Students From Around The World Visit Rye

An international delegation of 30 students from IMA International visited The Rye Partnership in June to learn about how the Partnership tackles regeneration the Rye bay area. Delegates came from Ethiopia, Sweden, Uganda, Angola, Niger, Thailand, Tanzania, Zambia, Afghanistan, India and Honduras. Continue reading Students From Around The World Visit Rye

Smeaton’s Harbour

By Peter Etherden

The Tale of Smeaton’s Harbour is an everyday story of country gentry and their shenanigans. It is set in the town of Rye between May 1724 and October 1787…and it is a true story. The chronicler of these events is John Meryon, writing in some dismay as he unearthed the story upon his return to Rye in 1841 after a twenty-year tour of duty in Australia. Continue reading Smeaton’s Harbour

Bus Operators of Rye & District

By Roland Jempson.

The article in the January issue of “Rye’s Own” telling of Rye in the 1930’s has inspired me to write about the Bus Services and their operators in and around the town from the 1920’s. Continue reading Bus Operators of Rye & District

Jimper’s Jottings

May gone already, we are now just three weeks short of the longest day. From the 21st. we know that the days get shorter and winter approaches. The good news is that it get warmer as we get past mid June. My father always said, get my birthday over and let the warmer weather in. Continue reading Jimper’s Jottings

Turkey Cock Lane

By Brian Trill.

They had been catching each other’s eye for a long time, like lovers before they meet. Jonathan had been in holy orders for seven years and Mary for nine years. They were barely thirty years old and ignorant of the world outside their abode. They should not have been in a position to even cast eyes upon one another in the normal course of events. Continue reading Turkey Cock Lane

Fund Raising For ARRCC

By Peter Holland

Pictures by Martin Carter

All too often we hear that someone we know has suffered a stroke or has contracted an obscure ailment which robs its victim of physical or mental capabilities. Continue reading Fund Raising For ARRCC