huncamunca Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 The new Whitstable it seems.Chock full of Guardina readers at the weekends nowadays.Is this the end for the delightful Whitstable as the chattering classes preferred slice of seashore life ? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/17370-hastings/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
StraferJack Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Only one man can tell usOnly one man cares Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/17370-hastings/#findComment-437532 Share on other sites More sharing options...
huncamunca Posted May 19, 2011 Author Share Posted May 19, 2011 these are pressing questions that need to be asked Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/17370-hastings/#findComment-437534 Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxi Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 It was Whitstable in the 80s and early 90s, Hastings late 90s to early noughties, it is now - (X-factor style pause) - Deal. Yes it is. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/17370-hastings/#findComment-437583 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KalamityKel Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 obviously not seen the nightlife then... Croydon, Kingston and the likes are no comparison! ;-) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/17370-hastings/#findComment-437589 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Isn't Hastings a bit of a crap hole? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/17370-hastings/#findComment-437595 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mockney piers Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 I've always wanted to go to Beer. I've no idea if it's nice, but great name!! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/17370-hastings/#findComment-437603 Share on other sites More sharing options...
StraferJack Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Beer is very nice indeed - that whole section of coast is great. Obviously overrun in the summer but if you get a chance do goBranscombe is also good but beware of THAT road down to it. Not for the faint hearted driver Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/17370-hastings/#findComment-437608 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atticus Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Yep it's the ironic choice! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/17370-hastings/#findComment-437609 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jollybaby Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Hastings ... Still a shit hole but slowly improving. The old town is quite pleasant to walk around now and the fishing shed area is being revamped. They keep promising it will be the next Brighton but that's unlikely to be so unless the rail link is massively improved. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/17370-hastings/#findComment-437633 Share on other sites More sharing options...
???? Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 So only Dover and Pompey left...... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/17370-hastings/#findComment-437642 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Max Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Name the cinque ports without looking it up. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/17370-hastings/#findComment-437654 Share on other sites More sharing options...
???? Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Rye, Sandwich, Folkestone, The one near Rye that's silted up.....bugger, nah must be Dover too? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/17370-hastings/#findComment-437657 Share on other sites More sharing options...
???? Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Winchelsea? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/17370-hastings/#findComment-437658 Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Bob* Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 My God.. I've just had a Kingmaker flashback Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/17370-hastings/#findComment-437659 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Max Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 2 out of 5 = Sandwich and Dover. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/17370-hastings/#findComment-437662 Share on other sites More sharing options...
???? Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Rye, surely Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/17370-hastings/#findComment-437665 Share on other sites More sharing options...
???? Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 ...of course, Hasting is one Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/17370-hastings/#findComment-437667 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Max Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 With a donnish chuckle, I'd say Rye and Winchelsea are Antient Towns, strictly speaking. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/17370-hastings/#findComment-437668 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Max Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Original Cinque Ports: Hastings, Dover, Sandwich, New Romney, HytheNear misses: Winchelsea, Rye Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/17370-hastings/#findComment-437671 Share on other sites More sharing options...
???? Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 I give in. Tell or I'll google. Just us on this anyway Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/17370-hastings/#findComment-437672 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peckhamgatecrasher Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 I love Hastings. I learned to ride there. It used to be full of wonderful old second hand book shops; the pier had old penny slot machines and I won a towel at the Bingo. Winkles were second to none. Cliffs were great for scrambling over, and until it went nudist, Fairlight Cove was worth the struggle to get there.If it's gone Guardian, I shall mourn it. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/17370-hastings/#findComment-437926 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBen Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 I went for a dip in Deal recently. The water was a bit murky and in April not the warmest. You'll get an ex fisherman's cottage there for 180K one block back from the sea and its a lot nicer than Hastings. Live the dream. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/17370-hastings/#findComment-437936 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankito Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 We went to Hastings once and never again, shit hole. Go to Rye, it's beautiful and nearby Camber Sands has a great beach Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/17370-hastings/#findComment-437938 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dondini Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 I'm from Bexhill about 5 miles along the cost from Hastings. Although haven't lived there for about 10 years, I visit family frequently. It depends what you're looking for, but Hsstings is very mixed & has a good local art scene & local musicians frequently play in the pubs there. It's got some nice tea shops & galleries but of course it has a tack-tastic side to, but that's half the shabby charm. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/17370-hastings/#findComment-437972 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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