SMEATON’S HARBOUR by Peter Etherden The Tale of Smeaton’s Harbour is an everyday story of country gentry and their shenanigans. It is set in the town of Rye between May 1724 and October 1787…and it is a true story. The chronicler of these events is John Meryon, writing in
Author: Peter Etherden
Peter Etherden contributed local-history and cultural recollections about Rye and Winchelsea.
The Politics of Wind Farming
By Peter Etherden Slicing up flocks of Canadian geese as they wing their way across Romney Marsh is one way to keep bird flu at bay. But this underestimates avian intelligence. Migrating birds only fly along the English shipping lanes because the French peasants are gunning for them on the other side of the channel. … Continue reading The Politics of Wind Farming
Cycling the Rye Harbour Tramway
by Peter Etherden Despite the assurances in the October 2005 issue of Rye’s Own that all was well in this best of all possible (Bexhill and Lewes administered) worlds, permit me to express my continued scepticism that a cycle path will be constructed between Rye and Rye Harbour by the end of March 2006 or … Continue reading Cycling the Rye Harbour Tramway
Smeaton’s Harbour
By Peter Etherden The Tale of Smeaton’s Harbour is an everyday story of country gentry and their shenanigans. It is set in the town of Rye between May 1724 and October 1787…and it is a true story. The chronicler of these events is John Meryon, writing in some dismay as he unearthed the story upon … Continue reading Smeaton’s Harbour
The Winchelsea Pantomime
By Peter Etherden 1953 was the year of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation. Six months later the Twelfth Royal Eltham Boy Scouts and Wolf Cubs joined with other local troops for Jack and the Beanstalk at the Eltham Little Theatre. The tradition probably went back to the Gang Shows of the 1920s and 1930s.
Dredging Strand Quay
Dredging Strand Quay by Peter Etherden This is a cautionary tale and I have cut corners in the telling. Rye’s trawler fleet has been decimated by the European Union over the past few decades and although a new Fishing Quay is finally under construction the part played by the Rye Fishmarket Project in the whole … Continue reading Dredging Strand Quay