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Category: Local History
Rye fishing boats from the 1960s
Fishing boats at Rye Fishmarket and The Strand – Pictures taken in the 1960s
Vintage World Hard Copy Colour Magazines
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Vintage world is a quarterly magazine that is available by subscription only. It is delivered through your letter box four times a year. The first issue was published in January 2019 as the Winter 2019 issue. Continue reading Vintage World Hard Copy Colour Magazines
New Mayor and Deputy Mayor
New Mayor of Rye is inaugerated in a heatwave
A gatering of invited guests packed Rye Town Hall on Monday 7 May to elect and witness the inaugeration a new Mayor and Deputy Mayor.
Both the new Mayor, Councillor MICHAEL BOYD and Deputy, Councillor RIBEKAH GILBERT were nominated and elected without challenge and took their Oath and signed their acceptance of office.
Full story and many pictures in the June issue of Rye’s Own
Rye’s Own Bulletin Tuesday 8 May 2018
RYE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING 2018
MAYOR’S OVERVIEW OF THE YEAR
Rye Town meeting took place at the Tilling Green Community Centre on Wednesday 4 April 2018. The Mayor of Rye, Councillor Jonathan Breeds gave his annual address to a meeting of around 150 Rye residents. We print it here in full for the benefit of those that were unable to attend. Report and comment will appear in the May Issue of Rye’s Own.
Community assets
I am pleased to report that we successfully completed the purchase
of 97 South Undercliff for the purpose of letting it to a Rye household
at a discounted rent.
We have only recently advertised a tenancy at a discounted rent because
we needed to be certain that our Discounted Accommodation scheme does
not contravene equalities legislation. Those of you who took part
in the consultation that gave the Council a mandate to obtain a loan
to buy a property may recall that the intention was to let it to a Continue reading RYE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING 2018
When Polio Hit The Children Of Rye
By Paul Vincent
At Christmas I always hear from a friend originally from East Guldeford but now in Scotland, who I met at the age of five when we were both Polio victims in the Buchanan Hospital in St Leonards. Continue reading When Polio Hit The Children Of Rye
Today’s Teaser
Who are these Rye Children?
Is your Mum or Dad or your grandma or grandpa, or even you, in this picture?
Clue : The year was almost certainly 1937 (The last year at Lion Street before the pupils carried their chairs down to the new Primary School in Ferry Road. Continue reading Today’s Teaser
Wright Biplane Flying at Camber
Mr. OgiIvy’s flight from Camber Sands, 1911 flying a Wright Biplane
In 1911
Rye’s Own printed an article in 1966 about the 1911 flight by Alec Ogilvie in a Wright Biplane. A postcard has been found with a further picture of the event.
The Last Picture Show
Death of the Regent – Rye
David Smeed was on the spot for the Death of the Regent.
The cinema was closed on 29 September 1973
He recorded the last day of showing and the subsequent demolition of the fine building that had given so much pleasure to so many since it was opened in 1949. Continue reading The Last Picture Show
Film of Rye Mayoring Day Celebrations 2017
A special day in Rye’s annual calendar. Hot pennies thrown by the newly elected Mayor of Rye to the children in the street below the historic Town Hall.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNCCPVSlYZ8