The Biannual Raft Race on Sunday 19 June featured colour, design and ingenuity in abundance. There were rafts of all shapes and sizes and the majority of rafters came in fancy dress.
This film depicts events leading up to the start of the first race and features many local people.
There will be many pictures from the races in the next Issue, Number Ten, of “Cinque Ports”. Copies will be available from your local newsagent from Monday 27 June 2016
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Merchant Vessel Balmoral arriving at Rastrum Wharf, Rye Harbour to pick up 800 passengers for a trip around the Kent Coast and up the Thames to Tower Bridge on Friday 17 June 2016.
Many pictures of Balmoral leaving in the July issue of “Rye’s Own” on Sale Friday 1 July 2016.
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By Jimper
The night was so calm. The sea just sat there and shivered. The old trawler I was alone in was thumping its way west. The trawl was working rather efficiently tonight and producing a lovely lot of fish. Now with the decks cleared I had thirty minutes before I hauled the net once more to empty on the deck. Continue reading Asleep on the Job
A short Film made by Rye’s Own in 1972. A Class of youngsters with their teachers, visit the Fishmarket and Robert explains about the work of a Rye Fisherman Continue reading Robert on Fishing from Rye
This very poor quality film was taken around 1962. Will have some local interest. Anyone know the name of the boat and skipper?
A very rough day with the tops off the waves Continue reading Hastings Fishing Boat Returns to Harbour
The 1840 Sussex Directory claimed that Hastings was the head of the Cinque Ports Confederation before telling us it was a Corporate and Parliamentary Borough, demonstrating the importance still placed in the Cinque Ports heritage at that time, even though the Kent & Sussex fleet’s days of glory were well over by the time of the Spanish Armada, when just twelve vessels from the Cinque Ports were represented in Drake’s fleet. Continue reading Hastings – Cinque Port
Another Twenty Pictures from Today’s Maritime Festival Continue reading Rye Maritime Festival Part Two
The 2015 Rye Maritime Festival brought people to the Strand Quay in their thousands. Continue reading Maritime Festival 2015
