Our Town Has Plenty

Our Town Has Plenty

di Caf Fean & Patsy Solanki

Notizie Società e cultura

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Week 8 - Gardener’s world and other stories

Caf and Patsy talk about what's going on in our town, Hastings & St Leonards. Filming and commentary by Jamie De Ath Give Jamie a haircut – www.ko-fi.com/ourtownhasplenty WEEK 8 – Gardener’s world and other stories Aired 20 March Celebrating reaching week eight, expressing pride and surprise at its longevity! Local events discussed including Kings Road market's call for new stalls, deadline of March 25th, the Bohemia Wall Garden, and the upcoming Hastings Half Marathon. Highlighting the importance of preserving traditional crafts like the East Sussex trug and the impact of bee-killing chemicals. Upcoming performances include Tony Law at the White Rock Theatre, Rachel Spinetti hosts Spice & Spinetti at the Horse & Groom, and Hastings Tonight with Lenny Beige at the Henry Ward Hall. Check out Charlie Moon's "Gulls of Hastings" exhibition at the Crown, opening 28 March. We also mention Hastings Jack in the Green Festival and the Compound's free silent disco fitness class. Tune in, rock out!! Full show notes on our Youtube: www.youtube.com/@ourtownhasplenty buy us a ko-fi to support the podcast! www.ko-fi.com/ourtownhasplenty Got something to share? Email us something short and sweet, remember the details (day date time place) and your socials, along with a picture - ourtownhasplenty@gmail.com Mwah!

Week 7 - Seventh Heaven

Caf and Patsy talk about what's going on in our town, Hastings & St Leonards with commentary from Jamie De Ath and special guest in the 'green room' Rachel Spinetti! Week 7 covers various local events and initiatives in Hastings and St Leonards including the Trash Cannes Film Challenge - create a three-minute film in five days, sign-up on March 22nd. The Stimming Pool film about neurodiversity will screen on March 29th at the Electric Palace. Julianne Sheridan's art workshop on April 12th. The Twittern Revellers will perform on St Patrick's Day at the Stag. Greyskull Coffee's pop-up brunch is set for May 11th. The Baton of Hope suicide prevention tour will be in Hastings on September 23rd, sign up now to be a baton bearer. Also celebrating local legend Mike Stanbridge from Good On Greens in Ore, the opening of Roll with the Vinyl record shop on Mount Road, recap of Hear Me Roar from Women's Voice, upcoming fun stuff from Arts on Prescription, love for Stooge Coffee, Magpie Poetry Scavenger Hunt and Hypernormal from Emma Joliffe, Pumphouse Deli Cafe's Late Plates every other Thursday evening, AG Smiles keeps us smiling .... eee it goes on! like, subscribe, follow - and buy us a coffee on www.ko-fi.com/ourtownhasplenty youtube channe:- www.youtube.com/@ourtownhasplenty

Week 6 - Quiff!

Welcome back for Week 6! Our Fat Tuesday special, with a whopping review from Patsy! Caf has a quiff, Jamie tells us about the great things happening over at The Compound, and we have an extra chair... ! Special guest interview with Rachel McCarron... on our channel!!! ‪www.youtube.com/@ourtownhasplenty‬ With thanks to all who have given us lovely feedback - taking notes, appreciating its depth and community spirit. Hastings Project's Sustenance Takeover on March 6, the beach clean on March 8 and 9th, and the DFL play at the Good Place. In celebration and huge appreciation of Hastings Fat Tuesday festival, featuring a whole host of wonderful acts, parades, get-togethers, hoedowns and experiences. Announcing Hear Me Roar, at the Observer Building on International Women's Day - March 8th. Local initiatives include Wave Arts Compound's Great Art Face Off (calling for artists to sign up, event takes place in August), and the John Logie Baird Musical on March 15. Thankyou again!!! To Juliet Harris for donating and supporting! Please like, subscribe, share, and do help us to contine doing this, for free... we need the set-up costs covered, and would appreciate your thanks in the form of a 'cuppa' on www.ko-fi.com/ourtownhasplenty you can also find full notes and links on our YouTube, or Ko-fi sites - not enough space here... ! with love Caf, Jamie and Patsy x x x

Week 5 - in 20, still got plenty!

Thanks for tuning in to hear about various local events and initiatives in Hastings and St Leonards, East Sussex, UK. Caf has new hair, there's a shanty session at the Albion, and a John Logie Baird musical at Hastings Museum & Art Gallery. We highlight the Grumpy Cook's Pay It Forward scheme and its activities, including autism-friendly events and pensioner clubs. Upcoming events include One Foot In The Groove, a dance project for over-60s, choir performances, and a jazz-based choir tribute to Herbie Flowers. Listen out for a paint shop with unique color names, dance camps for eight year olds to teens, and our famous Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras festival with numerous music events across various venues. Support us through Ko-fi! www.ko-fi.com/ourtownhasplenty Full show notes to be found on our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/@ourtownhasplenty Watch, like, subscribe, comment share - please and thank you! This episode and full show notes/ links can be viewed here:- https://youtu.be/KuwhUUF0FUc?si=2xSY9u2qOsgAQqT0

Week 4 - just brings more and more!

Caf and Patsy talk about what's going on in our town, Hastings & St Leonards. Filming and commentary by Jamie De Ath --- WEEK 4 Aired 20 February --- Ahoy, lovers of Hastings, St Leonards and further-a-field in East Sussex, United Kingdom, Planet Earth. It's half term, and there's plenty going on in our town. This week we chat about local events and activities in Hastings. We mention: Julian Humphreys' kids drum club the Board Game Museum and Cafe, Seed quiz night on Thursdays Queer Lives, Queer Objects at Hastings Museum & Art Gallery supported by Home Live Art Samba Dance Classes with Braziliant Samba... and some shout outs to local press listings including Hastings Independent Press and Hastings Online Times. The Actors Lounge, Eastbourne-based theatre company seeking acting teachers. Fat Tuesday Umbrella workshops are still going strong, and don't forget Unconvention, a one-of-a-kind music conference. We shout about local organisations including Stella Door Gallery, Afri-Co-Lab, Alexandra Park Greenhouse and a Mother's Day workshop where you can make a balm with your marm... and the Old Rectory's Mother's Day Afternoon Tea. Other bits of nonsense include two-year olds in the Second Line, squashing your pets, pugs and lots more besides. Caf displays yet more music knowledge and Patsy styles Jamie as The Sweeney. --- Full run-down of events listed in date order on our YouTube notes:- https://youtu.be/yUuoQ8xXzV8?si=I713LN19RvrWKlmV Support us, thank us, buy Jamie a haircut! // www.ko-fi.com/ourtownhasplenty

Week 3 - aired 13 February

Show notes can be found on our YouTube account: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54VTNc0pPjA

Week 2 - here we go!

Show notes and more here - please support us on ko-fi.com/ourtownhasplenty https://ko-fi.com/post/Week-2--Round-2--Here-we-go-M4M01ABZ8W

Week 1 - Hello! 31 Jan 2025

Caf and Patsy talk all things Hastings & St Leonards this week... Events --- Hey Good Lookin' - Bev Lee Harling @ The Stables Theatre SAINT LEONARDS CHURCH MARKET// @saintleonardschurchmarket Chinese New Year 2025, The Year of the Snake @Kings Road Market After Miss Julie @ The Stables Theatre Silver Dream Machine Disco at The Piper The Piper, St Leonards / Jeff Pitcher Kate Hodges @silverdreammachinedisco Play with Clay Galentines Day with Esmee Fisher @TheMudworks Queer Lives, Queer Objects - Hastings Museum & Art Gallery Hastings Queer History Collective Anansi and the Lost Sun @ The Bright Foundation The Bright Foundation The Stimming Pool @ The Electric Palace Transmissions @ Hastings Museum & Art Gallery The Psychoshadowery of John Logie Baird walkthrough Mentions - - - Maslow Housing Cooperative Ltd HEX - Hastings Examiner Watch out for the Whale! @sussex_dolphin_project

Interview - The Barnaby Family

Local people know it as Barnaby’s Lounge, but today we go inside to talk to this incredibly talented family and find out how it all began. From a remote Shetland croft to the heart of Hastings town, enjoy this lovely peek into one of our town’s most captivating families. https://barnabyslounge.co.uk https://www.instagram.com/barnabyslounge/ https://www.josephinedavies.co.uk https://www.instagram.com/chris_powell_chef/ Aired 08/1/2026 --- Get in touch: Email ourtownhasplenty@gmail.com Instagram https://www.instagram.com/our.town.has.plenty/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ourtownhasplenty

Interview - John Bownas

An aluminium light-up tree, complete with tinkling bell sounds, has taken the place of the traditional Christmas tree in the square (not really a square) with no name, the pedestrianised area of Robertson Street where the tree goes every year. Patsy and Caf interview John Bownas, manager of Love Hastings, the Hastings Business Improvement District AKA our local Town Centre Manager. The tree has sparked controversy, and much yarn-spinning in local Facebook groups, where John is doing his best to clarify bits and bobs about how it came about, where the money came from, and where folk might be able to apply for money to fund important local initiatives. In response to the growing conversations, and to bring the key questions to the fore, Our Town Has Plenty’s Patsy Solanki approached John Bownas to clarify some key points in an interview where comments about the tree were put forward (both positive and negative), and clarifications were sought. Tune in to find out more. Hastings Business Improvement District/ Love Hastings – more information: https://lovehastings.com/hastings-bid/ Pride of Place – follow the story on this opportunity to direct funds towards community initiatives with human resource (revenue) funding earmarked: https://www.hastings.gov.uk/regeneration/plan-for-neighbourhoods/ltp-more/ Buy us a ko-fi to keep us going… we do this without funding www.ko-fi.com/ourtownhasplenty or donate to us via paypal, using ourtownhasplenty@gmail.com as our address If you have a story you’d like to share, or an event or venue that you’d like us to feature please do get in touch with us. We’re here to amplify. Ta!

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