME.
GARY L.
HELLO
Date: 18 March, 1997
From: Mary Jo (Sunshine), Hastings, East Sussex. England UK
E-mail: 10470.2637@Compuserve.comTo Rod Nicholls, thank you for the message, I will indeed keep in touch.
Take care and God Bless
1066 Country Web Site
Date: 17 March, 1997
From: Will Dando, Hastings, UK
E-mail: info@plastica.ltd.ukThank you for the welcoming e-mail sent on Friday. We were all at an exhibition organised by ourselves to celebrate 25 years in business. It is good to see things happening in this area. Keep it up.
Wartling Ancestors
Date: 16 March, 1997
From: Ian Billenness, London, United Kingdom
E-mail: ian.billenness@virgin.netI am researching the Billenness family history. My current research stops in 1741 when James Billenness married Sussana Hoad in Wartling. I have no knowledge of James prior to his marriage.
It has been conjectured in my family that James was a Dutch smuggler who either landed or was shipwrecked in the early 1700's, furthermore the Billenness family are thought to have involved in smuggling in the Pevensey Marsh area up until circa 1800.
I would be very pleased to hear from anyone that has any knowledge of the Billenness family around this time or indeed from anyone that has done research into smuggling in the area.
Hastings on TV
Date: 15 March, 1997
From: Jane Kenyon Bell, Toronto, Canada
E-mail: Janehelen@sympatico.caI have just finished watching an English TV Movie called B&B (with Kevin Whatley of Morse fame). Thought the scenery looked familiar. It was filmed in Hastings. You could easily make out the White Rock (think this is what it is called - used to house the the Witch Doctor in the 60s, anyone else remember that club?), the Old Town etc. Good for jogging the old memories.
Hi Dad !!
Date: 14 March, 1997
From: John Gallagher, Orillia, Ontario, Canada
E-mail: Gallagher@Encode.comMy father, Mr Graham Page, recently returned to england to retire. He is living in St. Leonards by Sea at 3 Archery Court. if anyone is in the area say hi to him for me. Also does anybody know if there is a community bulletin board or something in St. leonards.Thank you; John Shaun gallagher
Greetings + Question
Date: 12 March, 1997
From: C I Thomson, Newbury Ma., USA
E-mail: cit@seacoast.comGreetings to all
My question is, I need help looking for a newspaper site,for
East Sussex England.I've seached the net many times with no luck.
Any help would be appreciated. Thank You C Thomson
Memories
Date: 09 March, 1997
From: Anja L, Malmo, Sweden
E-mail: per.langy@mbox300.swipnet.seHi I just want to say that Hastings is a wounderfull town.
In the summer of 95 I spent the 3 best weeks of my life there.
I traveld whit STS, my host families name was Dabson. I just want
to thank those who made this trip so unforgetable; Mylla (Sweden),
Hanna (Sweden), Sarah Verver (Denmak): unfortuenly we have stopped
writing to eachader. Susanna (Sweden), and the rest of the buss and
eveyone that was in Hastings from the 30/6 and 3 weeks forward.
I almost forgot my English teacher James (England)
Hello
Date: 09 March, 1997
From: Rod Nichols, Missouri City Texas, U.S.A.
E-mail: 71670.1126@compuserve.comSunshine, enjoyed your poetry and conversation. Please keep in touch.
re: English school in France
Date: 09 March, 1997
From: Editor, Hastings, UK
E-mail: 100142.2203@compuserve.comATTN: george dai, johannesburg, south africa
Try contacting the British Council office in Paris at
e-mail: bc.paris@bc-paris.sprint.com
Mark your message for the attention of the Library & Information Service.
Hope this leads to something.
- Editor.
i am looking for primary english school in france
Date: 08 March, 1997
From: george dai, johannesburg, south africa
E-mail: gdai@sinotech.co.zamy son is nearly 5 years old, he is presently studying in the
montessori pre-school in sandton south africa. i hope he can
have a chance to study in an english school in france.
Greeting from a Friend
Date: 08 March, 1997
From: Eve , Kingston, Ontario, Canada
E-mail: pen@adan.kingston.netHi, my name is Eve, I'm nearly 18, and funnily enough I used to live in Hastings. I moved to Canada when I was 11 and it's not all snow over here, it gets quite hot in the summer time! Yesterday we had a snow storm!! Well I just thought I'd say hi, bye!!
Southeast Sussex Ancestors
Date: 04 March, 1997
From: Marilyn Jewett Tracey, Hagerstown, Maryland, USA
E-mail: MTracey888@aol.comHello to all my distant cousins in England. If you have Sussex ancestors related to mine I would love hearing from you.
From BEXHILL: Thomas Brown Prior 1817, James E. Prior 1791, Edward Prior 1760, John Prior 1734, William Prior 1698, Mary Pettit 1776, Mary Brown abt. 1760.
From NINFIELD: Judith Ann Badcock 1793, Elizabeth Jarrett.
From WARTLING: Edward Jarrett, Anne Piper.
From HAILSHAM: Elizabeth Mills.
From HASTINGS: Thomas Jarrett 1663, Anthony Jarrett 1648, Anthonye Jarrett 1622, Judith Graygoose abt. 1622, John Jarrett 1616, Dorothy Day abt. 1616.
From HOOE: Peter Badcock 1777, Edward Crowhurst 1716, James Crowhurst and Mary abt. 1690, Anne Crowhurst 1757 and Ann Wimble abt. 1716.Thanks,
Marilyn Jewett Tracey
BILLIE-JO JENKINS (13 Years)
Date: 02 March, 1997
From: Mary Jo West (Sunshine), Hastings, East Sussex, United Kingdom
E-mail: 104707.2637@compuserve.comBILLIE-JO JENKINS (13 years) was found bludgeoned by an 18in. tent spike on her garden patio on 15th February, 1997. This should not in any way make Hastings a nasty place to visit or live in. This could have taken place anywhere in the country or world!
I do not know who killed her yet, but this is how I felt on Saturday, 1st March, 1997, two weeks after her death. I met Billie-Jo for the first time in our local newspaper, Hastings & St. Leonards Observer, Friday, 21st February, 1997. I then wrote this poem when I actually felt I met her truly, 1st March 1997.
- Mary Jo West.The Time I Met You
I did not know you but I see your face
Your eyes they tell me you have beautiful grace
Your teeth are shining, so perfect in line
You seem so alive, if only you had timeYour hair so beautiful, flowing free like the wind
If only I'd known you, what was in your mind
I look at your eyes, through my eyes that pain me
I'm glad I can still see, although I'm going blindYour ear-ring so modern in this world of ours
What was your life like, if only I'd known
A person who knew you, told me yesterday
That you were a nice person, a nice person to knowWhy this had to happen, God only knows
But Billie-Jo remember, you are safe with God now
He will take care of you, and now you can live
Happy and alive, free like the windEternity I feel is the best life of all
But you had the right to live your life full
But circumstances never can right this for you
But I shall remember, the time I met youCopyright © 1997 MARY JO WEST
Sunshine 104707.2637@compuserve.com
PO Box 117, HASTINGS, East Sussex TN34 3ZJ, England, UK
Crowhurst search
Date: 26 February, 1997
From: Tom Crowhurst, Palos Park, Illinois, USA
E-mail: Crowhurst@aol.comHi,
I am in search of any information on the town of Crowhurst, and anyone with the name of Crowhurst. I am in charge of a family reunion here in the Chicago area and would appreciate any information on the subject matter mentioned above. It is my understanding that there is a town close to Hastings by this name. I hope that anyone with any information would contact me at Crowhurst@aol.com.
Thank you,
Tom Crowhurst
FAO : Sarah McNally RE:Re-unions
Date: 25 February, 1997
From: Russell Hutson, Hastings, UK
E-mail: hutson@farcrown.demon.co.ukSarah McNally,
I've sent you some e-mail regarding Simone Edgeworth. Please reply to me at hutson@farcrown.demon.co.uk or rch@wormhole.compd.com. Or visit http://www.farcrown.demon.co.uk for further contact details.
Russell
HOUSE- CARLS
Date: 25 February, 1997
From: P HILIP HASTINGS, WHITE BEAR LAKE, MN , USA
E-mail: hastings@PipkinandBonnet.comHello I am trying to find out some informatin on HOUSE-CARLS,who they were,what they looked like, how they fought in battle, and there role in the battle of 1066. Any information would be helpful.
Old Friends
Date: 25 February, 1997
From: Jane Kenyon Bell, Toronto, Canada
E-mail: Janehelen@sympatico.caIf you went to Bexhill Junior or Secondary School or were a member of the Bexhill Swim Club in the 50s/60s please give me an e-mail, I would love to catch up on any news of old friends.
seeking Gemma Dorrell
Date: 21 February, 1997
From: John Prince , Sydney, Australia
E-mail: jprince@fl.net.auHello there!
My Father is returning to Hastings (for a six week holiday) after a 37 year absence . He is trying to locate whom he believes is his only living relative , his cousin . He has not seen her since he migrated to Australia in 1960 .
Unfortunately , he only knows her Maiden name , "Dorrell". Her first name is "Gemma" . She was born around 1936 . She was last known to be residing in the Crawley area . She is the daughter of the sister of the late "Jane Ethel May Phillips" , who was residing in Brighton before she migrated to Australia in 1964.
Would anybody know whom I could contact , a Registery or some Government body , in relation to acertaining whether she is still living and her current whereabouts?
ANY help would be greatly appreciated.....
Regards,
John Prince
jprince@fl.net.au
Locating birth record from Hastings/Picture of Grandmothers home
Date: 19 February, 1997
From: Steve Uhrig, Santa Clarita, USA
E-mail: 71051.2541@compuserve.comHello,I am attempting to get information on my grandmother and great grandmothers family. Is there a Hall of Records on the net? Some brief information; Grandmothers name is Harriet Jeanette Noakes, born May 1, 1902. Later Married to Henry George Usher who was born on March 23, 1897 in Hastings. Have other names to help with thank you. Anyone available to locate 79 St. Thomas Street. This was where grandmother lived. Photo would be great. Im located in California, USA if someone needs help with anything.
Glastenbury
Date: 17 February, 1997
From: Chris Fata, Scottsdale, USA
E-mail: Thekeek@aol.comI want to know who can give me information on the Concert (Festival) that occurs every year at Glastenbury England. I need location information as well as dates and ticket purchasing info. Thanks to whomoever can help me with this.
re: Mermaid Inn
Date: 11 February, 1997
From: Editor, Hastings, UK
E-mail: 100142.2203@compuserve.comTo Danielle Bassez:
I'm sure you mean the Mermaid Inn in Rye, not Hastings.
There's a link on our main page (in the "Local business on the web" section) to a hotel booking service with some information on the Mermaid. The URL is:
http://www.hotelnet.co.uk/hotelnet/johansen/j4113/home.htm
Hope this helps
The Mermaid Inn - in Hasting
Date: 10 February, 1997
From: Danielle Bassez, EVRY - , FRANCE
E-mail: danielle.bassez@evt.mts.dec.comI need your help.
In the 70's I (long time ago !) I crossed the Channel and went to work in a Hotel called "The Mermain Inn" in Hasting. It's been a long time now and I'd like very much to go back to this place.
Is the hotel still there ? I've searched through the yellow pages, with the name and town, but I didn't find it.
Who could help me ? Thanks in advance.
Danielle.
BELASIUS OR BELASIS - NORMAN KNIGHT
Date: 09 February, 1997
From: LORRAINE WILSON URBASSIK, NORMAN, OKLAHOMA 73071, USA
E-mail: kurb@earthlink.netI HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND OUT SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE NORMAN KNIGHT, BELASIUS OR BELASIS, WHO IN 1071 DEFEATED THE EARL OF MORCAR AND HIS MEN ON THE ISLE OF ELY. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT HIS FULL NAME WAS AND WHERE IN FRANCE WAS HE FROM AND WHEN WAS HE BORN?
THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.
LORRAINE AT kurb@earthlink.net
Returning to Your Roots via the Internet
Date: 03 February, 1997
From: Elaine Robson, Dartmouth Nova Scotia, Canada
E-mail: robson.gunn@ns.sympatico.caI left Hastings in 1970 to move to Canada. I was very pleased to find this message board. I wonder if there is anyone out there who I used to go to school with? Hastings High School for Girls 1962 to 1967. My maiden name was Wade. Names that come to mind are Linda Richardson,Pauline Taylor (possibly Pauline Ash now),Jennifer Davis, Judy Gillis the list goes on. If any of this sounds familiar
please e-mail me.
Thanks Elaine
Looking for John and Pauline Leeney
Date: 02 February, 1997
From: Bill MacDonald, Federal Way, Washington, USA
E-mail: BILLYMAC@SPRINTMAIL.COMLooking for Scottish cousin in Sussex:
John and Pauline Leeney, W. Common Dr., Lindfield, Sussex.
Any help appreciated.Thanks.
Hello!
Date: 29 January, 1997
From: Maria Ahnlund, Tomelilla, Sweden
E-mail: ahnlund@kastanje.tomelilla.seHi everybody!
Great to see my favourite town Hastings here. IÇm a Swedish woman but my boyfriend ( who now lives in Sweden ) is an original Hastonian! We get over as often as we can. My favourite thing is to wander up onto the East or West Hill and spend some time overlooking the city, just thinking and relaxing. Going around a few pubs in the old town is not so bad either.
A wedding in Hastings- American boy weds English girl -Where to visit?
Date: 27 January, 1997
From: Joanne Ward, Englewood,COLORADO USA, U S A
E-mail: Longobardi@msn.comHello Hastings, I am planning a 10 day visit to England in August. We have never been to England, and the reason we are visiting in August is to attend a wedding-such wonderful circumstances. I would appreciate any info on where to stay on a modest budget, and also how much to travel around the country, given that we have 10 days and the wedding is on August 16th. Shall we rent a car or take day trips using the rail? H ow much time should we spend in the area? Should we attempt to visit Wales or Scotland in that time? Any recommendations on guest houses that are tried and true for friendly service and coziness? Any info shall be greatly appreciated. This is a once in a lifetime experience for us, and we want it to be very memorable. THANK YOU....
HELENSWOOD SCHOOL REUNION
Date: 24 January, 1997
From: SARAH MCNALLY, SYDNEY NSW , AUSTRALIA
E-mail: sarah.mcnally@sno.mts.dec.comHi to everyone in Hastings, My name is Sarah McNally and I have lived in Hastings most of my life,until 5 years ago when I moved to Australia, I am now desperately home sick and looking forward to coming home to Hastings for a holiday next year (1998),Myself and my 2 very best friends Kerry Witcomb and Anita Stevenson would like to organise a School reunion as it will be 10 years sense we left Helenswood school, in 1998.If you were in the City & Guilds class and left school in 1988 then please get in contact,Here is a list of some of the girls that we went to school with,if you know any of them pls let them know that that we are looking for them.ALISON BALDWIN,TESSA BROOM,NIKKI HAYNES,TREERA PREIST,MELIONE WRIGHT,ZOE AHSBY,JULIE CATT,TRACY HONEY,CARLOINE PRIOR,SIMONE EDGEWORTH,VIKKI SNADE,Please either Email me or you can write to me in Australia,My Address is: 103 Oakes Road, Carlingfor NSW australia 2118.My phone number sydney (02) 9872 1671,Thanks for your time and if you are able to help me than thank-you very much. And if you know from when I lived in Hastings please feel free to E-mail or write.Take care to all in Hastings with love from Australia,SARAH MCNALLLY.
Bexhill County Grammar School Class of '72
Date: 24 January, 1997
From: Nigel Draper, Birkenhead, England
E-mail: nrd@usa.netBEXHILL COUNTY GRAMMAR SCHOOL CLASS OF 72 Were you in the Sixth Form of Bexhill Grammar School, Turkey Road, 1970-72? Remember the pleasures of going co-ed? Or perhaps you know someone who may have been there (they'd be about 42 or 43 now)? Liz Lowe is arranging a reunion for the summer (25 years on). Provisional date is June 7th.Please please please get in touch for more info. Let us know where you are even if you can't make it to the do. You can email me as above or phone or write to Liz: Liz Lowe Flat 1 70 Belmont Road Exeter EX1 2HQ tel. 01392 420492 Tell her you saw this on the Net! Looking forward to hearing from you.
we'd like to move to Hastings
Date: 23 January, 1997
From: jenni and tony, ryde isle of wight, england
E-mail: jen.snowtrax@easynet.co.ukHello Hastings,
we live on the Isle of Wight with views from our roof bedroom across the Solent to Portsmouth. Sounds idyllic? Yes but it takes an hour and a half from Portsmouth to Waterloo and the ferries don't connect well with the London service. then, of course, there's the cost of the ferries. I like to get up to London quite a bit and need to stay later than I can with these bad connections.
So we thought a move to Hastings would refresh us ( after 17 years on the Island!!!)but after so long in one place we seem to have gathered most of the Island into our house and would have to move to an equally roomy place.
Can anyone help with a bit of chat about the areas we might look at, considerinfg I don't drive and need the station quite a bit, Tony does drive so we'd like a garage or off road parking. We want somewhere with a view of the sea, or the harbour, or hills or something sweeter than other people's walls. We don't need to be near to schools. Our lad has flown the nest. But we need space for our various art pursuits in the house and are not too keen on gardening. Perhaps it's a tall order?/ Thanks in advance for your help and I/we look forward to reading your mail soon,
Love to Hastings,
Jenni
Elphick Ancestors
Date: 23 January, 1997
From: Teri, Bethlehem,Pa, usa
E-mail: beccahi@earthlink.netAm currently researching my family tree and in information given to me handed down through generations, I've been told that Richard Elphick I was born in Battle,Sussex Co., and owned a large estate in Hastings (probably in the late 1700"s or so).He had three sons, Richard II, James and Charles, and two daughters Elizabeth(who married a Mr. Cutherth sp?) and Nancy (who married Mr. Noakes). Any information you have would be greatly appreciated! Will be happy to exchange all the information I have found.Thanks
JUST TO SAY HELLO
Date: 20 January, 1997
From: Mary Jo , Hastings, East Sussex, England.UK
E-mail: 104707.2637@compuserve.comHi anyone looking at this. I live in the Hastings area, have done most of my life. Grew up in Ore, but moved away for a few years. Now I'm back and established myself as a Poet.
If you come to visit our Town, I can assure you, in the summer it is beautiful. Looking out from the West Hill above the sea can be very exhilarating and breathtaking. The sea can be like a mill pond, and glisten in the sun.
I quite often sit in the middle of the green with my pen and paper and just create my words with the mood of the setting I experience.
Don't forget the eery Smugglers Adventure and Clambers for the kids
Old Bembrookian
Date: 14 January, 1997
From: Steve Rolls, CANTERBURY, Kent, UK
E-mail: rolls.gang@dial.pipex.comI left Priory Road school in March 1969 and then ran off to be a matelot for 24 years.
I was in 4b in my last year.
If Titter Allan, Kevin Moon or any of that lot out there - send me an E-Mail.
All my family are still in the town and I'm around often in the Carlisle and the Old Town
STRolls
Lonely in the Hastings Cyberdesert
Date: 13 January, 1997
From: Jason, Hastings, England
E-mail: cs95jta@brunel.ac.ukAnyone else in Hastings there?
Information
Date: 06 January, 1997
From: Barry Stettler, Allentown, Pa., USA
E-mail: BStett3770@aol.comHi Hastings
Three years ago my family and I had a great two week holiday in
the Hastings area.
We stayed with some friends, Derek & Sylvia Durham , whom lived
in Cow Beech.
Unfortunately the Durham's must have moved and we have been unable
to contact them. We have writen them a number of times,but get our
mail returned. We would really like to contact them.
Would anyone be so kind to check your telephone directory , and see
if they could supply me with their new address and telephone number
Please E-mail if anyone can help.
Thank you in advance.
Barry Stettler
Information
Date: 04 January, 1997
From: Catherine, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
E-mail: stjean@connect.ab.caHi,
First I'd love to find all the info I can on interesting sights, places and pictures of the area. If you could help, please let me know.
As well my mum was born in London (not quite hastings but my aunt does live nearby) was wondering if anyone might remember the name Krystyna Janusz (my grandmother's maiden name was Brown but her aunt's, my great, great aunt's was Brookman). Ta for now and all the best in the New Year.
Incredible Trip to Britain
Date: 04 January, 1997
From: Catherine, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
E-mail: stjean@connect.ab.caHi there,
Just thought I'd let all you out there know how much I loved my very brief trip overseas. I appsolutely will come again within two years time, I really want to see and explore the East Sussex Coast as this is where my great, great Aunty June lives in Icklesham. From what I saw driving from Stonehenge (by the way, does everyone know of the horrid plan to make it into an amusement park? please check out (http://www.mistral.co.uk/hammerwood/stonheng.htm) and through the small towns, it's appsolutely beautiful and it has prompted me to even consider transferring to an office there. Hope to see it again soon! If anyone is interested in chatting please drop me a line. Happy New Year everyone!
Look Out Hastings Leslie and Terry are coming to town! ;)
Date: 04 January, 1997
From: Leslie, Michigan, USA
E-mail: badways@earthlink.netHI! My name is Leslie,Myself and a Girlfreind (Terry) are visiting England in Feb. 1997,We would like to know what are some great places to see and visit in Hastings.
Any information someone can offer would be very helpful and very APPRECIATED! Please email me with any information! :)
Thanks Alot,
Leslie Scherret
Help Me !!
Date: 03 January, 1997
From: Alexander 'Alle' Carlborg, Gûteborg, Sweden
E-mail: http://www.mt28063@tellus.swipnet.seHello, I'm looking for some kind of work and a place to stay. I wonder if someone would like to help me.I'm 20 years old. I've been working at VOLVO Truck CO for about 20 months now and I need a brake!The mainproblem is that Hastings is quite far from my home. And I need someone to make a little research for me.I went to Hastings 5 years ago and I'd love to se Mc Donalds , The Old PubHouse at the "PUBstreet", The Pir ,the famaly that i stayed with, etc.If You know a Pub ,Restaurant, NightClub or someplace that might need an extra employee PLEASE E-mail me.
Hastings Radio
Date: 02 January, 1997
From: Paul, London, UK
E-mail: paul@gorgeous.demon.co.ukI understand there is to be a local radio station for Hastings. Can anybody send me details and/or contact addresses for the companies competing for the license.Many thanks,Paul.
