Author: Roland Jempson

Roland Jempson contributed histories of bus services and transport operators in Rye and the surrounding district.

The Great Sacrifice of a Rye Family

November is the month we remember those that fell in two World Wars and other Wars and Conflicts The Great Sacrifice of a Rye Family By Roland Jempson In the June 2003 edition of Rye’s Own. There was an article entitled “The Tiltman’s of Rye”, about the sacrifice of nine members of the “Tiltman” family, … Continue reading The Great Sacrifice of a Rye Family

The Jempsons of Rye

The Jempsons of Rye, East Sussex Who are they and where did they Originate from? By Roland Jempson Family Historian (With help from second cousin Bridget Ewing Genealogist) It was also from Arthur born 1833 and Jane Elizabeth that the other well known branch of the Jempson Family in the Rye Area were descended from. “The … Continue reading The Jempsons of Rye

The Hastings Trolley Busses

80 Years Ago in Hastings By Roland Jempson On April 1st 1928 Hastings experienced a new type of public transport. The opening of the towns new Trolleybus system, it was inaugurated by four of the newly delivered GUY BTX 60 Trolleybuses Nos 1, 2, 3 and 4 with Christopher Dodson open top bodies, on the … Continue reading The Hastings Trolley Busses

Hastings 80 years ago

The Story of the Trolley Bus By Roland Jempson On April 1st 1928 Hastings experienced a new type of public transport. The opening of the towns new Trolleybus system, it was inaugurated by four of the newly delivered GUY BTX 60 Trolleybuses Nos 1, 2, 3 and 4 with Christopher Dodson open top bodies, on … Continue reading Hastings 80 years ago

Ex-Rye Fireman Dies in New Zealand

by Roland Jempson. How strange, that in the April edition of “Rye’s Own” there should be an article of the Rye Fire Brigade in 1952. This edition dropped on my doorstep in Bristol at the same time as I heard the news of the Death and Funeral of my brother in law Harry Martin., once … Continue reading Ex-Rye Fireman Dies in New Zealand