By Jimpers Jottings. Let the wind blow and the rain fall, we desperately need it. January was one of the warmest on record and very dry to boot. Most of the moisture in that month fell as snow and that evaporated rather than thawed. The absence of wind reinforces the fact that is staring us … Continue reading Jimper’s Jottings
Category: Country Life
Browse the Rye’s Own Country Life archive for magazine pieces that combine contemporary reporting with memories and historical perspective. The selection ranges across “Jimper’s Jottings”, “Things Long Ago”, “Hop Picking with Arthur Woodgate”, “The Birdman of Rye”, and “Herman -Ratted!”, showing the breadth hidden behind the section heading. Together the articles retain the immediacy and individuality of a local magazine rather than reading like a formal reference book.
Jimper’s Jottings
So much for the Arctic weather the experts told us of, one short snap of frost and that’s your lot, there is an old saying; Ice in November to bear a duck, the rest of the winter slush and muck.
Down Rye Way
Ron Davies, a very popular character at Rye Auction Galleries, has had quite a past. He was a Lance Sergeant in the 1st. Battalion of the Grenadier Guards and served the Regiment for 15 years.
Jimper’s Jottings
GREETINGS FROM THE AREAS “All right young un?” That greeting to you, no matter how old you are, must surely mean one is in Rye Harbour or meeting someone from the village. Long have the welcoming phrases been local to different areas. Anyone greeted by “Watchya,” … Continue reading Jimper’s Jottings
Jimper’s Jottings
40 years ago you could find Mark Wright and myself fly fishing for wild brown trout in the Tillingham as far up stream as Beckley. The little trout with his shiny brown back all covered in red and yellow spots, his tummy a pure white the most handsome inhabitant of this fast sparkling clear running … Continue reading Jimper’s Jottings
Rye Allotments
By Arthur Woodgate Mary Smith says she is a relative newcomer to Rye, that I am certainly not and I do know where lots of allotments have disappeared from during the Twentieth Century.
Jimper’s Jottings October 2005
Where is the Rain? Where is the Rain? The grass of Romney marsh has not greened up like a lot of the sheep farmers had hoped this year, all the showers of rain seem to have missed this little part of England, the land is crying out for a good drink. From Hythe to Winchelsea … Continue reading Jimper’s Jottings October 2005
Jimper’s Jottings
September, another year nearly gone; I always notice the years by the first of this month as duck shooting starts today, that is followed next month by the pheasants yet it seems only yesterday that the little ducklings were catching gnats on the surface of the water while mother duck fussed around trying to keep … Continue reading Jimper’s Jottings
Rye’s Allotment Gardens
Don’t Lose Your Heritage! By Mary Smith I am a relative newcomer to Rye and a keen, if inept, allotment holder. I would like to encourage other gardeners and would-be gardeners to become allotment holders.
Jimper’s Jottings August 2005
The debates rumble on. he list is endless and it will forever be so until a group with some sense and no axe to grind takes over to plan Rye for the benefit of the town and the people who live here. Lets face it, Rye lives as a viable place because of its tourists, … Continue reading Jimper’s Jottings August 2005