By Maggie George. I DO LIKE TO BE BESIDE THE SEASIDE I consider myself to be extremely fortunate living by the seaside. In my leisure time, once the holiday season is over and the crowds are gone, I enjoy nothing better than a stroll around the harbour watching the tide ebb and flow, the gulls … Continue reading Maggie’ Musings
Category: Marine
Rye’s Own approaches Marine as a living magazine subject, bringing together news, personalities, photographs and stories from across the archive. Articles including “My Shipwrecked Ancestor.”, “Smeaton Again”, “Hastings – Cinque Port”, “Russian Navy Sails Past Rye”, and “Nationwide Fishing Rights Protest” 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.
Russian Crew Stranded
By Conrad Freezer. On behalf of Rye and District Lions Club, I visited the Torrent at 0900 this morning with Carl Bagwell to get an update and to see how the crew were. It would seem that the whole situation is still in stale-mate.
Old Fisherman of Rye
Mr. Jacob “Shad” Gibbs 1865-1956 By Julie Brett (Ditcher) Great Granddaughter Jacob was born in 1865 in Rye, his father and four brothers were all from Rye and were all fishermen as he was to become at the age of 11. … Continue reading Old Fisherman of Rye
Old Fisherman of Rye
Mr. Jacob “Shad” Gibbs 1865-1956 By Julie Brett (Ditcher) Great Granddaughter Jacob was born in 1865 in Rye, his father and four brothers were all from Rye and were all fishermen as he was to become at the age of 11. From 1888-1890 he served as mate under skipper W. Bourne on the trawler S.S.Pionerre and from 1893-1897 … Continue reading Old Fisherman of Rye
Rye Silt Dredger
By John Blight In 2007 a better and cheaper option for dredging was needed for Rye. The Dutch had the monopoly on this throughout the UK, but about 10 years previously I had drawn up a system to fit to an existing vessel, then never got around to fitting it.
Suffering As Ship Remeins Under Arrest
A vessel that arrived at Rye Wharf in early January from a Cornish quarry with a cargo of road-stone found itself arrested by the Admiralty Marshall leaving the crew destitute. The M.V.
Imagine If You Will A Local Hovercraft Service
By Tony May Pictures By Andrew Popkin The sound of the sea lapping gently at the shore, a warm, sunny day in Hastings, blue skies overhead and the piercing cry of seagulls invading your senses. Camera in one hand, sunglasses in the other and with arms outstretched for balance you are creeping gingerly across the … Continue reading Imagine If You Will A Local Hovercraft Service
The Calamitous Storm of 1891
SHIPS IN TROUBLE IN RYE BAY AND OFF HASTINGS On 11th November 1891 a powerful storm raged along the Kent / Sussex coast, wreaking havoc on Hythe, Rye and Hastings.
Acorn to Anvil
Ship Building By Arthur Woodgate It’s been rather nice thinking about Rye Shipyard since that loving presentation in the Autumn issue of ‘Ryes Own’, and it’s given me a lot to think about. We know that Sussex was covered at one time by a lot of forestry, and there must have been lots of it’s … Continue reading Acorn to Anvil
Arthur’s Museum Gift
Rare Storm Bell! By Jo Kirkham Rye’s 97 year old historian, Arthur Woodgate, recently presented this rare survival of a ‘Storm Bell’ to Rye Castle Museum.