Category: Emergency Services

Rye’s Own approaches Emergency Services as a living magazine subject, bringing together news, personalities, photographs and stories from across the archive. Articles including “Car Fire at Lydd “Suspicious””, “Flying High”, “The Floding Debate”, and “Rye Community Fire Station needs you!” give a flavour of the people, places and moments collected here. It is designed for browsing: one familiar name or remembered incident often opens the door to another.

Rye Community Fire Station needs you!

Rye Community Fire Station needs you! Rye Community Fire Station is looking for new on call retained firefighters and is opening it’s doors to anyone interested in becoming part of the East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service team. Live or work in Rye? The station is recruiting on call retained firefighters.  You will need to … Continue reading Rye Community Fire Station needs you!

New Year St Leonards Death Suspected to be Murder

  Five Men Arrested Reports have been coming in of the arrest of five men in St Leonards on suspicion of murder. Reports claim that a man fell through a utility room ceiling in a block of flats in Charles Road in the early hours of New Year’s Day A Sussex Police spokesman said: “The … Continue reading New Year St Leonards Death Suspected to be Murder

Five Men Drown at Camber – Who are They?

Two more bodies recovered at Camber Sands   Sussex Police Report Two more bodies have been recovered from the sea at Camber Sands this evening (Wednesday 24 August). Three men died after being pulled from the same area of Camber Sands earlier this afternoon. The bodies of a further two men have been found in … Continue reading Five Men Drown at Camber – Who are They?

Car Fire at Lydd “Suspicious”

Man burned during car fire – Lydd Kent Fire & Rescue Service Report Friday 6 May Incident details Firefighters were called to reports of a vehicle on fire on the driveway of a property in High Street, Lydd. Upon arrival, crews found a private vehicle well alight and a man suffering burns being treated by … Continue reading Car Fire at Lydd “Suspicious”

Herman Takes the Bite

By Maggie George It was all Herman’s fault really. I’d been enjoying a lovely slice of my latest Herman-the-German Friendship cake which I had flavoured this time with almonds when suddenly, I bit down hard and crack, a molar broke. Actually to be more precise a filling in the molar broke because, in common with … Continue reading Herman Takes the Bite

Kent Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance

Night Flying Project A Report by Adian Bell, CEO 30 November 2012 The Kent, Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance is about to replace its oldest helicopter with a more modern MD902 Explorer helicopter which is capable of conducting night operations, with the intention of commencing a two year trial on the most effective way of … Continue reading Kent Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance

A Wave Of Talent

 Rye Harbour crewman wins award in RNLI Pentax Photographer of the Year (2007) competition . On the 3rd June 2007, whilst on service to the fishing vessel ‘Donald John’ – suffering from a sheared drive plate, crewman Anthony Peters took a photo of the ‘Donald John’ being towed back to harbour by Rye Harbour Lifeboat, … Continue reading A Wave Of Talent

The Floding Debate

Environment Will Ease The Way For Planning “Rye’s Own” has learned that the Environment Agency is prepared to lift objections they had regarding flood worries over the building of 135 dwellings to the north of Udimore Road if suitable conditions can be imposed on any planning permission granted in relation to the site.