Stephen Brothwell and Alice Larkin have been collaborating with Trustees of the Hastings Pier & White Rock Trust to produce 6 x 2m high panels celebrating the history and future of Hastings Pier. The panels are entitled “History of the seaside resort and why piers were built”, “Construction of Hastings Pier”, “The pier’s life up to the first fire of 1917”, “Rebuilding the pier and its heyday”, “Decline of Hastings Pier from the 1980s to the fire of 2010”, “HPWRT’s campaign, HLF and the future”.
Local large format digital printers, Digital Media Print were so impressed with the young volunteers’ enthusiasm, they donated the museum display units for the project, with a retail value of £1200.
Angela Davis, HPWRT Trustee, said of the volunteers “It has been good to work with two young, talented individuals who are so keen to help the Trust start to build a heritage display for the public. They have brought a fresh input into the project and it shines through in the panels themselves. I also wish to thank DMP for their kind donation”.
The exhibit, which will take up permanent residence in the Pier Shop at 34 White Rock, Hastings, is due to be launched by the Mayor on Saturday 22nd October 2011 at 2.30pm.
