Surrey Homes | SH37 | November 2017 | Gift supplement inside

Above: The impressive fireplace in the sitting room was an Ebay find, the surround wallpapered instead of tiled using paper from
Vintage Bird
Georgian architecture, the wonderful mix of eclectic shops
and the unique character of the Old Town, the smell of fish
and chips, or even the siren cry of the seagulls (maybe not
the seagulls) that draws many of us to Hastings. As David
Page says when we sit down in the kitchen behind Shop
House Hastings, “it’s such a contrast from London – like a
different planet; the sea, the countryside; you have the best
of everything here, a quality of life.” Like many who dream
of escape from the rat race David and his partner, David
Baker, were living in London, but not always enjoying
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