Cycle / Footpath Finished Today

Graham’s Way will be Officially Opened Next Tuesday

“Rye’s Own” Reports :-

It is almost eleven years since Graham Matthews was knocked off his bike on Rye Harbour Road and killed.

 

This was a notoriously dangerous stretch of road to anyone walking as there were no places to get off the road, the verges were covered in brambles and undergrowth right up to the edge of the turnpike. Continue reading Cycle / Footpath Finished Today

Udimore V Flimwell 1967

Udimore had a good football team in 1967. Some of the players included ;- Bob Wilson, Bob Rogers, Bernard Clark, Stubby Stubberfield, Dave Deadman, Mick Avery, Jim Hollands, Bryan Ryland, Keith Fitzhugh, Martin Wright, Ernie Whiting, Ray Sargent, Peter Sargent, Tim Wilmshurst. Continue reading Udimore V Flimwell 1967

Rye Carnival 1974 Part One

This great Carnival Film – Taken by Rye Movie Society in 1974 features 100’s of local people – This Film is in six five minute segments – Several members of Rye Movie Society worked the cameras and edited the film – Details later as they become available. David Smeed headed one of the camera crews

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Rye Bonfire 1962

“Rye’s Own” Archive Film

Old “Rye’s Own” Archive Film – Rye Bonfire 1962. Includes The Bonfire Boys Song Written by Frank Taylor. The original Fire Breathing Dragon and the HollandsTelevision Float “Locomotion” Sandra Kewell, Helina Greginska and Suzanne Oliver. Continue reading Rye Bonfire 1962

The Bentley at the Mermaid

 

In 1962 J E Hollands & Sons the Rye Television firm won a Bentley Open Tourer in an RGD Television Sales Competition.

One of their customers had the value of the Bentley, which at that time was £1,500 and the firm won a further £1,000 for their efforts. Continue reading The Bentley at the Mermaid