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Doris Eugenie Preece

The death of Doris Eugenie aged 95. Doris was the eldest child of the Sargent family from Icklesham and she was a little mother to her brother and sisters. She married and lived at Cricklewood and had two daughters. Continue reading Doris Eugenie Preece

Important Art Works At Rye Auction Galleries

The Hughes’ oil on canvas in original frame measures 30″ x 35″ approx. and is in good condition. This work was painted by Hughes at the request of Alice Boyd of Penkill Castle, Scotland while Hughes was resident at Penkill. Hughes styled this work of Scott (at the age of 21) from a much earlier painting by Bell Scott’s brother David.

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The Town on the Hill

To Margaret Tiltman (nee Bourn) on her 65th. Birthday

Come walk with me stranger - what do you see 
A small part of England where home is to me 
Built on a hilltop with church upon high 
It's wonderful spires reaching up to the sky 

Come walk with me stranger - what do you hear 
The town whispers history as you draw near 
Ypres Castle - Landgate the Inn called Mermaid 
Where in days gone by the smugglers did trade. 

Come walk with me stranger - what do you see
Cobbled streets, oak beamed houses - white with plaster
Once, no twice, burned by the French - such disaster
Rebuilt again in fourteen twenty 
For folk had courage and energy plenty.

Come with me stranger - what do you see 
The town of my birth of my father and mother 
My children, my husband, a sister and brother
Where neighbours and friends I've known all my life 
There for you when needed in sadness and strife. 

Come stranger will you gather round me open your eyes and what do you see 
My town with it's beauty in the eye of the beholder 
Where I know one day as I grow older
I will have to come to a place of rest but already
I have chosen the best
For there on a hilltop I will lie 
Forever overlooking my home, MY RYE.

FROM JEAN SEWETT (nee Menzies) a dear friend.

“Rye’s Own” July 2005

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Famous Artists Leave Clues To Ypres By Frank Palmer

Anthony Van Dyck, portrait painter to King Charles I drew five views of Rye, two of which are of the Ypres Tower. Views No.1 (in the Fitzwilliam, Cambridge) and No.2 (in the Rotterdam Museum) were drawn in the 1630’s. No.1 also shows the Gungarden Gate, built in 1545 and pulled down in 1735; but I am at a loss to know why the roof is shown hipped, but in No.2 the roof is gable-ended! The suggestion that No.1 was drawn from the sea is most unlikely and unnecessary. Continue reading Famous Artists Leave Clues To Ypres By Frank Palmer

Grand Opening of Strand Quay Gallery

Quay Gallery on Saturday 19 February. The colourful paintings and the welcome given to all by Delphine Pope and her fellow artists created a warm interior in contrast to the very cold chill outside. Continue reading Grand Opening of Strand Quay Gallery

Music Therapy Comes to Rye

Lizz Butt (State Registered Arts Therapist, Music)

The ancient healing power of music is now available here in Rye. Continue reading Music Therapy Comes to Rye

No. 1. The David Sharp Pottery

David Sharp started work as an apprentice with Rye Pottery just after the War. He worked with Raymond Everett and Dennis Townsend, all who later branched out on their own. Continue reading A Potted History of the Rye Potteries.

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