Rye Wheelers at KCA Luncheon

‘Pav’ Bryan is Best All Rounder and Bronwen Ewing Sets New records.

Peter ‘Pav’ Bryan of Rye & District Wheelers was the 2016 Kent Cycling
Long Distance Best All Rounder Champion and a major prize winner at
the KCA Luncheon, held at The Weald of Kent Hotel on Sunday 6 November.
Also at there to collect her trophies for being the KCA’s fastest
10 mile and 25 mile lady in Kent was Rye Wheelers first National Champion,
Bronwen Ewing. Continue reading Rye Wheelers at KCA Luncheon

Gunman Shoots Two at High Halden

Police and air ambulance called after two men shot in High Halden

A man was arrested at High Halden near Tenterden yesterday (Thursday 3 November) on suspicion of attempted murder after two men were shot near the village

Firearms officers,  police helicopters and an air ambulance were called to the scene near Martens Lane, High Halden yesterday morning. Two men who had suffered gunshot wounds were taken to hospital. Continue reading Gunman Shoots Two at High Halden

Clifford Bloomfield’s Memories of The Second World War

From Jo’ Kirkham’s

Memories Series Very soon after Christmas – in January 1941, when I was 14 years old, I took a job at the Post Office, then in the High Street, as a Telegram Boy. I was given an official arm band and a typically heavy red bicycle with 28 inch wheels. The saddle was let down to its lowest position as I was a short young lad. Continue reading Clifford Bloomfield’s Memories of The Second World War