Hastings Forum

I was told by our local Mr. Plod that speeding is considered a 'victimless' crime, so it's not top of the list when it comes to allocating police resources.

Hi, moonjiver. Apologies for not replying sooner. I've only found one Roman coin so far. That was in Brede High Wood and was from around the year 364 AD. I have permission to detect anywhere in the wood and intend to spend more time there...when I have the time! I did find a Mediaeval sixpence in th...

Is there anybody in the Hastings area who wants to get together for a few hours detecting? I don't have any farmland sites, but there's always the beach and Camber and I have permission for a large wooded area with Roman history.

Did you get your implant done, Richard? I went to a place in Hove and the price ended up well over the price they advertised. They managed to find all manner of extras to add on. I think the advertised price was around £2,200. I ended up paying £2,850. I looked at places abroad. Fine 'til something ...

Probably leaving it 'til the last minuite in case any of our friendly local vandals decide to set fire to it before the Big Night. And, on the subject of the bonfire, a big well done to Keith Leech for his MBE. Well deserved, I'm sure you'll agree.

With reference to your comment, Richard, about the council wanting to get rid of the net huts, they've always wanted to get rid of the whole fishing fleet, as I understand it, and redevelop the whole Stade area with amusement arcades, etc. Years back,a councillor was heard to say that the Stade was ...

Let us hope they've put in an anti-foaming agent in the water. I well remember, in the 60s, that people used to tip boxes of soap powder in it and the reulting bubble bath spread over the road. Also, people used to put potassium permanganate crystals in which turned water a lovely shade of purple. W...

On the subject of WH Smith not doing very well in Priory Meadow, I did hear a couple of years back that there were maybe only 3 or 4 shops in the Priory Meadow that were actually doing well. The rest were there purely to have a presence in Hastings, being financed by the profits of their other branc...

Anybody seen the state of Bottle Alley lately? Walked through there yesterday and was flabbergasted at the condition of the roof and walls. The concrete is spalling so badly. There looks to have been chunks of it fallen from the ceiling. I'm surprised the council haven't closed it off as being dange...

It's reported that WHSmith is in trouble. Wonder how much longer they can survive. What will happen to the post office services then? Also, how is Smiths going to manage ther queues that will inevitably jam up their store? Many times I've given up trying to post parcels in the main PO due to the len...