Flood Alert A flood alert for the River Rother was issued this morning Sunday 3 January 2016.
Category: Rother
The Rother section gathers Rye’s Own reporting, features and recollections on this part of local life. From “Flood Alert for Rother”, “Let’s be Men – Let’s be Ryers”, “Selling Off the Family Silver”, and “The Most Important Meeting In Rye For Fifty Years”, the archive offers several starting points for exploring the subject. The result is a varied record of the district, told by writers who noticed both the headline events and the revealing details around them.
The Most Important Meeting In Rye For Fifty Years
What is almost certainly the most important meeting to take place in Rye for fifty years is set to go ahead at the Thomas Peacocke College at 8pm on Thursday 16 August. Every person living in Rye is invited, along with Councillors and District Councillors from Rye, Battle, Bexhill and the villages plus members of … Continue reading The Most Important Meeting In Rye For Fifty Years
Selling Off the Family Silver
Every town has possessions that have been accrued over the years. Rye is no exception, at one time the Borough Council owned more than half the dwellings and ground within the Rye boundaries.
Let’s be Men – Let’s be Ryers
Let’s be Men – Let’s be Ryers By the Editor The First World War was a terrible time for the young men of Britain. In the early stages they volunteered in their millions to the call of “Your Country Needs You”.