I have recently been in contact with Mr James Harris, head of the Strategy Team at East Sussex County Council. Mr Harris has over site of the development of the cycle/ footpath at Harbour Road, Rye. Continue reading Harbour Road Cycle Footpath Update
They came in their thousands to town for one of the best Rye Fawkes Celebrations ever. Flaming torches lit the streets and a burning boat, the emblem of the Rye Bonfire Society, was dragged around the town as has happened for years immemorial. Continue reading Bonfire Extravaganza
The non human member of the family was a large tabby cat. Although the cat was large its tail was very short. It has, apparently been caught in the front door when it had slammed closed. Although it looked a little ridiculous it did not seem to worry her. She had a habit of lying close to the ground by the step and jumping out at any dog that wandered in the lane. Continue reading A Rye Childhood
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
In an amazing report to Rye Town Council Rye District Councillor Sam Souster claimed that Rother District Council was an “undemocratic body seemingly incapable of managing its responsibilities in Rye in a satisfactory manner”.
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
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
Bournes the Rye removal company have been presented with the famous UTS Dancing Elephant after winning the award for the second time since its conception in 1993. Continue reading Bournes UTS Celebrate Dancing Elephant Award
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.
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These great photographs of John Mills and the filming of “Dunkirk” at Rye and the local district in 1957 were brought into “Rye’s Own” by a local lady. Continue reading Dunkirk Film Photos
