England Expects
Category: Festivals
The Festivals section gathers Rye’s Own reporting, features and recollections on this part of local life. From “Rye Maritime Festival 2008”, “Found in Cinque Ports Street August 2000”, “Rye’s Own’s Christmas Special”, “Hastings Week Part Two”, and “Editorial February 2002”, the archive offers several starting points for exploring the subject. The result is a varied record of the district, told by writers who noticed both the headline events and the revealing details around them.
Hythe Venetian Fete 1962 – Film
This piece of film of the 1962 Hythe Venetian Fete comes out of the “Rye’s Own” Archive. Does anyone remember this event?
Important Meeting at Tilling Green
A meeting at Tilling Green Community Centre kicked off a great idea that could result in the revival of former Rye Annual Events, help existing events and encourage Rye United Football Club to live again. Twenty people, including some of the best ‘committee workers’ in the land, attended and with Councillor Mike Boyd in the … Continue reading Important Meeting at Tilling Green
Rye Carnival 1974 – Part Six
The final part of the 1974 Rye Carnival film by Rye & District Movie Society Tug of War
Rye Carnival 1974 – Part Five
The Obstacle Event, in which Rye Athletic F C seem to be heavily involved, a Dog Show and Children’s novelty events on The Salts
Rye Carnival 1974 – Part Four
The Carnival moves down onto The Salts for sporting events and novelty spectaculars
Rye Carnival 1974 – Part Three
More views of the procession as it circles the town and comes back through the Landgate for the second time.
Rye Carnival 1974 – Part Two
Part two of the Rye Movie Society Film shows the Carnival Procession passing through the Landgate and up Hilder’s Cliff to the High Street.
Rye Carnival 1974 Part One
This great Carnival Film – Taken by Rye Movie Society in 1974 features 100’s of local people – This Film is in six five minute segments – Several members of Rye Movie Society worked the cameras and edited the film – Details later as they become available. David Smeed headed one of the camera crews
Hastings Carnival 1969
This old 8mm cine film of Hastings Carnival was made in 1969. It is a precious record of local characters who took part in the procession. “Rye’s Own” took the film because the 1969 Miss Rye’s Own, Frederica Barwood, was entered in the event and driven in the procession in a Jaguar Sports car owned … Continue reading Hastings Carnival 1969