GREAT CHARACTERS OF RYE Every town has its share of characters who add colour to the area and become well known to every resident. They brighten the lives of most the people they meet and become a focal point of the period in which they live.
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Arthur Woodgate runs through this selection from the Rye’s Own archive, linking individual reports and recollections into a broader picture of local life. Readers can move between “Local Personalities”, “Unknown Rye Hero”, “Over The Sluice Part Two”, “Memorial Gates for Arthur”, and “Old Time Cinque Ports Dogs”, seeing how the subject appeared at different moments in the magazine. Together they offer a characterful route through the magazine’s record of local life, memory and change.
Badding and Ypres
BY ARTHUR WOODGATE It seems to me that where the sea lapped the bottom of the cliff at the Green Steps, where Colebrooks stood 400 years later.
Greatest Living Ryer
Arthur Woodgate is 99 By Jim Hollands Arthur Woodgate has been writing articles recording his memories of Rye for many years. His recollections and deductions have appeared consistently in “Rye’s Own” over the past dozen years and in other Rye publications previous to that.
Between the Zeppelin and the Doodle Bug
By Arthur Woodgate On 16 October 1917, I was taken to the Lion Street School and settled in a class taught by a Miss Jordon. Miss Longley was the Headmistress and with a long wooden corridor she could be heard coming with loud creaks all over our infant school.
Amber & Arthur at Castle Museum
Amber and Arthur at Castle Museum A party was held to mark the summer re-opening of the Museum on East Street and amongst invited guests were Amber Rudd MP and “Rye’s Own’s” star contributor 98 year old Arthur Woodgate. He was made an honorary life member, in tribute to his efforts in making sure the memories of Old Rye … Continue reading Amber & Arthur at Castle Museum
Rye Town Band & Googie Withers
Rye had a fine brass band for many years. Alas it is no more. This photograph was taken shortly before the Second War, in 1938, and was loaned to us by Sylvia Cutting whose Dad Bill can be seen third from the left in the top row.
Arthurs Mayors
ALFRED HORNER by Arthur Woodgate Now I come to a Rye Mayor who was very much ‘one of us’. Alf Horner inherited a general shop in the middle of Kings Street, Landgate. It sold groceries, green groceries, newspapers and all sorts of odd and ends. Alf and his wife Flo ran the business for many … Continue reading Arthurs Mayors
Rye Mayors 1913 – 2010
Part Two By Arthur Woodgate There is a strong belief that all Rye Mayors have been members of the council but this is not true. They must be chosen by Rye Council from Rye ratepayers and, of course, the chosen person must agree to take the position.
More Explosive People
Part 4 – By Arthur Woodgate I said, in part four, that I would explain why I preferred the Jarretts to the other Rye net makers at that time so here we go. When I walked down The Mint towards Strand, Mr G Jarrett used to call me in his shop and he and his … Continue reading More Explosive People
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.