Month: October 2015

A Spice of Rye Life

 

Open Seven Days a Week

The Rye Spice Company have been providing an extensive range of dried Herbs, Spices, Fruit, Nuts and other culinary ingredients for 20 years.

Their main business has been supplying the Food Trade but an online shop was introduced due to high demand from the public. In March this year, Rye Spice converted their office into a shop and invited the public to come and buy direct. They supply the ‘Cottage Delight’ range as well as lots of other cooking ingredients and every conceivable spice from around the world. They are open seven days a week. Continue reading A Spice of Rye Life

Beating the Bounds of Rye 1982

The Boundaries of Rye

Beating the bounds is an ancient custom which has been observed in Rye on occasion over the years. The custom started in times when there were few maps. Sometimes the events were known as  name Gangdays, and participants would be  going a-ganging. Records of Gangdays date prior to the Norman Conquest.

Rye follows the traditional pattern of  old and young members of the community walking the the boundaries of the parish. Continue reading Beating the Bounds of Rye 1982

What a Bloody Cheek!

By Jim Hollands

After years of neglecting Rye and the fabric of it’s ancient buildings which Rother District Council took on the responsibility for in 1974, they (Rother) now have the audacity to want to ‘sell’ the Landgate Tower back to Rye so that they (Rother District Council) can abdicate their responsibilities for maintaining an Historic Building.

If they have the power to give the Landgate back to Rye, then they are able to return all our Car Parks, Toilets, Parks and Gardens, property, and the £4,000,000 plus interest they have had after selling the Houses of Tilling Green which were built by Rye Borough Council. Continue reading What a Bloody Cheek!

Wild Boar Week

Wild Boar Week
Saturday 24th October – Sunday 1st November 2015

Record Number of Events in 2015  Boar Week!

Boar Week Organiser Oliver Campion has matched catering establishments in and around the Rye area who have gone the whole hog this year. Continue reading Wild Boar Week

The Heart of Rye

Ex -Pats Should Not Watch this Film Unless they Can Afford a Ticket to Rye

Another film from the Rye’s Own Archive part of the Rye Movie Society Collection. No credits came with this film so we don’t know who made it.

Rye in Bloom

 

This one will make an ex-pats homesick. It wanders round the town and church and ends with some magnificent views from the Church Tower. Continue reading The Heart of Rye

Catholic Priest from Rye Charged with Possession of Indecent Images of Children

POLICE

 

 

A Roman Catholic priest from Rye, now living in Redclyffe Road, Urmston, Manchester,  is due to appear at Brighton Magistrates Court on 15 October, charged with offences relating to indecent images of children. Continue reading Catholic Priest from Rye Charged with Possession of Indecent Images of Children

Avro Vulcan’s Final Flight – Sunday 11 October

Last Chance to See this Iconic Aircraft.

by Jim Hollands.

I first came into close contact with a Vulcan Bomber when I was doing my National Service at RAF Andover in 1958. It did a low fly past over the airfield where a special afternoon was arranged to celebrate Battle of Britain Day. I remember being impressed by it’s power as the pilot turned up the throttles and powered it into an almost vertical climb. The noise was unbelievable.

I did not see that manoeuvre again until 55 years later when  Vulcan bomber, XH558, the last remaining aircraft of its type still flying, came to Rye and did an amazing display cumulating in that same power climb into the sky over Leasam that I had witness all those years before at Andover. Continue reading Avro Vulcan’s Final Flight – Sunday 11 October