To Dream Or Not To Dream That Is The Question

 By Anne Norris

Some places live on in your heart, memory bringing thoughts of sunshine and days of idleness. I am sure that the memories my children have of Rye in the 1970’s will be filled with such images, as my memory is. Certainly a softness comes into their eyes and their voices when they speak of it. Continue reading To Dream Or Not To Dream That Is The Question

The Vietnam Bike Ride – 2003

(in aid of Mencap)

By Granville Bantick

                       Good Morning Vietnam!

After a long and arduous journey taking twenty three hours on four different aircraft (Turkish Airlines to Bangkok and Vietnamese Airlines to Dangang in Central Vietnam) the Group (there were 57 of us) eventually assembled to be taken to our hotel. Continue reading The Vietnam Bike Ride – 2003

The Sprocket Page

The Adventures of the Rye & District Wheelers Past and Present

          Goodbye to a Fine Gentleman of the Road

Gentleman Jim Catt, who was one of the Club’s few surviving prewar members has died.

Jim, who moved away from the town when his job as mechanic to Odell the Cycleman in Market Road came to an end with the closure of the business in the sixties. He was in his nineties and cycled, albeit on a battery assisted tricycle, until very recently. Continue reading The Sprocket Page

Tai Chi Comes to Rye

Stuart Innes first became aware of Tai Chi when he was involved with oil exploration in China in the early 80s.

On his return to London he studied the Chen Man Ch’ing style of Tai Chi with a pupil of Nigel Sutton the world-renowned teacher. He was soon invited to join Nigel’s own association; Zhong-Ding and has studied various Tai Chi subjects; Broad Sword, Push hands, Short Staff, Da Lu, etc., Continue reading Tai Chi Comes to Rye

Pen & Ink

Dear Editor,

May we use your columns to explain why the Rye Conservation Society has written to Rother Planning Department to object to the proposal to further extend the Town’s development boundaries. Continue reading Pen & Ink

Going For Gold

“Rye was one of only 60 from 1,800 competitors selected for the Britain in Bloom Competition 2004”. These were the words of Peter Holman Chairman of South and South East in Bloom speaking at a Britain in Bloom Seminar at the George Hotel. He went on to say that “Rye has an exceptional chance of actually winning the small town class in the competition.” Continue reading Going For Gold