Daddy Long Legs souvenirs

The Pioneer sea-faring train invented by Magnus Volk was affectionately known as ‘The Daddy Long Legs’ – my tours enable guests to visit inside the carriage and follow it along the original route it travelled through the sea on rails, from Kemptown to Rottingdean via Brighton Marina.

Join a tour in June and July 2025 (May dates for the Brighton Fringe festival are sold out)

Daddy Long Legs tour 2025
Tote bag – £12 on tour or £14 from my Etsy shop with free postage here
Screen print, limited edition of 40 hand-finished prints £20 on tour & from Etsy with free postage

Tickets selling out for Daddy Long Legs in Brighton Fringe 2025

Tickets and more info: www.brightonfringe.org/events/the-daddy-long-legs-rides-again

May 25th 2025 a special trip to The Swan Pub & Hotel

Andrea and Luciana will help you visit the demolished bombed inn, beginning at 1pm with a projected heritage talk inside ( host venue tbc) followed by a unique artist walk very nearby to the actual location of the bombed site where guests are able to see the building using augmented reality layers on their smartphones as part of the £6 ticket price. The effect is truly impressive and you also learn about 300 or more years of what took place inside the Swan Inn, and connect to a place in town in a new way with added experience.

links for tickets and information for venue starting with the talk at 1pm will be added soon

4 dates for April a new exhibition with walks and talks

Save the dates Saturday, April 13th and Sunday, April 14th 2024, as well as the weekend of 27-28 April.

A hanging exhibition displaying the development of the lost heritage Apparitions augmented reality artwork modelled in 3D and games engines software, from locally sourced vintage postcards and photographs. As well as large-scale reimagined multiview postcards combining Edwardian portraits and contemporary scenes.

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A talk by the artist Luciana Haill both days at 1pm, followed by a guided walk to the demolished sites of St Leonards Pier and The Clocktower Memorial will take place at 2pm each Saturday and 5pm each Sunday. The exhibition is open to visitors both days from 1pm-6pm upstairs in the ballroom on the second floor, dogs are welcome on lead on both the walk and inside the exhibition and talk.

Tickets are available in advance from £6 using Eventbrite, link here soon

www.apparitions.site

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Lost Heritage Weekend pop-up exhibition & talk

Save the dates Saturday April 13th and Sunday April 14th 2024
A hanging exhibition displaying the development of the lost heritage Apparitions augmented reality artwork modelled in 3D and games engines software, from locally sourced vintage postcards and photographs. As well as large-scale reimagined multiview postcards combining Edwardian portraits and contemporary scenes.

A talk by the artist Luciana Haill both days at 1pm, followed by a guided walk to the demolished sites of
St Leonards Pier and The Clocktower Memorial will take place at 2pm,

The exhibition is open to visitors both days from 12pm-6pm upstairs in the ballroom on the second floor

Tickets are available in advance from £6 using Eventbrite, link here soon

www.apparitions.site

‘No Hammer Needed’ – October 2023

06.10.23

No Hammer Needed‘, St Andrews Mews, Waldegrave st, TN34 1SJ, Hastings, East Sussex.
The long awaited Apparitions AR will launch with geotagged lifesize experiences of St Leonards Pier,  The Memorial clocktower and the lost beach huts for iOS and Android devices, with a pop up exhibition in the black gallery. Alongside will be stroboscopic experiences and brainwave monitoring, for special events each friday.

The Daddy long legs sea faring train is called ‘Pioneer AR’ and this is one of two main heritage attractions using augmented reality in the exhibition next to Apparitions AR, alongside flickering nostalgic artworks made by Luciana Haill since 2012 using Dreamachines and strobes from Thursdays 5pm to Saturdays 10pm  throughout October.

Check the show website for artist walks to the sites at weekends in Hastings.


White Rock talk 13.05.19 postponed

SORRY – just received this news : hope to have a new date soon

Open Meeting Monday 13th May – CANCELLED

Please note that due to circumstances beyond our control, the open meeting tonight, Monday 13th May is cancelled.

Our apologies to all.

We will reschedule the meeting in the next few days.

Hastings and St. Leonards Society

Open Meeting Monday 13th May – CANCELLED