After being closed for eight years, Hastings Pier has reopened to the public today following a £14.200,000 restoration project. The historic pier was shut down for safety reasons in 2008 and was then almost completely destroyed by a fire in 2010. We wander down after our Jerwood Gallery experience. Thunder one direction, bright sun the other. The new pier is brilliant. Wide, like a Spanish balcon.
Next we visit The Jemny Lind. This has a good range of well kept beers and a friendly welcome.
Johanna Maria Lind (1820 – 1887), better known as Jenny Lind, was a Swedish opera singer, often known as the "Swedish Nightingale". One of the most highly regarded singers of the 19th century, she performed in Sweden and across Europe, as well as touring America. She was closely associated with Mendelssohn. Jenny gave much of her accumulated wealth to charities, principally the endowment of free schools in Sweden. With her new husband, Otto Goldschmidt, she returned to Europe in 1852 where she had three children and gave occasional concerts over the next two decades, settling in England in 1855. There is, however, no compelling evidence that she was ever in Hastings.
In The Jenny Lind I enjoy a half of Long Blonde.
We go back to The Crown for a lovely dinner then on to The Albion to listen to a string quartet. I have never seen such a thing in a pub but it works incredibly well. The quartet is excellent, the music is soothing and the clientele is well behaved.
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