Send your local news and pictures to [email protected] and we will use as many as we can in the magazine or on the website. Old pictures of Rye and Rye people with details are very welcome and add so much interest for our local and overseas readers with memories of the town. Keep in touch with Rye by supporting “Rye’s Own”. Continue reading Send Your Stories and Pictures
Bill & Nicki Waters were enjoying an afternoon Cuppa at home with Nicki’s Brother and Sister-in-law when a lone glider appeared in the sky over the Martello Tower at Rye. To their astonishment it landed almost in their garden. Continue reading Neville Glides in for Tea
The Southern Sections of the Rolls Royce Enthusiasts’ Club are holding an International Weekend at Westenhanger near Hythe in Kent. The event will feature not only Rolls-Royce motor cars from all over Europe but will also present ‘The Best of British’ veteran, vintage and classic cars, with participation from local and national Owners Clubs. Individual owners are also taking part making it a truly spectacular display of our motoring heritage. Continue reading Classic Cars Shows
Come and have a browse in our Pre loved Furniture Warehouse! ARRCC’s Furniture Warehouse has now been open for 2 months, Jacky Barker who took on the mammoth task of running this new venture is delighted that the local community in and around Rye and ‘over the border’ into Kent have rallied round to support this local Rye Charity.
The Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia capsized and sank after striking an underwater obstruction off Isola del Giglio, Tuscany, on 13 January 2012, with the loss of 32 lives. The ship, carrying 4,252 people, double the number carried by Continue reading Salvaging the Costa Concordia
There is good news in Beckley as the Guide Company, that had to close last year has opened again. Two first class young women have come forward and taken on the task of rebuilding the Company.
The new Jempson’s Local store in Northiam received over 60 applicants for the 10 jobs it created in the village. Continue reading Jempson’s Local Northiam Recruitment Day
Living in Hastings has been quite an experience of late. With seemingly continuous rain and high winds battering the town day and night (causing trees to come down and green bins to topple over and spill their contents about the place) and dangerously high tides smashing into the coastline life in the town has felt more like a trip out in the R.N.L.I. boat in treacherous seas than that of a seaside retreat in winter. Continue reading Cliff Fall At Rock-A-Nore
Good Weather, Good Fun, Great Event Rye buzzed to the sound of hundreds of cogs and wheels as the 7th Fun Cycle Challenge started recently in the town and sped across the Marsh to Hythe. One hundred and thirty riders took to the roads to raise money for local charities. Continue reading Fun Cycle Challenge
