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Category: Festivals
Maritime Festival 2015
The 2015 Rye Maritime Festival brought people to the Strand Quay in their thousands. Continue reading Maritime Festival 2015
Trolleybus Show 2015
Trolleybus Restoration Group’s 23rd Annual Show
Restoration Group Chairman Ion Castro was there of course taking pictures and explaining the event. For the past 22 out of 23 years the Hastings Trolleybus Restoration Group’s annual show has been on the third Sunday in May and this Continue reading Trolleybus Show 2015
Record Bonfire Auction
The Bonfire Society Auction, held at the Mermaid Inn on Thursday 14 May realised a massive £5,100, a record by over £1000 on any previous year. Continue reading Record Bonfire Auction
The Rye Ukulele Festival
Sunday 24th May 2015 at the Cinque Ports, Cinque Ports Street, Rye, TN31 7AN from 12.30 onwards.
The Rye Ukulele Experiment is delighted to announce the first Rye Ukulele Festival. Continue reading The Rye Ukulele Festival
Scallop Queen 2015
Rye Bay Scallop Queen 2015!
Announcing the Rye Bay Scallop Week Queen 2015! Yasmine Clemson was delighted to be selected as Scallop Queen at the events opening night at the Ypres Castle Inn. Yasmine also celebrates her birthday during Rye Bay Scallop Week so there will be double celebrations ahead! Continue reading Scallop Queen 2015
Shelfies and Rye Scallop Week
Rye Scallop Week is upon us again and promoter, Oliver Campion has come up with an amazing ‘gimmick’ to publicise this year’s event. Continue reading Shelfies and Rye Scallop Week
Jimper’s Jottings November 2014
November 2014
Nearly every week there is an article in the local paper about the parking of traffic in no parking areas in Rye. The problem has got worse since the Traffic Warden was removed. Why the people in control of the town do not employ another, beats me. The cost, they say, does not add up to a profit. Well it would if Continue reading Jimper’s Jottings November 2014
Bonfire Celebrations in Bygone Years
What were those Bonfire Nights in Rye of more than sixty years ago really like?
So many stories are passed down by those senior citizens who were there. They tell of amazing burning boats being carted around the town, of fireworks being thrown in the streets and of famous film stars and personalities representing Rye Fawkes. At least thirty tableau every year, and four or five marching bands. There were bloaters cooked on the Bloater Boat and Dances at the Monastery. Continue reading Bonfire Celebrations in Bygone Years
Rye Country Show 2014
The thousands that attended the Rye Show on Saturday 16 August were treated to a fantastic selection of displays throughout the day, including the hit from 2013, the Dog Grand National. This year’s Rye Show, at Lea Barn Farm, Rye Foreign, attracted an enormous crowd but there were no problems as the organisers had a plan of action which ensured quick parking on the ground an very little disruption to local traffic. Continue reading Rye Country Show 2014