Father Richard of St Anthony of Padua is among the all denomination clergy who take part in the 1961 Procession of Witness to the Regent Cinema for a combined service. Many local personalities can be picked out in this unique piece of film.
Category: History & Heritage
Rye’s long memory, gathered from the pages of Rye’s Own. This section leads into local history, historic buildings, churches, the Cinque Ports, wartime experience and the stories attached to familiar streets and institutions. It is a lively archive of research, recollection and rediscovered detail rather than a formal textbook history.
What a Waste of Our Money!
Rother Spent Millions on De la Warr and Left Landgate to Rot By Jim Hollands The Brand New pavement on Bexhill Marina, in front of the De La Warr Pavilion is today being TORN UP because it is the Wrong Colour!
The Great Sacrifice of a Rye Family
November is the month we remember those that fell in two World Wars and other Wars and Conflicts The Great Sacrifice of a Rye Family By Roland Jempson In the June 2003 edition of Rye’s Own. There was an article entitled “The Tiltman’s of Rye”, about the sacrifice of nine members of the “Tiltman” family, … Continue reading The Great Sacrifice of a Rye Family
Billeting of Troops WW1
By Brian Lawes Early in the War billeting troops was a contentious issue in Hastings. In a survey of rate payers it showed that of the replies received, only 2,024 ratepayers were in favour of the billeting of troops, six against, and six were neutral.
50 Years The Royal Visit
By Jim Hollands Fifty years seems a long time but looking back to 1965 from 2015 it seems not so long at all. “Rye’s Own” was started with the intention that it should report and support Rye. There can be no doubt that it has always done that, although in those early days Rye Borough … Continue reading 50 Years The Royal Visit
The Red House Emmanuel Road
By John Hodges Sometime after 1066 the first Norman Castle in England, constructed in stone, was built on what is now known as the West Hill. The original construction was of wood and it was not till some years later that the stone remains of that crumbling edifice that we know today as Hastings … Continue reading The Red House Emmanuel Road
50 Years of “Rye’s Own”
The November 2015 Issue of “Rye’s Own” hits the newsagents exactly 50 years after the first copies of the popular little magazine went on sale in 1965.
Rye in Top Five Towns in Britain Worthy of Preservation
This Article was Reprinted by kind permission of the Civic Trust and Architects Journal in the “Rye’s Own” July 1968 edition. All Rye, Rother and East Sussex Councillors should note that Rye was judged to be in the TOP FIVE worthy of preservation, along with York, Canterbury, Cambridge and Edinburgh. Bexhill did not feature in … Continue reading Rye in Top Five Towns in Britain Worthy of Preservation
What a Bloody Cheek!
By Jim Hollands After years of neglecting Rye and the fabric of it’s ancient buildings which Rother District Council took on the responsibility for in 1974, they (Rother) now have the audacity to want to ‘sell’ the Landgate Tower back to Rye so that they (Rother District Council) can abdicate their responsibilities for maintaining an … Continue reading What a Bloody Cheek!
Time has Come to Protect Rye from Rother
The Rother Wreckers They knocked down headstones in Rye Cemetery – They knocked down the Chapel in the Cemetery and turned it into an ‘Historic Relic’. Rother have let the famous cobble streets of Rye fall into an abysmal state of repair and the Landgate is in such need of restoration due to their negligence … Continue reading Time has Come to Protect Rye from Rother