EEC OUT – ROTHER OUT
We all thought a ‘common market’ would be a good idea. We could trade throughout Europe with ease. There would be no borders and a ‘free marketing area’ would make for easier trade. Continue reading Town Crier
Celebrating 700 Years of Rye Mayoral History
Celebrations that Did Not Happen in 1889 and Those That Did in 1989
Early in the 1890’s the names of all known Mayors of Rye were painted on the wall panels of the Town Hall Chamber.
Continue reading Celebrating 700 Years of Rye Mayoral History
Morris Dancers in Rye
Morris Dancers Perform in Rye One of the oldest “revival” sides in the “Morris Ring” are the East Surrey Morris Men. They were one of the six sides who founded the Morris Dance Ring in 1934. Mainly performing dances from the Cotswold’s tradition they dance for their own pleasure and that of their audiences on the village greens and on alehouse forecourts throughout Surrey. Continue reading Morris Dancers in Rye
Jimper’s Book Selling Like Hot Cakes
They are used to selling ‘hot cakes’ at Jempson’s Superstore, in fact 71,000 hot cross buns have been cooked and sold in the weeks up to Easter, but Jimper’s book “Jimper’s Journal” from his diaries of the fifties and sixties was going almost as fast. Continue reading Jimper’s Book Selling Like Hot Cakes
Rye’s Water Festival
Rye In Bloom
Rye’s Water Festival
An exciting new event at Strand Quay.
Rye’s very first Water Festival took place from 10am-4pm on Saturday 22nd May. A celebration of Rye’s environmental heritage and its watery past and present was organised by Rye in Bloom as part of its entry in the national Britain in Bloom Competition. Continue reading Rye’s Water Festival
Bring Power Back To The Area
Let Rye, Winchelsea and the villages unite to bring power back to the area.
by Arthur Woodgate
All the recent arguments about the new doctors surgery make one think of the general deterioration of the importance of Rye. Continue reading Bring Power Back To The Area
Paperwork on Parade
Paper on Parade
The work of
GEOFFREY BAGLEY
from 1930 – 1945
Born in Pontefract, Yorkshire in 1901. Died in Rye in 1992 Continue reading Paperwork on Parade
Bonfire Society Auction 2004
Over £2,000 Raised
A night of laughter, hectic bidding and plenty of banter resulted in over £2,000 going into the Bonfire Societies coffers. Continue reading Bonfire Society Auction 2004
The Three Jims
by Jim Hollands.
There were three women in America who worked together as nurses over a period of many years. Dixie, Leonora and Josephine went through many ups and downs together but always remained very good friends. Then, over a period of a few short years, in places as far apart as Rye and Los Angeles they all met men called Jim and started new lives with them. Continue reading The Three Jims
Historical Odds & Ends
When Rye Councillors had the Power
Spelling taken from original manuscripts
1549- Ordered that none of the inhabitants of Rye, young or old should issue out of the town with drums and flags or otherwise, to enter the woods of any man, without his special licence, to gather or cut down any boughs, on pain of imprisonment for three days and three nights. Continue reading Historical Odds & Ends