This very poor quality film was taken around 1962. Will have some local interest. Anyone know the name of the boat and skipper? A very rough day with the tops off the waves
Category: Transport & Maritime
Road, rail, air and water meet in this section of the archive. It brings together aircraft, boats, railways, motoring and Rye’s waterways, combining transport history with journeys, working vessels, engineering and the enthusiasts who kept machines and memories moving through the pages of the magazine.
Christine Turnbull’s Balloon Flight from Rye
The latest “Rye’s Own” 1960’s film. A flight from Rye Salts to France was made by Christine Turnbull to gain her Balloon Pilot Licence. An article in the March 1967 “Rye’s Own” records the epic events.
Albert Hinds Launches the Little Robert
At Harry Phillips’ Boat Yard, Rock Channel 1964
Hastings – Cinque Port
The 1840 Sussex Directory claimed that Hastings was the head of the Cinque Ports Confederation before telling us it was a Corporate and Parliamentary Borough, demonstrating the importance still placed in the Cinque Ports heritage at that time, even though the Kent & Sussex fleet’s days of glory were well over by the time of … Continue reading Hastings – Cinque Port
Balloon Over Ham Street
Spectacular Shots of Balloon Landing in Wheat Field These three just to whet your whistle – Many more in September Hythe & Romney Life and “Rye’s Own”
Operation Stack
Large Areas of Kent Paralysed Lorries are being parked on large sections of the M20 in a queue that, at times, has stretched from Folkestone to Maidstone. It is taking as long as 18 hours to get to the Channel Tunnel terminus or the Ferry Port of Dover. Lorry drivers are furious at the slow … Continue reading Operation Stack
Fishing Boats
Fishing Boats at Rye have always been a great attraction to visitors and of special interest to Rye’s fishing fraternity. Here are just a few pictures from our Files
Trolleybus Show 2015
Trolleybus Restoration Group’s 23rd Annual Show Restoration Group Chairman Ion Castro was there of course taking pictures and explaining the event. For the past 22 out of 23 years the Hastings Trolleybus Restoration Group’s annual show has been on the third Sunday in May and this
No Change
Jim Hollands 21 June 2015 IN the March 2010 issue of “Rye’s Own” the following pieces commented once again on the fact that Rye Town Council has less power than a village council – Governments Change, Councillors Change but it seems that Rye Town Councillors, whoever they might be, cannot see there is a … Continue reading No Change
Northfleet Disaster
History in a Church Yard near you. By Eric Streeton. 287 Lost in Shipping Disaster at Dungeness Approximately 15 years ago I was given an old Guide Book for Rye and Winchelsea which was printed at the start of the last century.