The sun shone again for the exciting match held on Monday September 5th between Rye Bowls Club and Frenton-on-Sea Bowls Club who are on a week’s tour. Mr. Richard Roffe, Secretary of the club stated that their tours started seven years ago and have been very popular with both club players and supporters. Continue reading Rye Bowls Club Victorious over Touring Side
The Rye & District Camera Club put on an annual Print Exhibition at the Further Education Centre, Lion Street on Saturday 10 September and celebrated 50 years of continuous activity. Continue reading Rye District Camera Club’s Golden Anniversary
Rye’s old Fire Engine. It was housed in the Town Hall and used to fight fires in the Town and local villages. Now lives in Rye Museum. Continue reading Some of Rye’s Treasures
Work has been going on to repair The Sluice Gates at Winchelsea Road. It seems that the Environmental Agency have been finding it difficult to get the spares required. Continue reading Trouble at The Sluice
East Guldeford Church echoed to the sounds of old English music recently when the ‘Queen’s Consort’ group of musicians under Leader Shirley Carey, performed an evening of music that was likely to have been heard during the reigns of Henry VIII and his daughter Queen Elizabeth 1. Continue reading Music from the Tudor Court at Guldeford
The Town is a beautiful Prospect to look upon anyway, a convenient Passage into Normandy, famous for Fishing, as good Fish having been brought to Market (before the French spoiled the Fishing grounds) as anywhere in England, …. Samual Jeake 1678. Continue reading Beautiful Prospect to Look Upon
This area of Sussex is very rich in History especially smuggling, with many very well recorded episodes of this illicit trade. Usually it is the more notorious gangs such as the Hawkhurst Gang that people become familiar with. Continue reading My Smuggling Ancestors
The aim of this year’s Pride in Rye was to move on from the more traditional activities of tidying neglected areas and litter-picking to a more “pro-active” approach of correct litter/ waste disposal. Continue reading Town Manager’s “Pride in Rye” Targets Recycling and Graffiti
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. Continue reading Rye’s Allotment Gardens
August has been another great month for Rye. The Medieval Festival, Trafalgar Celebrations, Horse Show and Raft Race, to name but a few of activities. And the fun continues into September with the Rye Festival. Continue reading Editorial
