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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Nationwide Fishing Rights Protest
Fishermen’s Protest at Hastings Sunday 8 April 4 pm. The fishermen will be making a protest along Hastings seafront at 4 o clock on Sunday 8th April and boats from dungeones , Rye ,Hastings ,Eastbourne and
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Rye Community Fire Station needs you!
Rye Community Fire Station needs you! Rye Community Fire Station is looking for new on call retained firefighters and is opening it’s doors to anyone interested in becoming part of the East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service team. Live or work in Rye? The station is recruiting on call retained firefighters. You will need to…
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Two Women Shot Dead in St Leonards
Police launch murder investigation after shooting in St Leonards Police have launched a murder investigation after a two women were shot dead in a house in St Leonards. Officers responded immediately to a report of a shooting at 7.43pm in Bexhill Road on Friday (16 March). Firearms officers were able to lead two other women…
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Tackling Rural Crime
Op Traverse calls on anglers to be ‘eyes and ears’ to tackle rural crime Sussex anglers are being encouraged to become ‘eyes and ears’ for tackling wildlife crime across the county. The Environment Agency, CEFAS (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science) and the Angling Trust have joined forces with the National Wildlife Crime Unit…
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Do you know this man?
Do you know this man? Sought over use of stolen bank card in Hastings after serious assault Police in Hastings want to trace and interview this man, in connection with a theft and a serious assault on a local man. The man in this CCTV image was seen near Lidl in Hastings town centre on…
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Website Manager
Hard Work Updating Rye’s Own Website Well done to our volunteer website manager, Dace Homa, who finds enough time in her busy life to put post after post from back issues of Rye’s Own, Hastings Town and Cinque Ports magazines and archives into the Rye’s Own Website. ryesown.co.uk
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£1,000 Reward for information leading to the arrest of this wanted man
Price on head of wanted East Sussex man is now in four figures A reward for information leading to the arrest of wanted man Kesley Searle has been doubled to £1,000. Set at £500 early last month (February), the reward has been increased in a determined effort to trace Searle. The 24-year-old, from St Leonards-on-Sea,…
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Faces From the Past
Rye Personalities of the 1960’s These picture were taken during the making of the Rye Movie Society film “Chicken & Chips”
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When Polio Hit The Children Of Rye
By Paul Vincent At Christmas I always hear from a friend originally from East Guldeford but now in Scotland, who I met at the age of five when we were both Polio victims in the Buchanan Hospital in St Leonards.
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Young Lad Hurt in Collision in Hastings – Driver and Witnesses Sought
Driver and witnesses sought after boy is hurt in Hastings collision Police wish to trace the driver of a black 4×4 or sports utility vehicle which failed to stop at the scene following a collision with a 12-year-old boy in Winchelsea Lane, opposite the Hastings Academy, Ore, shortly before 4pm on Monday (29 January).…