The Bayeux Tapestry
A Hastings civic leader has called for special stamps and coins to be produced to mark the 950th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings.
Councillor Jeremy Birch, leader of Hastings Borough Council, has written to Royal Mail and the Royal Mint asking for special stamps and coins to be issued in 2016.
Hastings Borough Council has already committed |£300,000 for celebratory events and has applied to the Heritage Lottery Fund to finance ambitious plans to improve Hastings Castle.
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