what i think of my home town!!

[woo]

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G.K. wrote:
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Penny Laine wrote:
We live about 3 miles out of the town. Wouldn't want to live in Hastings, everyone seems so thick and quite frankly, vacant.
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Penny you are mistaken, that expression you see on our faces is boredom because we've seen you comming. Oh and by the way the shopping in Sydney is even better.

Last 2 posts were excellent.
The setting and scenery in Hastings is second to non for this part of the south coast. The views from the North seat on a clear day are panoramic to say the least, Cap Gris Nez in one direction the Downs in the other. The views from the East and West Hill have been painted by artists for centuries.

The old Town has so much character, old and scruffy with cheap tat alongside subtle charm, intimate households and ancient industry. Go into an Old Town pub on a friday night and be assured, from the regulars you could get:-
Good Live local music, legal aid, a divorce lawyer, medical diagnosis, Art, a pound of cod, a university education, the STD of your choice or mind altering substances (not my thing I hasten to add) and then probably arrested. All that and a pint of beer as well!!

The architecture is extremely diverse and interesting as you'd expect from a Town that's been here for over 1500yrs (including the *rap that was biult in the 60s 70s and 80s).

The people of Hastings are just as varied, reflecting a working town. Fishermen, Professionals, Artists, Musicians, Wheeler Dealers, and Down and Outs.
The town is more of a cultural tapestry than it's neighbours who are inhabited with a mono culture of wealthy middle class self contents who all sing the same tune. Preserved in aspic and static.

Hastings, if compared to it's neighbours does at first glance seems scruffier and poorer but that's what actually makes Hastings richer.
It's a real town that works for a living as it has done for centuries. It is diverse and socially broad and deep. It is a fantastically interesting and exciting town that is still going somewhere warts and all.



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Well said that man. G.k. I could not have put it any better/

[bigchris]

bang on_ _ _. when i first came to hastings i was told that it was like a 'magnet'_ _ _ i can see why_ _ _ 1 week to my perm move and i cant wait_ _ _ yes, its not monte carlo..but its hastings _ _ _and boy dont we love it

chris x x

[loopy]

iv only been hear abouts 4 months and i would agrea that the town does look run down but all the shops i need are to be found.I have not found people treat me like tourist unless you mean being very helpfull with finding my way round lol. Iv had few problems since moving hear but nothing in comparison to were iv lived before. Only time will tell for me but im glad i came hear and am looking forward to starting new job>From that you will see "i aint had trouble getting work" either.

[viv]

I originally come from Essex but have lived here for three years, but for five years before that.
I agree with what you say about London it has gone down hill and it's a shame. But it's not what the people have done it's politics.
Hastings is not a perfect place but every where you go has it's down side.
Instead of critising maybe you should move away, or get on with life to short to moan about it.

[bigchris]

right on viv !!!!!

[cheryl_jane]

Dear GK,

I have just joined this forum, looking for suggestions on places to live (got some great ones). I realise your comments are months old, but I just had to respond and say that if anything would confirm why I want to move to Hastings it was your intelligent posting. As we all know, richness comes from the culture. Thanks so much.

Cheryl Jane

"The people of Hastings are just as varied, reflecting a working town. Fishermen, Professionals, Artists, Musicians, Wheeler Dealers, and Down and Outs.
The town is more of a cultural tapestry than it's neighbours who are inhabited with a mono culture of wealthy middle class self contents who all sing the same tune. Preserved in aspic and static.

Hastings, if compared to it's neighbours does at first glance seems scruffier and poorer but that's what actually makes Hastings richer.
It's a real town that works for a living as it has done for centuries. It is diverse and socially broad and deep. It is a fantastically interesting and exciting town that is still going somewhere warts and all. "



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[peter_simpson]

I too have just joined the forum; I was born in Hastings in 1960 and lived there till around 1980 when I went to University. Mum and Dad still live in the house I was born and bought up in (Old London Road), and I visit them as often as I can get down from Cambridgeshire.
I actually like the town a lot - I've lived in Luton, south east London, Chatham and now just outside Peterborough and would move back like a shot if family commitments permitted. I too endorse GK's comments_ _ _

Peter

[clive]

I love hastings and St Leonard's sure bits of it are run down. But the town is amazing and it seems to be changing every time I visit. For example Norman road in St Leonard's has brilliant shops. Below Marine court there are fantastic art galleries. Hastings has an independent cinema,Theatre, museums etc. The old Town is unique, the parks are being re vamped the latest being in the Burton St Leonard's area. As for Shopping if you want Identical shops go to Ashford, Maidstone, Bromley etc they are all the same. Hastings oozes a character and Charm that no other town can offer. Stop slagging it off!

[Nightrider]

As someone who was born in Hastings,grew up in Hastings,went to school in Hastings,worked in Hastings,then went abroad for many years before returning,I would like to say this about my home town.
For very many years the town was run by hoteliers who did not want progress because they would then find it hard to find cheap labour for their hotels,it took years of prompting before a shirt factory was allowed in the town.
Then the residents had their town pulled apart by some idiot to planner who ripped the heart out of the town center and made almost impossible for many businesses to survive with all the parking restrictions and one way streets.
Then came the fiasco of the shopping center when the first contractor took the council to the cleaners before another was found.
The shopping center itself is build on a flood plain,the site of our old cricket ground where children could play cricket one evening a week for FREE before it was stolen by the council.
Then there was a time when many of the "wrong"sort were moved down from London.
Every MP elected since the 2WW has promised better communication links but NOTHING has ever been done.
Time and time again those supposedly running the town have missed the bus so to say.
These my friends are just some of the reasons why Hastings is still in the 19th century.
Its a great town for those who lean towards the,shall we say "arty"side

[Anonymous1]

Quote Nightrider,

"then went abroad for many years before returning,"


Hastings must have lured you back for a reason??