Nov 16, 2018
The dark days of December are nearly upon us and once again comes the opportunity to experience first-hand Alastair Hendy’s fairytale home at Christmas.
Lit by candlelight, with log fires crackling, and filled with the smells of spiced wine and wood-smoke, this is an enchanting experience like no other.
It’s like entering the pages of a Grimm’s brothers tale, both unimagined and unprecedented, and sets a poetry for the Christmas festivities to come.
Unleashing memories of childhood as a source of aesthetic experience, Alastair creates The Christmas House to share with you all. Come and see – you
will be filled with Christmas wonder and good cheer. Read more...
May 21, 2018
Our Ladybird alphabet inspired spring shop windows are kitted out with a pair of 1940s school outfitter's shop display mannequins. Price for the
girl and boy and more details available upon request.
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May 01, 2018
A last minute reminder: our Tudor House will
open its wee door once again for Hastings'
Jack In The Green festival this coming
weekend, 6th & 7th May. Lit by candlelight
and with log fires burning it’s like stepping
into the pages of a Grimm’s fairytale -
a visit will add yet more magic to your
bank holiday weekend. Come and see - you'll
be enthralled. Read more...
Mar 02, 2018
Our Tudor House will open its wee door once
again for Hastings' Jack In The Green weekend
6th & 7th May. Alastair Hendy will
be giving restoration tours of his magical
house and its secret garden. Lit by candlelight
and with log fires burning it’s like stepping
into the pages of a Grimm’s fairytale.
We only have a limited number of places,
and tickets are already selling, so if
you’re planning a visit we advise you book
your tickets as soon as possible. Read more...
Dec 19, 2017
Snow has fallen, the turkey is roasted, a jelly and ham are served - come in from the cold for wondrous gifts displayed over two floors at A G Hendy &
Co Homestore Hastings. We are open every day this week, including Christmas Eve or visit our on-line store. Read more...
Sep 13, 2017
We have just two weekends left of our summer kitchen, as we close the restaurant this year on 1st October. So if you are planning a visit, we’d recommend
booking right now. Read more...
Aug 18, 2017
Our fresh-off-the-boat seafood, our generous shellfish pot (as pictured) and our plates of seasonal vegetables are all still on the menu. Our kitchen will close in October, so if you are planning a visit, we’d recommend booking now as our tables for these last weekends are filling fast. Read more...
Jun 29, 2017
Mar 15, 2017
Add another highlight to Hastings' Jack In The Green weekend by
visiting 135 All Saints Street, where Alastair Hendy will
be giving restoration tours of his magical house and its secret garden. Lit by candlelight and with log fires burning it’s like stepping into the pages
of a Grimm’s fairytale. Read more...
Mar 15, 2017
We are about to appear on Channel 4’s new TV series Hidden Restaurants presented by Michel Roux Jr. Last summer, Michel joined Alastair Hendy
in his packed-out kitchen at A G Hendy & Co to lend a hand in the cooking of our stunning Shellfish Pot. The two of them also visited the local
fishing fleet, the winch sheds and Rock-a-Nore Fisheries – singing the praises of brushes, flatfish and crab.
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Sep 27, 2016
Drumming, marching, sinister costumes and burning torches once again take over the smoke-filled streets of Hastings - and then come the Black Bogies, pulling pitch-fired carts. This is Hastings Bonfire Night Parade. It’s as if the ghost ships of the The Spanish Armada have landed, delivering a sea faring, tattered and war-torn army of the undead into the dimly lit passageways of the Old Town. Start this dramatic evening with a silent visit to 135 All Saints Street, which will be set-dressed with log fires burning, candles lit, and the wraiths of its mortuary past haunting its darkest reaches. Once the East Hill beacon is lit, the old house will close its door and the drums will begin. Then, with the smell of tar on the wind, 21st century Hastings is hurled into the centuries of its history, succumbing to a dark and magical night. Read more...
Apr 27, 2016
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Apr 14, 2016
It is Hastings' famous Jack In The Green this coming bank holiday weekend - see our previous Notice 'Jack In The Green'.
Add another highlight to your weekend by visiting 135 All Saints Street, where Alastair Hendy will be giving restoration tours of his magical
house and its secret garden on the Sunday, the day before the procession. Read more...
Apr 12, 2016
Our spring-clean windows are an avifaunal paradise of brushes and dusters exhibited in Norwich canary display boxes. Come view the exhibits, which include:
Turdus Migratorius (toilet brush), Scrubbus Vulgaris (scrubbing brush) and Fluffimus Maximus (spot duster). Beavourus Trollopus is currently out on
loan. Read more...
Apr 05, 2016
Welcome to our Steptoe & Son collection of vintage finds arranged flea market style on our shopfront pavement. My mum roared with laughter through
the 60s at tv's sitcom Steptoe & Son, while I was more transfixed by the glorious piles of furniture, papers, taxidermy and dark curiosities that
propped up their home in Oil Drum Lane, Shepherds Bush. Rag & Bone has new credentials: the everyday is now special and the utilitarian desirable.
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Jan 10, 2016
Our cut-price sale has started - plenty of vintage bargains to be had in-store. What you call a snip! Read more...
Dec 07, 2015
Christmas has arrived at Homestore. Our windows are packed with the essential supplies of vintage baubles, hotel silverware, candles, haberdasher's
tape, and Victorian pen & ink poems. Read more...
May 04, 2015
‘Jack is asleep,
awaiting the next time he walks the land.
The Morris men,
and women,
and dragons dance on.
The Sweeps keep on sweeping,
the Bogies are still drinking;
and the Drummers play on.’
hastingsjack.co.uk
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