Rye Raft Race Draws the Bank Holiday Crowds Rye and District Lions were delighted with the huge crowd of spectators that turned out to watch their 32nd Annual Rye Raft Race on Sunday. Despite many other attractions on a Bank Holiday weekend the public from Rye and its surrounding area supported the event in record numbers, an estimated 5,000.
Tag: Atlas Industrial Park
Step into the Rye’s Own archive for stories connected with Atlas Industrial Park, a place viewed through local news, memory, change and the experiences of those who knew it. Readers can move between “Fire at Rye Harbour”, “Great Raft Race of 2010”, and “Editorial”, seeing how the subject appeared at different moments in the magazine. Taken together, these pieces preserve the names, places and passing details that might otherwise slip out of the local record.
Fire at Rye Harbour
Rye Harbour Firm Helps Fire Devastated CPW Rod Chapman, Director of Atlas Industrial Park and Rastrum came to the rescue of fire stricken Country Pine Warehouses (CPW) in Rye Harbour Road, which was completely gutted at the beginning of July.
Editorial
Snow! What a surprise, it came as rather a shock but did not last long in Rye. The Bay has always sheltered the town from cold weather, here in this little corner we seem to escape the worse.