Members of the Gymnasium Team of the Rye Boys Club, Mermaid Street, seen giving a display in the grounds of the Rye Grammar School in the 1960’s. The instructors were Bob Vincent and Reg Sherwood in the picture, and Brian Booth. Continue reading From February 2001
Glimpses of the Past The three photographs on this page were kindly loaned by Mike Whiteman of Peasmarsh who is the personality in this month’s “Down Rye Way” feature. The ship being launched from Hoad’s shipyard at Rock Channel is Continue reading Glimpses of the Past
Sunday 3 September 1939. Everyone had been on tenterhooks for some months but today we should all know for sure. At eleven o’clock Neville Chamberlain was due to speak on the radio. Continue reading Adventures in Rye – The Day the War Started
It is hard to imagine “Rye’s Own” without Ken Clark. When I mentioned to him, shortly before his death, that I was toying with the idea of relaunching the magazine he was filled with enthusiasm and promised many more articles on the history of this small town he loved so well. Continue reading Down Rye Way – Kenneth Clark
Ten sides, including teams from the London area took part in Rye Rugby Club’s 8th. Annual Tournament at the New Road Ground on Sunday of the Bank Holiday weekend. Continue reading Great Day for Rye Rugby Club
will want to know why these ‘faceless’ people at Rother wield so much power over our affairs and what our own councillors are going to do about it. Continue reading Town Crier
These Two photographs, along with another two, were found in Cinque Ports Street on Saturday 18 August. The top one seems to show a tableaux from a Rye Bonfire Night procession but I cannot identify anyone in it. The bottom picture is a different story, it is packed with Rye personalities attending a Bonfire Society Continue reading Found in Cinque Ports Street August 2000
Good times and bad times seem to go in cycles. The 1960’s, especially the first half, were boom times for Rye. Continue reading Boom Town of the 60’s
Dear Editor
Margaret Palmer mentions “Hucksteps Row” in her ‘Childhood Memories of Rye’. (last months “Rye’s Own”). My mother always referred to Hucksteps Row as ‘Fishgut Alley’. Continue reading Pen & Ink – August 2000
The time flies by and August is here. “Rye’s Own” seems to have re-established itself to its former popularity. Thank you for all your adverts, letters, phone calls and messages, it is nice to know our efforts are being appreciated. Continue reading Rye’s Own Editorial August 2000
