One of Rye’s most famous cobbled streets is Watchbell Street. Set at the very top of the town it is steeped in history. Walking over the blue boulders on a wet winter evening it it easy to imagine the rumble of brandy kegs being rolled by smugglers and hear the impatient whinney of horses waiting to pull their illicit cargo to inns and ale houses throughout Sussex & Kent. Continue reading Watchebell Sreet
Month: September 2008
Pen&Ink
Dear Editor,
Can I correct you on your piece in the latest edition of “Rye’s Own”. Sonia Holmes was Chairman 2007/08 of the Policy and Resources Committee at RTC and not Public Services Committee of which I have been Chairman over the past two years. Continue reading Pen&Ink
Moonlighting Auctioneer
Local Auctioneer Has Part-time Job
Rye Auction Galleries’ well known Auctioneer, Kevin Wall, has been secretly photographed at his ‘other’ job as a part time sumo wrestler. Here we see him Continue reading Moonlighting Auctioneer
Jimper’s Jottings
By Jimper’s Jottings.
The editor asked readers to identify the mammal in the photograph. I have studied the picture and am sure it is a common rabbit. I believe I am more qualified than a lot of Council bureaucrats that know nothing unless it suits them. Continue reading Jimper’s Jottings
Rye Maritime Festival 2008
Rain Did Not Stop the Fun
The Maritime Festival seems cursed with bad weather. Despite this,
however, the day was a great success and a large crowd enjoyed the
many attractions and spectacle of the boats and yachts bedecked with
bunting. Continue reading Rye Maritime Festival 2008