Category: Commerce

Behind The Scenes At Hythe Auction

By Jenny Johns

What do you do with the piece of china that your great aunt has left you or the table, inherited from your mother, that’s too large to fit into your new flat? You could advertise it for sale on ebay of course, but such pieces aren’t something you can easily arrange to deliver. You don’t just want to make a donation to a charity shop; you’d like to raise some money on the item so you could buy something that you would like and that would be a memento. Continue reading Behind The Scenes At Hythe Auction

First Auction At New Venue A Great Success

The first Auction at Rye Auction Galleries new home at Rye Industrial Estate was an outstanding success. Local buyers flocked to support popular Auctioneer, Kevin Wall, who saved the Rye Auction from extinction and the staff from redundancy by taking on the challenging venture at a new home when it looked certain that the days of a regular sale in Rye were over. Continue reading First Auction At New Venue A Great Success

The Jempson Foundation Has Made A Donation To The Conduit Hill Based Community Centre

 

The period buildings main hall ceiling required urgent replacement, which now nearing completion, was necessary for the continuing use by many volunteer organisations, who are the main users of the hall. Continue reading The Jempson Foundation Has Made A Donation To The Conduit Hill Based Community Centre

Inns Of The Cinque Ports

The Pubs of Rye no. 8.

The Cinque Ports Arms Assembly Room, Cinque Ports Street.

by David Russell.

The foundation stone for the Cinque Ports Assembly Room was laid in August 1868, and within three months it was open as an integral part of the Cinque Ports Arms. The Assembly Room, which was 50 by 25 feet [15.24m x 7.62m], extended the frontage of the pub to a total of 141 feet [43m], making it one of the largest licensed premises in Rye. Continue reading Inns Of The Cinque Ports

Music Boxes

By Stephen T. P. Kember

Almost without exception, everybody who visits my shop in Rye, smiles when they hear a musical box play. Why do people find them so interesting? Maybe the mood or feeling of an earlier era is recreated. Continue reading Music Boxes

The Dial High Street

The Pubs of Rye no. 5,by David Russell.

The most noted landlord of this public house was Stephen Gilbert Fryman. He first came to light in 1824 when he purchased the Bridge Inn, Winchelsea for £60, and sold it two years later for £116 making a handsome profit. But whether he held the licence as well as being the owner is unknown. What is known is that around Continue reading The Dial High Street

Rod Shows Rye the Way

 

By Jim Hollands

Ex Motor racing driver Rod Chapman is leading the race to get Rye back into work and out of the recession.

His Atlas Business Park on Rye Harbour Road and the vast Rye Wharf site and accompanying facilities and ground contain dozens of local businesses providing work for hundreds of local people at Rye Harbour. Continue reading Rod Shows Rye the Way

The Oak Inn, High Street

The Pubs of Rye no. 3

By David Russell

Very little information has come to light about this fishermen’s beer house located on the High Street. The earliest known date for the Oak is 1870 when Alfred Bourn was the licensee. However, as a beer house, we can be fairly certain it was in existence well before then, and possibly dated back to the 1830 Licensing Act. The house was then known as the Pig and Whistle. Continue reading The Oak Inn, High Street

The Right Development At The Right Time

September 2012 saw the opening of a new 1500 sq. ft. myCostcutter forecourt shop for Skinners of Rye, Owner Gary Barlow is delighted with the positive effect the development is having on his business. Continue reading The Right Development At The Right Time