Matt Thomas… Where is the information centre now?
Martin Richter… by the station?
Matt Thomas… Martin, not anymore
Alan Esdaile… I don’t think we have one at the moment???
Monica Bane… Was mentioned, Closed for winter!
Paul Tublord… It’s in the town hall I believe
Stuart Moir… Paul, no good stuck inside the town hall.
Rark Modrigues… the photo, Is that near Lansdowne Hotel?
Alan Esdaile… Rark, Yes.
Dark Modrigues… ah wow. Seems odd to think that would be a good position in todays landscape of the shops in town.
Graham Howe… Our Council decreed some months ago that the town with the most famous date in history isn’t worthy of having a tourist information centre. Shame on them not supporting our tourism and independent businesses that rely on visitors.
Stuart Moir… they also don’t support one of our nationally recognised assets and that is music.
Colin Bell… Agree, every Councillor I’ve ever encountered has been a self serving individual only interested in furthering their own careers. No Tourist Information Centre is just ridiculous & as for music…..
Fiona Evans… Council doesn’t support anything! I’VE ALWAYS SAID THE SAME THINGS. We have music, of all genres – musica l& dance festival, an international piano concerto competition, Jack-in-the-Green & May Day festival, music events taking place at various venues throughout the town ,Seafood festival with music,f ood & wine festival with music etc. etc. & of course there is 1066, our fishing industry. Then there are the well known people who have lived/visited Hastings & St.Leonards – Queen Victoria, Gladstone, C.S.Lewis……etc. The list is endless & what does the council do – Sweet Fanny Adams. To ALL councillors,if you want to make anything of this town ,which is yours as well, get up off your backsides & start speaking to companies & crafts people, especially local ones,t o make memorabilia, souvenirs etc.. The future of this town depends on it.
Wendy Weaver… Fiona, well said but be careful what you wish for. The things that the council get involved in get bogged down in negativity and the public stop coming. The Old Town Carnival used to be the highlight of the year with a great disco on Winkle Island and a fairground on the Stade. The Council got involved and now it is a pale copy of what it was.
Stuart Moir… All down to a badly run council
Graham Sherrington… Why was it shut down even me as a Hastings lad would go in there when I came back to visit!! Hang on i’m thinking of the one along the sea front.
Mike Raxworthy… It also was a great place to sell tickets…now we have nowhere! Last year Judges Bakery in High Street sold our jazz breakfast tickets for Seafood and Wine festival, but it was a pain for them. The Angling Club and The Anchor were good enough to sell my Christmas Charity tickets last two years! We need a tourist info office… we’re supposed to be a Tourist town!
Stephen Rapley… Maybe it’s time the people of Hastings changed the council, talk to the people, talk to the leader of that council, get them to change the head of tourism if you don’t do it soon you will end up a poor boring no hope town full of rock shops. The place needs an energetic full on tourism boss who understands the foot fall of local business without that what has your community got. You can’t live on the pull of 1066 and pretty streets you need festivals and people grabbing ideas this tourism boss will run your town into the ground and then he will piss off and you will have nothing and have to start from scratch change him now. Give the people that are trying to put some energy into your town some help and support write and talk to your under worked MP. P.s well done Mike.
Andy Wright… My dad Fred Wright used to work in the Information Office in the 60s, firstly in the building that used to be on the opposite corner to the WhiteRock Theatre, then York Buildings next to The Memorial, then finally in Robertson Terrace. He left to become Deputy Manager at Margate Tourist Centre.
