The bus that went to the cinema, or almost, as can be seen from the picture (Electric Palace in the Landgate is the building just beyond the bus with the coloured electric light bulbs in the shape of an arch). It was an East Kent converted charabanc on the Camber Rye Harbour service.
Author: Clifford Bloomfield
Clifford Bloomfield contributed wartime memories of tanks and military activity in Rye.
Tanks in Rye
By Clifford Bloomfield 1940 Fair Meadow, Rye Hill, at that time was like open parkland and a good number of mature oak trees were spread over it. I recall seeing, when on our Sunday afternoon walks, a tented army camp with vehicles and tanks standing under the trees.
Rye in 1941
BY Clifford Bloomfield From Jo’ Kirkham’s Rye Memories Series Very soon after Christmas – in January 1941, when I was 14 years old, I took a job at the Rye 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 … Continue reading Rye in 1941
Building Development Will Cause Flooding
By Cliff Bloomfield I read with interest the article regarding a proposed housing development on the north side of Udimore Road in the April Issue. I think the points raised miss the main problems with such a scheme, that is the effect on the Tillingham Green Estate. In 1966 at that time I was serving … Continue reading Building Development Will Cause Flooding
Dunkirk at Rye 2 February
Last month Rye’s Own carried a feature about the making of the film ‘Dunkirk’. Many of the sets were in and around the town.