Monthly Archives: February, 2016
Dry January? Try Fat Tuesday
Shrove Tuesday, AKA Mardi Gras, AKA Fat Tuesday, is your chance to indulge before embarking on your Lenten fasting. Hastings offers a lot more than pancakes. Get some soul food and join in with the street celebrations - particularly if you had a "dry January" after your Christmas boozing
Let’s go to the movies!
The weeks featured film by the Rye Community Centre Film Club is Woman in Gold. Based on a true story, this film follows octogenarian Jewish refugee Maria Altmann’s struggle with the Austrian government in trying to recover a valuable painting stolen from her family by the Nazis during the Second World War. . .
Local campaigner has new role
A local campaigner is now heading up advice services in Hastings and East Sussex
Amber green lights new shop
The new home for Rye Community Shop is up and running and local MP Amber Rudd came along to check out the bargains
Can we fix it? Tolletts can!
Very large numbers of boxes of supplies for desperate refugees needed to be moved from Rye - and help was forthcoming
Twist and shake for the “Mem”
Sixties time at the Milligan to raise hospital funds - rattle and roll with live music, fish and chips and a Lindy Hop