The Old Town is looking particularly beautiful with the hanging baskets in full flourish and both the churchyard and Manor Gardens well maintained by local volunteers (more of that later). What a shame then that we now have eighteen bins lining High Street for the flats located in numbers 16, 18 and 20. This makes a mockery of the thousands of pounds we spend each year on planting and maintaining the hanging baskets, as this photo illustrates.
I have had a frustrating ...
Nineteen of us set for Buckhurst Park at the end of June where we were welcomed by Lord (William) Buckhurst, who will become the 12th Earl De La Warr on the death of his father. Buckhurst is the private home of the Earl and Countess, so it was a great honour and privilege to be so warmly welcomed and to enjoy a private tour of both house and garden with Lord Buckhurst.
He is a knowledgeable and eloquent speaker, so two hours passed in a flash – he kindly found time to then ...
Our thanks and congratulations to our neighbours and BOTPS members who opened their gardens on 30 June in aid of St Michael’s Hospice – in particular Edmund Bird and Harry Oseni; Catherine McDermott and Jeff Dale; and Karin MacKenzie.
The Old Town was abuzz with excited visitors who were not going to allow a little bit of drizzle to dampen their enthusiasm – the sun shone in the afternoon and around £2500 was raised for the hospice. A huge thank you to all! ...
This year is a special one for BOTPS as it marks our 60th anniversary.
We were founded in 1966 to fight a proposed high-rise residential development in Manor Gardens. While originally a local pressure group formed by concerned residents, BOTPS eventually achieved formal charitable status and later became a limited company as well as a charity.
BOTPS has made an enormous difference to Bexhill Old Town, including the brick pavements and lamp posts that are to be seen ...
