Author: Jim Hollands

Many Cross People at the Cross Meeting

Over three hundred people crowded into the Thomas Peacocke Main Hall to discuss the proposed Tesco Store which has designs on the Ferry Road School site. Continue reading Many Cross People at the Cross Meeting

Rye District Camera Club’s Golden Anniversary

The Rye & District Camera Club put on an annual Print Exhibition at the Further Education Centre, Lion Street on Saturday 10 September and celebrated 50 years of continuous activity. Continue reading Rye District Camera Club’s Golden Anniversary

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. Continue reading Tanks in Rye

Hectic Month for the Wheelers

September proved to be a very eventful month for the Rye & District wheelers. It started on the second day of the month when no less than eleven riders took part in the last Tenterden Evening 10 Mile Time Trial of the season. Continue reading Hectic Month for the Wheelers

French Officers Escape Through Rye

By Frank Palmer.

During the Napoleonic Wars many prisoners were taken on both sides. Those taken by the British were shipped back to Britain and held in prison hulks and prisons through out the land. Dartmoor Prison was built for this purpose. Continue reading French Officers Escape Through Rye

Championship Twenty-Five

The Rye Wheelers 25 Mile Championship, run in conjunction with the Kent V.T.T.A event on September 4 over Marsh roads was one of the most memorable for over fifty years. Continue reading Championship Twenty-Five

Some of Rye’s Treasures

  Drawings by Brian Hargreaves from Jo’ Kirkham’s “Ryennium”

Antique Fire Fighting Appliance  One of the Gungarden Cannon.

Rye’s old Fire Engine. It was housed in the Town Hall and used to fight fires in the Town and local villages. Now lives in Rye Museum. Continue reading Some of Rye’s Treasures

Rye Harbour Cycle Path Update

By Brian Mathews

01/08/2005

Recently I received a telephone call from James Harries, the officer from East Sussex County Council who has oversight of the cycle path development in this area. Continue reading Rye Harbour Cycle Path Update

The Bus that Went to the Cinema

Rye Electric Palace Gets an Unwanted Visitor

The bus that went to the cinema, or almost, as can be seen from the picture (the Electric Palace in the Landgate is the building just beyond the bus with the coloured electric light bulbs in the shape of an arch) was an East Kent converted charabanc on the Camber Rye Harbour service. Continue reading The Bus that Went to the Cinema