Welcome to Rye’s Own, the online archive of the magazine created by the late Jim Hollands. Across more than 2,000 articles, Jim recorded the people, places, events and everyday life of Rye and the surrounding district in his own unmistakable style. The Hollands family maintains this site as a memorial to Jim and his lifetime’s work, allowing readers old and new to explore the stories, photographs and local characters he preserved. The articles below are among the last pieces added to this online collection; many more can be found through the categories and search.
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James Ernest Hollands (Jim)
30th November 1938 – 1st August 2025 Donations in remembrance of Jim to benefit Pilgrims Hospices. A man who made things happen Jim’s energy was never confined to the pages of a magazine. When he and Roma lived on a farm in a remote part of Mid Wales, Jim soon saw that local people had…
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Cinque Ports January 2021
SCOOP FOR CINQUE PORTS The January 2021 Cinque Ports is available now from selected local newsagents priced at £1.00 only. This issue carries the first installment of the brand new novel by David Weston, using the background of the recently brought to light facts of the ‘Secret Spitfires’ built at Sailsbury in the Second…
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Vintage World Winter 2021
The Winter 2021 issue of Vintage World is packed with good things in spite of there being very little activities, events or shows taking place in these Covid ridden times. If you are a subscriber your winter issue will be in the post to you by the end of the month – If not do…
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Captain Tom
An inspiration to the nation Captain Tom Moore reached one hundred and has become an inspiration to the whole nation after beating Covid19 and raising £30,000,000 for the NHS in a sponsored walk around his garden. He captured the imagination of people locked down in an effort to stem the endless list of death…
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Miss Holiday Swing
Miss Holiday Swing Singer of Vintage Songs By Jim Hollands It was the hottest late summer Bank Holiday ever recorded and the crowds were out in force at Folkestone for a special double vintage event based on the famous Grand Hotel on the Lees Cliff. The Oldtimer Rally, run by the ‘Grand Oldtimers Car Club’…
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More local characters
Another lock-down time passer How many faces do you recognise? From these pictures that were taken at various times and are from the Rye’s Own Archive Related archive files
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Rye fishing boats from the 1960s
Fishing boats at Rye Fishmarket and The Strand – Pictures taken in the 1960s
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Rye characters from the 1960s
Some of the Rye characters photographed in the 1960s How many can you name?
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Rye Athletic v Iden F.C.
From the great days of local soccer Two photographs from around 1970 showing Rye Athletic Group and the second, during the match against Iden. That was an epic period for local teams, there were no less than 16 teams playing league soccer (Not including the Sunday league) in a few miles radius of Rye.
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Vintage World Hard Copy Colour Magazines
Vintage world is a quarterly magazine that is available by subscription only. It is delivered through your letter box four times a year. The first issue was published in January 2019 as the Winter 2019 issue.