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. Continue reading Procession of Witness – Rye 1961
A silent film made at the 1961 Rye Horse Show which took place at Gateborough Farm on 24 August. Continue reading Rye Horse Show 1961
The Maroon exploded over Rye at 11 am. and people waiting around the War Memorial in the Churchyard for the Service of Remembrance in St. Mary’s to finish, fell silent in Pump Street and Church Square. All that could be heard were the cries of seagulls that had been frightened off the Church roof by the maroon. The silence lasted two minutes, until a second explosion marked the end of the allotted time. Continue reading Film – Rye Remembers 2015
Everyone who buys a copy of our 50th. Anniversary Issue, which is on sale in all Rye Newsagents Now, is entitled to a free electronic copy of the very first issue from November 1965. All you need is the fifteen word code, included with every issue. Continue reading Free Electronic Copy of First Rye’s Own November 1965
What a great Christmas Rye has got to look forward to. Carol Concert at St. Mary’s, Mother Christmas and her Elves, a Bucking Reindeer, Christmas Market, real Reindeer, Street Performances all round town and on the Town Hall Steps. Continue reading Ice Rink For Cinque Ports Street
The town of Rye in the fifties was a hive of activity and no one saw the changes that loomed on the distant horizon. Then all England was starting to come together after the war and things were returning to normal. Everyone that wanted a job was able to find one in Rye. Everything that the tradesman or housewife needed was accessible in one or other of the shops and little needed to be transported from afar. Two major builders’ yards supplied the town with craftsmen and any timber required could be sourced from the timber yard that was supplied by ship to the Strand. Continue reading Rye in The Fifties
November and the coldest, wettest and windiest summer on record, is behind us. Very early on I said that Autumn was on its way as all the elderberry fruit ripened early and the bean plants in my garden stopped growing. all the flowers germinated but the small bean failed to grow.
Rye College witnessed a deafening noise on Saturday 3 October, it was a noise of nostalgia and reminiscing from former students of RGS and RSM who attended schools in the 1960’s. For some, if was the first time they have returned, others had returned before but had travelled many miles to be at the event. Graham Alcock had travelled from New Zealand. Guests arriving during the first hour enjoyed tours of the college courtesy of Executive Principal Ann Cockerham and her team of senor students. Continue reading Great Night Rye Old Scholars Association
The Kettle, Kiddle or Keddle net as it is known around the Rye Bay area, is a very large trap type of net used around the coasts of Britain up to the end of the last century. It was used in many places where the tide went out and left enough sand or mud to work one. Five were still going in Wales up to the last war as also some were in the Thames Estuary, although they were very small affairs for the flat fish compared to the ones in Rye Bay, where they were often huge. They used large nets in Rye Bay for catching Mackerel or Herring that swam in great shoals. Continue reading Rye Bay West Keddle Nets
This weekend the gates of Buckswood School between Hastings and Rye, were thrown open for the first Open Day of the year. Over 70 people visited the campus to find out about the school having seen the news about all the latest developments to the quirky campus including a woodland activity centre where the students shoot zombies for field archery practice, new sports fields and the laying of the foundations for a new Great Hall. Continue reading Buckswood Open Day
