Category: Local interest

Editorial

Some very late news has just come in – Arthur Woodgate has, at last, got a pint of shrimps! The fishmonger at Jempsons Peasmarsh has found a source and from now on there will be shrimps next to the prawns on his slab. Continue reading Editorial

Hastings Pier- The Early Days

 

 Illustrated with pictures from Ion Castro’s collection

Hastings Pier was opened by the Earl of Granville, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports on the fifth of April 1872, which coincidentally was the country’s first ever Bank Holiday. Work had started on the pier on the 18th of December 1869 by the famous engineer Eugenius Birch and was modelled on Brighton’s West Pier with its timber deck supported on columns of cast iron screw piles in rows of three, the outer columns angled for greater stability. Continue reading Hastings Pier- The Early Days

PEN & INK

Dear Editor

As the one who wrote about Joe Hatter, I feel I must reply to Mrs Levett Fuller’s letter in the April edition of Rye’s Own.

The man at the bottom of Spring Steps was another Mr Hatter, Grandfather to John Hatter, the owner of the taxi firm of Rye Motors, and there was another Mr Hatter who lived on The Strand and also caught and sold shrimps, (all types of cousins even distant). Continue reading PEN & INK

Lunch With The Lions

A free lunch provided by Rye and District Lions was enjoyed by 97 senior citizens on Sunday. The seniors were collected by Rye Community buses and Lions’ cars and were greeted at the Community Centre with a welcoming drink before sitting down to full Sunday roast lunch with wine, then pudding and coffee and mints. Continue reading Lunch With The Lions

Dinosaur At Hastings

By Jim Hollands

As a small lad of six I remember exploring Fairlight Cove with my younger brother Robert. We made an amazing discovery, massive footprints in the rock. We raced back to our family picnic spot and dragged dad to his feet. “Come quick” I said “We have found a giant’s footprints!” Continue reading Dinosaur At Hastings

Eight Apartments and Twenty- Nine Lock-Up Garages on Railway Land

Outline plans for 8 apartments, 29 garages and 58 car parking spaces, on the two strips of land either side of the railway line west of Ferry Road between Ferry Road and the Mill and Cyprus pace and the River Tillingham, came up for approval at the Town Council Planning meeting on Monday 28 April. Continue reading Eight Apartments and Twenty- Nine Lock-Up Garages on Railway Land

Rye FM

WHO IS ANDREW BANTOCK?

Andrew Bantock MIBS – Station Manager designate Andy runs Station Z Media Production Services in Rye which is a company that designs and installs radio studios and also does audio production.

Andy started his career in radio with the BBC in 1980 as a Technical Operator and since then has freelanced as an engineer and producer. Continue reading Rye FM

A Short History of Hastings

By Tim Lambert

SAXON HASTINGS

Hastings began as a Saxon settlement. It was called Haesta ingas, which means Haesta’s people. By the 10th century Hastings had grown into a little market town. It even had its own mint. Continue reading A Short History of Hastings