The first pictures from the International Classic Car Event “Hands Across the Sea” are available right here and now now.
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.
Parking in Rye
We had to laugh at the ‘Parking Like a Muppet in Rye’ Website. BUT – Nothing compares to this picture published in Rye’s Own in 1967.
Hands Across the Sea at Hythe
INTERNATIONAL WEEKEND Excitement is growing for the “Hands across the Sea” International Weekend organised by the Rolls Royce Enthusiasts’ Club. It is happening at Westenhanger, Folkestone Racecourse, Nr Hythe which is a huge site
The Anchor is Safe
The Heritage Centre Anchor is quite safe Rye Town Clerk, Richard Farhall tells us “The timber needed to be replaced but the Environment Agency A has a policy of not using hardwood so there was a delay while a reclaimed source could be found. Then the EA’s carpenter was off. He is back now but there … Continue reading The Anchor is Safe
Faces from 2006
2006 was an interesting year in Rye – We have pulled together some of the photographs of that time eleven years ago. There are many faces you will recognise if you were around at the time.
Beckley Motors Rememembered
By Barry M Jones Village life in Beckley may never be the same again as one of its last, and oldest, businesses closes on 2nd April, 2015 turning Beckley into yet another Sussex dormitory village.
MP invites Students to travel the High Speed Javelin
Amber Rudd MP, invited Buckswood Students to be among the first in Hastings to travel on the High Speed train the ‘Javelin’ that made a special visit to the town as part of the MP’s Rail Summit.
We Built at Lighthouse
When the first nuclear power station was built at Dungeness over forty years ago it was suddenly realized that it would obstruct the lights from the old lighthouse to ships approaching from the West. It was decided that another one would have to be built quickly to the East of the old one and further … Continue reading We Built at Lighthouse
Salvaging the Costa Concordia
Salvaging the Costa Concordia 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
The Bus Went to the Cinema
The bus that went to the cinema, or almost, as can be seen from the picture (Electric Palace in the Landgate is the building just beyond the bus with the coloured electric light bulbs in the shape of an arch). It was an East Kent converted charabanc on the Camber Rye Harbour service.