End of an era - L & E says goodbye

17th May 2018 marked the end of a special chapter on the Pier (and in the Pier Hub before that.  see 

An Important Part of Pier History–The Hub )

Since 2013 they have worked with the local community, including schools , families , young people and adults from diverse backgrounds in all sorts of different ways, helping them learn about Hastings Pier’s past through interpretation and activities, write poetry, attend Science sessions, learn engineering basics (with chocolate, sugar, toothpicks and wine gums) and so much, much more.

They have established Hastings Pier as a national heritage icon, established an archive of photographs and worked with over 250,000 local people on a huge range of community projects.  

They founded Zooquarium, which saw 60 local young people run a music festival attended by 2,000 people; co-curated the world famous Cabaret Mechanical Theatre's exhibition 'Automata on the Pier', and have set up 100 work placements, 140 volunteers and 6 apprenticeships, not to mention the fabulous yarn bombing.

Thank you to Beatrice Rapley (and Melanie Parker during Bea's maternity leave) Jo McLaughlan, Susan Kent, Yaz Norris and Francesca Piacentini.