On Saturday 18 December Julie and Neville Bettley of Rye St. John Ambulance stood in open mouth amazement as Reg Walker, Charity Steward of the Rye Masonic Wellington Lodge, announced that “He who laughs last, laughs longest” and revealed a donation of £13,750 to the Ambulance Appeal. Julie Bettley told me afterwards that they had … Continue reading Amazing Day for Rye St. John
Category: East Sussex
Browse the Rye’s Own East Sussex archive for magazine pieces that combine contemporary reporting with memories and historical perspective. The selection ranges across “Dads Army at Pett.”, showing the breadth hidden behind the section heading. Together the articles retain the immediacy and individuality of a local magazine rather than reading like a formal reference book.
The Things I Miss
By Jimper I will not go on about the really obvious like a parking space with no time limit, youth or missed chances, for those are things you can never have again. So, I hear you say, what else is there to miss in Rye?Well for a start, the clock that used to hang in … Continue reading The Things I Miss
David Britt’s Scrapbook
These photographs from the 1950’s will be of special interest to those in them. Are you one of them? Those Identified In no particular order. Colin Coppard, The Dobbie Girls, Robert Vincent, Dave Wall, Alan Smith, Michael Craffer, Harold Boreham, Veronica Vincent, Les Bourne, Hazel Davies, Donald Williams, Les Ashenden, Evelyn Brown, Peter Hedger, Sheila … Continue reading David Britt’s Scrapbook
The Man From the Pru
I grew up knowing Archibald Trill as The Man From The Pru. When I met him recently at his Marley Road address and learned he was 95 I was more than surprised, he looked almost exactly as I remembered him way back in the sixties.
Dads Army at Pett.
HOME GUARDS KEEP WATCH ON A NAZI DIVE BOMBER This remarkable picture turned up at Rye Auction Galleries. It shows a Home Guard contingent (possibly from Rye) who were first on the scene when a Stuka Dive Bomber made a forced landing in a field near Pett on August 31st. 1940.
Winnie – The Last Article
Winnie Hollands died on Sunday 10 June 2001. The last of this article was written on the 6 June 2001. Adventures in Rye By Winnie Hollands “The war in Europe is over”. When those words came over the radio we all cheered. Rye was ablaze with bunting and naval ratings from their base at the New Road School … Continue reading Winnie – The Last Article
Top of the Tide
Highest recorded water level at Rye On Wednesday 2 February 1983 a tidal surge due to weather conditions in the North Sea meant that what should have just been a rather high tide suddenly grew an extra 4 ft, and at 16.5 ft came over the shingle bank at the Broomhill end of the village, … Continue reading Top of the Tide