If your friend can remember when the wheel was invented, then they'll fit in :cool:
Seriously, it's a town for retirement, not much for the youngsters, I am referring to when I used to live there.
St Leonard's used to be a separate entity to Hastings, being very upmarket in its time.
Now under the umbrella of Hastings, it does get tarred with same anxt that Hastings gets labelled with.
My family comes from Hastings, and most of the stories of growing up in Hastings were of happier times...