St. Mary’s Church, Rye, was the setting for Michelle Lemon and Alan Clark’s Wedding on Saturday 31st July, Michelle is the daughter of Gail and Roy Lemon, and Alan is the son of Alan and Sharon Clark. Continue reading Married at St. Mary
‘One of the most gifted acoustic guitarists of his generation’ Mike Harding, Radio 2 A spellbinding mix of finger-picking guitar and warm vocals from award-winning folk artist Sam Carter is the latest addition to the live music programme at The School Creative Centre in Rye. Continue reading BBC Award-winning Star at Rye
(WITH HELP FROM SECOND COUSIN BRIDGET EWING GENEALOGIST )
This is an attempt to answer ARTHUR WOODGATES article in the JANUARY 2010 edition of’ “RYE’S OWN” with the help from other members of the family THE JEMPSON’S are a large family, now vary widespread across this country and abroad, those that we know of all originate from RIOHARD JEMPSON of Mountfield (Died 1749) & ANNIE GAFFIELD of Whatlington (Died 1733). They were married at Whatlington. Continue reading The Jempsons of Rye
Just a year after opening, The School Creative Centre in Rye has firmly established itself as a centre of creative excellence in Rother – demonstrating how community, arts and business can work together to become a powerful and successful force. Continue reading School Going From Strength To Strength
Married at St Mary’s Church in Rye on Saturday 21st August were Misty Allen and Matty Allen-Purvis. Misty is the daughter of Kim and Nick Allen from Rye, Matty is the son of Janet and Ivor Barret from Billingham. Continue reading Misty & Matty’s Wedding Day
Letters to: The Editor “Rye’s Own” Guinea Hall Lodge, Main Road, Sellindge,Kent, TN25 6EG e-mail [email protected] Continue reading Pen & Ink
Exploring Rye with Brian Hargreaves is a fascinating new guide to Rye. By Joyce Rye The beautifully produced book is packed with dozens of black and white drawings of buildings and streets each one correctly drawn along with short captions giving their history. There is a map which enables the reader to locate the street that they are looking at easily while walking round the town. Continue reading Exploring Rye with Brian Hargreaves
By PDB News about Evageline’s prowess on the keyboard was soon on every tongue. Invitations arrived at Mallards for soirees at which hopefully Evageline would honour them with her dexterity on the keys. Continue reading Tilling Re-Visited
The club resumes activities on Monday 6th September, meetings are held at Playden WI Hall, at 7-30 pm every fortnight. The first meeting is called the “Chairman’s Meeting”, this is when the Chairman invites members new and old, to show the club what they have done over the summer recess. Continue reading Rye & District Camera Club Report
By Sally Lampitt
The fantasy world of dreams and nightmares was the theme for AudioActive and The School Creative Centre’s Rapdramatic 2010, an ambitious project that saw a team of 27 young people aged 13-24 take centre stage to write, compose, choreograph, film and produce a brand new musical show in just five days. Continue reading Dreams take centre stage for The Rapdramatic
