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.
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Victoria & Holly Light Up War & Peace Revival Day One
The Girls in the Yellow Dresses The Duettes, Holly from Ashford and Victoria from Folkestone, stole the show on the first day of the War & Peace Revival at the Whitbread Hopfields Event Centre, Beltring near Paddock Wood. Holly & Victoria harmonised brilliantly and reeled off forties and fifties favourites to a packed audience on…
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Seven for Tea
Rye Wheelers Tuesday Afternoon Ride at Ham Street Seven riders made up the group for a recent Tuesday afternoon ‘gentle ride’ through the lanes of Romney Marsh from Appledore Bridge via Newchurch to Ham Street, where they mad a bee-line for the Cosy Kettle at the Lantern Building in The Street for refreshments. The…
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New Mayor and Deputy Mayor
New Mayor of Rye is inaugerated in a heatwave A gatering of invited guests packed Rye Town Hall on Monday 7 May to elect and witness the inaugeration a new Mayor and Deputy Mayor. Both the new Mayor, Councillor MICHAEL BOYD and Deputy, Councillor RIBEKAH GILBERT were nominated and elected without challenge and took…
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Tuesday Afternoon Riders Enjoying the Weather on May Day
Rye Wheelers Tuesday Afternoon Run A small but enthusiastic group of Rye Wheelers meet at Appledore Bridge every Tuesday at 1 pm. and enjoy a short gentle pace ride of 20-30 miles. The group varies in size from four to eight regular riders who always manage to find a refreshment place somewhere on the route.…
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Old Town Character
GOODBYE TO A KIND BRAVE MAN John Napier 1952 – 2018 By Jim Hollands The people of the Old Town lined the streets on Thursday to say farwell to John Napier, better known as ‘John the Cobbler’ who lost his battle with cancer on Monday 9 April. His world famous business, ‘Cobblers to the…
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ARRC Ltd. Liquidation brings down ARRCC
End of the Road for Popular Rye Charity ARRCC By Jim Hollands Regular readers will know that Rye’s Own has never been shy when criticising East Sussex County Council and Council Leader, Keith Glazier but things said about him and East Sussex C.C. relating to the demise of popular local charity ARRCC by a local…
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Armed incident in Old London Road, Hastings
Police seek witnesses to armed incident in Old London Road, Hastings Police are appealing for witnesses following an incident in Old London Road, Hastings, in which a man armed with what appeared to be a shotgun pointed it at another man inside a house and made threats. The suspect made off in a white Mercedes-Benz…
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Body of Northiam Man Found on Beach at St Leonards
Police name man whose body was found in beach at St Leonards Police have named the man whose body was found on the beach at St Leonards. He was 71-year-old Norman Albert Clark, of Station Road, Northiam, East Sussex. Officers were alerted to the discovery, close to Bridge Way, by a dog walker at about…
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Murder Investigation – Body Found at St Leonards
Detectives have launched a murder investigation after a body was found on the beach at St Leonards. Officers were called at 7.40am on Thursday (5 April) after a walker reported finding the body of a man in Bridge Way. The unidentified man has an injury to his neck. Enquiries are ongoing to establish the cause…
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RYE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING 2018
MAYOR’S OVERVIEW OF THE YEAR Rye Town meeting took place at the Tilling Green Community Centre on Wednesday 4 April 2018. The Mayor of Rye, Councillor Jonathan Breeds gave his annual address to a meeting of around 150 Rye residents. We print it here in full for the benefit of those that were unable to…