Hastings Library 

1st Floor

Exhibition

'Revealing the Identity of the Black Flower Seller’ was part of the 'African Caribbean Seaside Memories' exhibition at Hastings Museum & Art Gallery, curated by Lorna Hamilton-Brown RCA MBE of WE OUT HERE. 

Hastings Library
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Saturday April 26 12 to 3pm
Saturday June 21 12 to 3pm

Saturday July 26 12 to 3pm

Saturday August 23 12 to 3pm

Saturday September 27 12 to 3pm

A series of free workshops across East Sussex exploring storytelling and placemaking.

Writing for wellbeing #spring

Battle Library

Tuesday 13 to Saturday 24 May

 This exhibition consists of over 30 items. Covering Chichester to Rye, and Ashdown Forest to Beachy Head; from before the Battle to  Hastings, this has been the county of South Saxons or Sussex as we know it now.

A map enthusiast will be in attendance to talk about the exhibits and answer questions at the following times: Tuesdays, Wednesdays &Fridays from 11.00 to 12pm; Thursdays  from 4 to 5pm and Saturdays from 3 to 4pm

Hastings Library

Wednesday 21 May

2pm

The Hastings fishing community has been in existence for over a thousand years. It is a community that is on the edge of extinction. Their work is very tough and often dangerous, caught in gale force winds, their boats swamped and in danger of sinking, unsure whether they’ll make it back ashore.

Join professional photojournalist John Cole, who has been documenting this community since 1991.

John Cole has been a professional photojournalist for over forty years. Along with photographing the Hastings fishing community, he has photographed the building of the Jerwood Gallery and the re-building of our beloved Pier.

#spring #fish #localhistory

This Local History and Communities Month, join Professor Rachel Bowlby for a fascinating insight into the history of shopping and Heathfield's very own high street.

Learn more about our relationship with shopping, how this has evolved over the years and the social and economic impact it has had; both on a national scale and a local one.

Discover what daily life along the high street was like in times gone by, and experience the engaging first-hand accounts of diarist Thomas Turner, who ran a local shop in the 18th Century selling wares ranging from cheese and hats to coffins.

The presentation will be followed by an audience Q&A session and the opportunity to have books signed by the author herself.

This event is free and you do not need to be a library member to attend. To book your place, click the 'Register for event' button above.

Join Mary Burke and Kim Bishop from Lewes Guided Walks for an informative and fun talk about author and diarist Mrs Henry Dudeney, resident of Lewes. 

Mrs Dudeney enjoyed great popularity as a writer of fiction in her lifetime, and was held in high esteem by many.  Mary and Kim will be talking about her observations of life in Lewes which she recorded in her diary from 1916  - 1944.