Hastings & St Leonards Museum Association

18/05/2026

17/01/2026

JLB: The Man Who Saw the Future
BBC4 is repeating this documentary originally broadcast in 2002. Baird's son, Malcolm, presents it and Hastings Museum & Art Gallery was heavily involved in its production. It's well worth watching. BBC4 Tuesday 21:00.
Here's an interesting article by Malcolm Baird about the making of it.
https://www.bairdtelevision.com/the-making-of-jlb-the-man-who-saw-the-future-2002.html #:~:text=A%2090%20minute%20television%20documentary,and%20shown%20on%20BBC%20television.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0074ntb #:~:text=In%201926%20John%20Logie%20Baird,all%20modern%20electronic%20colour%20television.

14/01/2026

It is with great sadness that we have learned that our longstanding committee member and friend Andre Palfrey-Martin died yesterday evening at the Conquest Hospital. He had been unwell for some time.
His good humour and extensive knowledge particularly of Sidney Little will be greatly missed.
Our condolences are with Sheila and his family.