Welcome to Rye’s Own, the online archive of the magazine created by the late Jim Hollands. Across more than 2,000 articles, Jim recorded the people, places, events and everyday life of Rye and the surrounding district in his own unmistakable style. The Hollands family maintains this site as a memorial to Jim and his lifetime’s work, allowing readers old and new to explore the stories, photographs and local characters he preserved. The articles below are among the last pieces added to this online collection; many more can be found through the categories and search.
-
David Smeed’s Rye
Short Piece of 8mm film from the Seventies David Smeed was a member of the Rye Cine Club and his films record Rye as it was.
-
Rye Man Sent to Prison
Rye man activates suspended jail sentence for drugs offences A Rye man has been jailed after activating a suspended prison sentence imposed for drugs offences. Charlie Banks, 18, a landscape gardener of Springfield Drive, Rye, was sentenced to five months’ imprisonment, suspended for 12 months, after a drugs warrant was executed at his home in…
-
Cyclist injured at Stones Cross
Police and Ambulance Praised for Swift Response A cyclist was injured in an accident at Stonescross on the Aldington / Ham Street Road this morning. He was concious and sitting up in the pictures from the accident scene, and treated on the spot before being taken to hospital in an ambulance. An eye witness praised…
-
Cinque Ports April 2017 Number Nineteen
April Issue in the Shops Now Packed with Articles -Pictures – News – Comment and Nostalgia Protest March pre view, 100 Miles for 100 years, Herman Recycled – Nazi Invasion between Hythe and Hastings, Rubbish on the Marsh, Shore Way to Success, Tough Day for Racing on the Marsh, Spring in Dymchurch, The Long Journey…
-
Massive Model Railway Show steaming into Rye
More Layouts Details of the Massive Model Railway Show steaming into town! You’re invited to make tracks to a model railway show in Rye on Saturday 29th April 2017. The first one in Rye in over 20 years and is tip to be the largest in Sussex. The event is being held 10am – 4.30pm at Rye College,…
-
Dengates Bus
Pedestrians could overtake a Dengates Bus on Rye Hill……..provided they didn’t asphyxiate on the exhaust …….Paul Vincent.
-
Rye Characters of the 1960s
All the best people live in Rye Some of the great Rye Characters from the 1960s – Some still with us – others gone but never forgotten. Football teams, scouts, Cyclists, mayoring money, banquet at The George. Mayoring Day Rye 1968
-
Sussex Police ask Community to be Alert
Sussex Police reassure the community following events in London Following the tragic events in London, Assistant Chief Constable Laurence Taylor said: “Our thoughts are with all those affected and who died in yesterday’s horrific attack in London and our colleagues at the Metropolitan Police who lost a brave officer. “Our officers will do whatever we…
-
London Murderer was brought up in Rye
Masood Shot Dead at Westminster. It was revealed yesterday that the London Murderer has been identified by police as Khalid Masood. The Westminster attacker, Masood, 52, was born as Adrian Elms and it’s claimed by the “Mail”, that he lived in a £300,000 house in Rye when he was a boy. The so-called Islamic State group has claimed it…
-
VTTA 30 Mile Time Trial Romney Marsh 2017
Wheelers win men’s and ladies events Nick Wilson wins the Men’s Event Bronwen Ewing wins Ladies